Germany 1919

Question 1

Right wing German Parties

Answer 1

DNVP
NDSAP
Monarchists

Question 2

Centrist German parties

Answer 2

Centre party

DNP

Question 3

Left wing parties

Answer 3

KPD
DDP
USPD
SPD

Question 4

Who were the Spartacists?

Answer 4

They were originally part of the USPD
They wanted a revolution like Lenin’s
Wanted to transfer all powers of National Assembly to soldier and worker councils 
Seize coal, iron and steel industries
Worker’s militia will replace army

Question 5

What was the Spartacists revolt?

Answer 5

1st January 1919-Members of the union form KPD
5th January-revolt begins, newspaper offices were taken over and a revolutionary committee is formed funded by the Soviet Union
Uprising was poor organised and was put down by the Freikorps

Question 6

Who were the Freikorps?

Answer 6

Demobilised soldiers who were right wing
Did not like communists
Bitter of Germany’s defeat and are funded by the industrialists

Question 7

How Germany had changed? (Head of state)

Answer 7

The President was now head of state.

People can vote for the president every 7 years

Question 8

How had Germany not changed? (Head of state)

Answer 8

Head of state appoints chancellor

Head of state summons and dismisses Reichstagg

Question 9

How Germany had changed? (The Reichstag)

Answer 9

Can be Government ministers
For every 60,000 votes, it gave parties 1 seat
Elected every 4 years (used to be 3)
Stuff can be passed without their consent
Able to pass laws on military

Question 10

How had Germany not changed? (Reichstag)

Answer 10

Voted on new laws and the budget

Question 11

How had Germany changed? (Electors)

Answer 11

Men and women over the age of 20 had the right to vote:
For the Reichstag every 4 years
For the president every 7 years
Parliament of state every 4 years
In plebiscites on occasional issues

Question 12

How had Germany not changed? (The government)

Answer 12

Reichstag, chancellor and ministers

Question 13

How had Germany changed? (The government)

Answer 13

No more Bunderstrat
Reichsratt formed
Government and chancellor had power, no longer kaiser

Question 14

How had Germany changed? (Method of election)

Answer 14

Proportional representation introduced

States reduced from 26 to 18

Question 15

How did the Treaty of Versailles undermine the republic?

Answer 15

Made them seen as traitors as it was one sided

Question 16

Why was there so much opposition to the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 16

Germans felt that they could have won the war due to nationalist propaganda when they actually couldn’t

Question 17

How harsh was the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 17

Germany lost a lot of territories including the Saar and eastern Prussia
Germany had to pay more reparations
Germany’s army has been severely limited

Question 18

What was significant about the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 18

It can be argued that it caused the rise of Nazism and World War 2
Germany was forced to sign it otherwise they will be invaded
However it can be argued their economy did recover and received more loans than they had to pay reparations

Question 19

How was Germany’s economy affected by WW1?

Answer 19

Loss of territory, valuable industrial output (Alsace-Lorraine)
Had to pay a lot in reparations
6 million people displaced, lost workers
Colonies lost
Sarr occupied for 15 years
Weimar Republic had to pay in goods and raw materials for reparations
Loans for soldiers, pensions for widows and welfare for children
Rise in unemployment
Retraining soldiers scheme
Salary decrease

Question 20

Threat from Extreme left

Answer 20

KDP completely opposed Weimar
Creation of Bavarian socialist republic
German October