Germany- Social Golden Age

Question 1

what did the 1924 Public assistance system introduce

Answer 1

provided help to poor

Question 2

what did the 1925 State accident insurance system introduce

Answer 2

intended to help those injured at work, extended to cover those suffering from occupational diseases

Question 3

what did the 1927 national unemployment insurance system introduce

Answer 3

provide benefits for the unemployed, financed by contributions from workers and employers. This created a system covering 17 million workers which offered benefit at 75% of pay for ¾ of the year

Question 4

how many houses were built between 1924 and 1931

Answer 4

over 2 million

Question 5

in 1926, how many disabled war veterans, war widows and war orphans were being supported

Answer 5

disabled war veterans- 800,000
war widows- 360,000
war orphans- 900,000

Question 6

what was a means test

Answer 6

check on financial circumstances of benefit claimant to confirm eligibility for support.

Question 7

how many female deputies were there in the following years: 1919, 1928, 1931

Answer 7

1919- 41
1928- 33
1931- 42

Question 8

which female government representative argued women shouldn’t have the right to vote

Answer 8

Paula Muller-Otfried

Question 9

by 1925, what % of the workforce was women

Answer 9

36%

Question 10

how many women teacher and doctors were there by 1933

Answer 10

teachers- 100,000
doctors- 3,000

Question 11

what were the ‘demobilisation’ laws

Answer 11

women had to stop working so veterans could find work

Question 12

what happened when a woman got married in terms of her job

Answer 12

had to leave it

Question 13

what happened to birth control

Answer 13

became much more available

Question 14

by 1930, on average how many abortions were there each year

Answer 14

1 million

Question 15

how many deaths per year were there due to abortion

Answer 15

10-12,000

Question 16

how many female representatives were there in the Reichsrat

Answer 16

0

Question 17

what were gymnasium schools

Answer 17

selective schools that provided classical eductation

Question 18

what % of 14-21 year olds were unemployed in 1925/26

Answer 18

17%

Question 19

how many incidents of juvenile crime were there at its peak in Hamburg and when

Answer 19

1917- 1600 incidents

Question 20

what was the National Welfare Law in 1922

Answer 20

every child had right to education, spiritual, physical and social fitness

Question 21

what were some youth cliques

Answer 21

-Farmers Fear
-Red Apaches
-Eagles Claw

Question 22

what was the main educational reform of Weimar period

Answer 22

introduction of elementary schools

Question 23

what were the wandervogel

Answer 23

movement mainly consisting of MC boys- some adopted unconventional lifestyles eg. nudism and vegetarianism

Question 24

what were church groups

Answer 24

Both Catholic and Protestant churches had youth groups → focus mainly on promoting church attendance and respect for family and Christian values. `

Question 25

what were some political youth groups

Answer 25

Social Democratic Youth Movement (SPD) founded in 1925 → had the most members of any political youth groups in Weimar period.

Young Communist League founded in 1925 → for children of KPD members.

Question 25

how many jews lived in cities

Answer 25

80% (400,000)

Question 26

what % of the population did jews rep

Answer 26

1%

Question 27

who are some famous jews in this time

Answer 27

red rosa
walther rathenau
theodor wolff

Question 28

what % of banks were jewish owned

Answer 28

50%

Question 29

what % of lawyers and doctors were jewish

Answer 29

16% lawyers and 11% doctors

Question 30

how many of 34 nobel prizes were won by jewish people

Answer 30

9 (24%)

Question 31

what was Jewish Bolshevism

Answer 31

term used by anti-Semites in the Weimar period to imply that Jewish people and communists were closely associated and represented a danger to German values.

Question 32

which nightclub was particularly popular to german officials

Answer 32

Eldorado

Question 33

what was the predominant art form in this time

Answer 33

Expressionism

Question 34

who were avant garde novelists and poets

Answer 34

adopted free form of writing focusing on character’s internal mental state rather than external social reality, exploring social issues growing out of distress and misery of working people in big cities

Question 35

what was Bauhaus

Answer 35

primarily architectural school but also school of art, design and photography, influencing all aspects of design including furniture, urban planning, textiles, pottery and graphics.

Question 36

what was Zeittheater

Answer 36

introduced new dramatic methods, often with explicit left-wing sympathies.

Question 37

what was much of german theatre at the time

Answer 37

explicitly political, attacking capitalism, nationalism and war.

Question 38

when was the german radio company set up

Answer 38

1923

Question 39

by 1932, how much of the pop had a radio

Answer 39

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