KQ2 key dates and statistics

Question 1

Employment of how many civil service did Stresemann terminate?

Answer 1

300,000

Question 2

Consequently to Stresemann’s policies, how many small businesses went bankrupt in 1923 and 1924?

Answer 2

1923- 233
1924- 6000

Question 3

By 1925, how many cartels were there?

Answer 3

3000

Question 4

By 1929, what fraction less were German agricultural production levels of its pre-war levels?

Answer 4

3/4

Question 5

In 1927 what percentage did real wages increase by, and then again in 1928?

Answer 5

1927- 9%
1928- 12%

Question 6

What was the max working day?

Answer 6

8 hours

Question 7

By March 1926, how many were unemployed?

Answer 7

Over 3 million

Question 8

The Public Assistance System

Answer 8

1924

Question 9

The State Accident Insurance System

Answer 9

1925

Question 10

National Unemployment Insurance System

Answer 10

1927

Question 11

How many war veterans, widows and orphans did the social welfare reforms support?

Answer 11

War veterans- 800,000
Widows- 360,000
War orphans- 900,000

Question 12

By 1925, what % of the German workforce were women?

Answer 12

36%

Question 13

What % of unemployed in 1925-26 were 14-21 years old?

Answer 13

17%

Question 14

What percentage of lawyers and doctors were Jewish?

Answer 14

Lawyers- 16%
Doctors- 11%

Question 15

Dawes Plan

Answer 15

July 1924

Question 16

How much did the Dawes Plan suggest the USA should give to Germany in a loan?

Answer 16

800 million marks

Question 17

When did the Dawes Plan suggest reparations should be reduced until?

Answer 17

1929

Question 18

What were the repayment terms of the Dawes Plan?

Answer 18

Re-start paying 1000 million marks
Raised in annual increments over 5 years by 2500 million marks a year

Question 19

Young Plan

Answer 19

1929

Question 20

What did the young plan reset reparations to and over how many years?

Answer 20

$1.8 billion
58 years

Question 21

What did the Young Plan make the annual repayment?

Answer 21

$473 million

Question 22

How many of the 6 coalitions was the SPD in during 1924-28?

Answer 22

1

Question 23

At the end of 1927, how many members and deputies in the Reichstag did the NSDAP have?

Answer 23

75,000 members
7 deputies

Question 24

How many voters did the NSDAP lose in the 1928 election?

Answer 24

100,000

Question 25

In rural areas however, how high was the Nazi share of vote %?

Answer 25

18%

Question 26

What did the NSDAP membership grow to by Oct 1929?

Answer 26

150,000

Question 27

Who won the election in 1925, and what % did they win?

Answer 27

Hindenburg 48.3%

Question 28

What did Marx get in the 1925 election?

Answer 28

45.3%

Question 29

What did Thalmann get in the 1925 election?

Answer 29

6.4%

Question 30

What % of voters voted for pro-Republican parties in May and December 1924 elections?

Answer 30

May- 6.5% December- 67%

Question 31

In the 1928 election, what % of the vote did the Nazis get?

Answer 31

2.6%

Question 32

How many coalition governments were there between Nov 1923 and March 1930?

Answer 32

7

Question 33

How many of the 7 governments had majorities between 1924-30? And how long did the longest survive for?

Answer 33

2/7 21 months

Question 34

Locarno Pact

Answer 34

1925

Question 35

When did Muller's grand coalition begin and when did it fall?

Answer 35

1928 - March 1930

Question 36

Germany joined the League of Nations

Answer 36

1926

Question 37

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer 37

1928

Question 38

Final zone of the Ruhr was evacuated

Answer 38

June 1930

Question 38

Called off passive resistance, persuading France to withdraw from the Ruhr

Answer 38

1924-5

Question 39

Treaty of Berlin

Answer 39

1926