How Successful Was Adenauer As Chancellor Of West Germany

Question 1

Who was Chancellor of the FRG from 1949 to 1963?

Answer 1

Konrad Adenauer

Question 2

When did the Christian Democrats become the first government since the First World War to win over 50% of the popular vote?

Answer 2

1957

Question 3

What had many people of the Christian Democrats (CDU) made up of?

Answer 3

Former Catholic Centre Party or Protestant parties

Question 4

What was the main beliefs of the CDU?

Answer 4

The upholding of capitalism and competition
Support for the vulnerable in society
Preservation of the welfare state
Support for the Ahlen Programme, which outlined beliefs in traditional Christian values, a social conscience and the free-market

Question 5

Who were the CDU’s rivals?

Answer 5

The SCP and Free Democratic Party (FDP) and until they were banned in August 1965, though had no seats in 1953 the KPD

Question 6

What was the results of the CDU between 1949-1961?

Answer 6

1949: 31%, seats: 139
1953: 45.2%, seats: 243
1957: 50.2%, seats: 270
1961: 45.3%, seats: 242

Question 7

What was the results of the SPD between 1949-1961?

Answer 7

1949: 29.2%, seats: 131
1953: 28.8%, seats: 151
1957: 31.8%, seats: 169
1961: 36.2%, seats: 190

Question 8

What was the results of the FDP between 1949-1961?

Answer 8

1949: 11.9%, seats: 52
1953: 9.5%, seats: 48
1957: 7.7%, seats: 41
1961: 12.8%, seats: 67

Question 9

Though had a majority in 1953 what did Adenauer chose to maintain?

Answer 9

A coaltion

Question 10

What percentage of the population was fatherless after WW2?

Answer 10

1/4

Question 11

Which law regained former Nazi civil servants there jobs?

Answer 11

Law 131

Question 12

What percentage of civil servants were ex-Nazis?

Answer 12

40-80%

Question 13

What policy made sure there was not alienation in the FRG?

Answer 13

Former Nazis were able to claim pensions

Question 14

How many houses were built by 1952 and 1957 in the FRG?

Answer 14

1952: 430,000
1957: 4 million

Question 15

How much did wages rise in the FRG between 1949 and 1963?

Answer 15

400%

Question 16

What organisations did the FRG join?

Answer 16

1948 - Council of Europe
1949 - Organisation for European Economic Organisation (OEEC)
1951 - European Coal and Steel Community
1955 - NATO
1957 - Treaty of Rome (EEC)
1957 - European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)

Question 17

What was the clauses in Stalin agreeing to unite Germany and give up the GDR?

Answer 17

That Germany could not join the West because of security concerns

Question 18

What was the Hallstein Doctrine?

Answer 18

The FRG refuse to recognise or have diplomatic relations with the GDR or any other communist nation other than the USSR

Question 19

What political error of Adenauer’s in 1959 lost him some respect?

Answer 19

Announcing his intention to run for the presidency of the FRG then withdrawing, with his indecision suffering him repetitional damage

Question 20

Who offered a strong response to the Berlin Wall making Adenauer look like he felt with it poorly?

Answer 20

Willy Brandt, the SPD major of West Berlin

Question 21

What crisis in 1962 really damaged Adenauer’s reputation?

Answer 21

Der Spiegel affair

Question 22

What was the Der spiel affair?

Answer 22

The magazine published an article critical of the readiness of West German defence forces, the defence minister misled the Bundestag in response to questions on the issues, matters made worse when the government raided Der Spiegel’s offices and arrested some of its journalists