Germany Depth Study 2

Question 1

When did SPD become biggest party

Answer 1

1912

Question 2

Who was the only socialist to oppose war credits in August 1914

Answer 2

Karl Liebknecht out of 110 SP politicians

Question 3

Burgfriede

Answer 3

Political truce- collective suffering for war effort

Question 4

Augusterlebnis

Answer 4

Spirit of 1914

Question 5

Kaiser quote August 1914

Answer 5

I know no parties, only Germans

Question 6

Poems stat

Answer 6

1 million pro war poems written and sent to press August 1914

Question 7

Turnip Winter

Answer 7

1916-17

Question 8

How much of Germany’s food supply was imported?

Answer 8

33%

Question 9

How many pigs were killed in 1915- impact

Answer 9

35%- led to meat prices rising and meat shortage

Question 10

When were Junkers tax privileges rescinded?

Answer 10

1916

Question 11

How many died of starvation

Answer 11

750,000

Question 12

How many striked in Berlin April 1917

Answer 12

200,000

Question 13

Number of casualties by 1917

Answer 13

2.5 million

Question 14

Two silent dictators

Answer 14

Paul von Hindenberg and Erich Ludendorff

Question 15

How many casualties at Verdun

Answer 15

20,000

Question 16

Chancellor in 1916

Answer 16

Bethmann-Hollweg

Question 17

Siegfrieden

Answer 17

Victory with substantial territory gains

Question 18

Plan for victory?

Answer 18

Kreuznach programme

Question 19

Unrestricted submarine warfare began when?

Answer 19

Spring 1917

Question 20

Zimmerman telegram

Answer 20

Germany asked Mexico to attack US if they entered war. Intercepted by British

Question 21

Lusitania 1915

Answer 21

Killed oer 1000

Question 22

Russian Revolution?

Answer 22

February 1917

Question 23

How many went on streets in Berlin inspired by Revolution

Answer 23

300,000

Question 24

Chancellor appointed after Bethmann-Hollweg

Answer 24

George Michaelis

Question 25

How many striked 1917

Answer 25

1.5 million

Question 26

Who suggested peace resolution

Answer 26

Matthias Erzberger

Question 27

What was majority for Peace Resolution

Answer 27

84

Question 28

When was the Peace Resolution approved

Answer 28

19 July

Question 29

When did Bethmann-Hollweg resign?

Answer 29

13 July

Question 30

Vaterlandspartei

Answer 30

Nationalist party founded by Ludendorff

Question 31

How many members did Vaterlandspartei have 1918

Answer 31

1 million

Question 32

How many SPD members voted against war credits December 1915

Answer 32

20

Question 33

Who was leader 1915

Answer 33

Haase

Question 34

Who replaced Haase as SPD leader

Answer 34

Ebert

Question 35

When was USPD created

Answer 35

April 1917

Question 36

When were Luxemburg and Liebknecht imprisoned?

Answer 36

1916-1918

Question 37

How many USPD members by January 1918

Answer 37

120,000

Question 38

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Answer 38

3 March 1917

Question 39

Terms of Brest Litovsk

Answer 39

Russia ceded Poland, Lithuania, parts of Latvia, significant reparations

Question 40

Black Day

Answer 40

8 August

Question 41

29 September 1918

Answer 41

Bulgaria pull out of war

Question 42

Appointed Chancellor 3 October

Answer 42

Prince Max von Baden

Question 43

US president

Answer 43

Wilson

Question 44

When were constitutional reforms passed

Answer 44

28 October 1918

Question 45

When did Ludendorff resign

Answer 45

26 October

Question 46

When did the Kaiser flee

Answer 46

29 October

Question 47

Kiel mutiny?

Answer 47

29 October | Sailors refused to attack British fleet and demonstrated

Question 48

Kurt Eisner

Answer 48

Declared independent Bavarian Republic 7 November 1918

Question 49

9 November 1918

Answer 49

End of 1871 system Kaiser abdicated Ebert became chancellor

Question 50

Who formed coalition 11 November

Answer 50

SPD and USPD

Question 51

Armistice

Answer 51

11 November 1918

Question 52

Philipp Scheidemann

Answer 52

Declared German Republic on 9 November

Question 53

Ebert Groener Pact

Answer 53

Army would support Ebert if he didn't reform amy

Question 54

4 features of Freikorps

Answer 54

Violent Right wing Anti-Communist Anti-democracy

Question 55

Spartacist Uprising

Answer 55

10-13 January 1919

Question 56

KPD formed

Answer 56

December 1918

Question 57

How many murdered in Spartacist uprising?

Answer 57

156

Question 58

Liebknecht and Luxemburg killed

Answer 58

15 January

Question 59

How many people did the Freikorps kill in Berlin in early March 1919

Answer 59

1000

Question 60

When was the Bavarian Soviet Republic defeated

Answer 60

April 1919

Question 61

When did the first Weimar elections occur?

Answer 61

19 January 1919

Question 62

Who won 76% of the vote

Answer 62

SPD, Centre Party, German Democratic Party

Question 63

What % did SDP win

Answer 63

38%

Question 64

What percentage did anti-Weimar German People's Party win 1919

Answer 64

10.3%

Question 65

Who was given job of creating the constitution

Answer 65

Hugo Preuss

Question 66

How much had been raised via war bonds

Answer 66

10 billion marks

Question 67

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed

Answer 67

June 1919

Question 68

When was the Weimar constitution declared

Answer 68

11 August 1919

Question 69

Votes per seat ratio

Answer 69

1 seat per 60,000 votes