Germany (Key Events and Dates)

Question 1

When did the World War One End and how did it end?

Answer 1

WW1 ended in November 1918 in German defeat

Question 2

What happened to the German leader on the 9th November 1918?

Answer 2

Kaiser Wilhelm was forced to abdicate

Question 3

When did Kaiser Wilhelm abdicate?

Answer 3

9th November 1918

Question 4

What was an important that the Freikorps was involved in?

Answer 4

The Kapp Putsch, the Freikorps attempt to take over Berlin

Question 5

When did the Kapp Putsch happen?

Answer 5

March 1920

Question 6

When was the Weimar Government formed?

Answer 6

9th November 1918

Question 7

What officially ended WW1

Answer 7

The Treaty of Versailles

Question 8

What did the Weimar Government announce that changed Germany’s economy?

Answer 8

The Weimar Government announced that it was bankrupt and could not pay reparation

Question 9

When did the Weimar Government announce that it was bankrupt?

Answer 9

1922

Question 10

What happened to the German Mark after the Weimar Government announced it was bankrupt?

Answer 10

The value of the Mark collapsed

Question 11

When did the value of the mark collapsed?

Answer 11

In November 1923

Question 12

When did Stresemann take over the Weimar government?

Answer 12

1923

Question 13

What was the pact that Germany signed with Britain, France, Italy and Belgium and when was it signed

Answer 13

The Locarno Pact in 1925

Question 14

What league was Germany banned from but was able to come back into in what year?

Answer 14

League of Nation in 1926

Question 15

What pact signed with Germany and 64 other countries and when was it signed?

Answer 15

The Kellogg Briand Pact

Question 16

Who joined the small German workers party and in what year?

Answer 16

Hitler in 1919

Question 17

Hitler took over the small workers party but what happened the year after?

Answer 17

Hitler published his plan for his party called the 25 points

Question 18

What event failed horribly causing Hitler to get arrested but brought his massive popularity

Answer 18

The Munich Putsch in 1923

Question 19

How long was Hitler arrested

Answer 19

9 months

Question 20

What Nazi group was advertised to young people and when was it introduced?

Answer 20

Hitler Youth in 1926

Question 21

What was a key event for the Nazis that helped them take over?

Answer 21

In 1928, the Nazis enter the Reichstag and in 1932 they become the largest party in the Reichstag.

Question 22

What happens to the Reichstag?

Answer 22

In 1933, the Reichstag burns down

Question 23

What act gives Hitler more power and how did it give it more Hitler power?

Answer 23

Enabling Act allowed Hitler to pass laws without the Reichstag.

Question 24

The Nazis was fearful of the power that SA had so what event occurred in which year and what did they do?

Answer 24

In June 1934, the Nazis assassinated its leader Rohm in the night of long knives

Question 25

What did the Nazis do to prevent any opposition?

Answer 25

The Nazis created a secret policed called the Gestapo in 1933

Question 26

What event happened in which year which restricted the rights of Jews?

Answer 26

1935, the Nuremberg Laws

Question 27

A German Jew murdered a German diplomat in Paris, what events did the Nazis do in response to this?

Answer 27

In 1938, the Nazi Party organised a Pogrom called Kristallnacht and on the 9th November 800 Jewish shops were destroyed, 191 synagogues burned or damaged and 91 jews were killed and over 30,000 were arrested

Question 28

Life got more worse for the Jews and what horrible event happened in which year that many Nazis were executed for with their role in the event after WW2

Answer 28

Holocaust in 1942

Question 29

What major event happens in which year that was supposed to assassinate Hitler?

Answer 29

June 1944 the Bomb Plot