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Growth of Working Class

Prior to 1871, what proportion of German’s lived in rural villages?

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2/3

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Growth of Working Class

What are 2 reforms that Biskmarck introuduced to help the working class and what did they do?

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  • 1883 Sickness Insurance - gave 13 week’s pay to 3 million workers.
  • 1884 Accident Insurance - gave 13 weeks payment financed by employers.
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Growth of Working Class

Between 1900-14 what was unemployment?

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Only went above 3% in one year

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Growth of Working Class
Which chancellor banned child labour and when?

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Chancellor Bulow
1903

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Growth of Working Class
When was the 8 hour working day guarenteed?

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In the Weimar constitution

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Growth of Working Class

How many new houses were built during Weimar to allieviate overcrowding?

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2 million

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Growth of Working Class

From 1910-1940, what did the population of urban areas grow by?

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36%

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Growth of Working Class

How did urban workers benefit under the Nazis?

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Groups such as DAF and RAD - trade unions were banned

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Growth of Working Class

From 1928-38, how much did the working class grow by as the Nazis prepared for war?

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10%

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Growth of Working Class

What was the proportion of working class with Nazi membership?

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over 40%

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Growth of Working Class

How much did the west German population grow by between 1950-1980? What percent lived in urban areas?

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50% to 61.7 million
74%

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Growth of Working Class

How many ‘guest workers’ from Turkey and Greece by 1966?

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1.2 million

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Growth of Working Class

In total, how many guest workers did germany employ for the lowest paid jobs by 1973?

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14 million

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Artisans/Mittelstand

What artisan industries closed due to rapid industrialisation during the 1800s?

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Dyeing and Weaving

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Artisans/Mittelstand

From 1882-85, one-man artisan businesses declined by how much?

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13.5%

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Artisans/Mittelstand

In 1897, what did the Government try to pass to win over the Mittelstand?

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The Craft Laws - this failed

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Artisans/Mittelstand

In 1928, how many Mittelstand were unemployed? Why?

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184,000

Heavily impacted by the 1923 hyperinflation which led to business closing.

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Artisans/Mittelstand

Which party did most Artisans support during Weimar? Why?

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The Nazis - anti-communist

In 1920, Hitler suggested the 25 point programme that protected German industry.

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Artisans/Mittelstand

What was one aspect of the 25 point programme?

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Larger businesses could be shut down and sold to smaller traders at a reduced rate.

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Artisans/Mittelstand

From 1925, what did all new artisans have to pass to ensure that a high level of craft was maintained?

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The Master’s Examination

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Artisans/Mittelstand

Between 1931-36, how much did artisan business rise by? Why?

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20%
Nazi Party formations had to order boots from them

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Artisans/Mittelstand

From 1936-39, how much did artisan business decline by? Why?

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11%
The nazis became harsher, claiming that there were too many artisan businesses

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Artisans/Mittelstand

How did the Marshall plan (1947) impact artisans?

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Artisans were given special status which meant that they could oversee the organisation of training and skilled workers.

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Artisans/Mittelstand

By 1955, how many Germans were employed in Artisan trade? How much more was this from 1939?

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Over 3.5 million

An increase of 1 million

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Artisans/Mittelstand What organisations protected even small artisans in West Germany? What did grocers cooperative membership increase to by 1950?
Cooperatives 50,000
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Junkers What powers did Junkers in the Bundesrat have? What was the Prussian Three Class Franchise?
Could veto Reichstag legislation A junker vote was worth 3x more than an ordinary German vote
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Junkers Why were there riots in Prussia after the 1908 election?
The SPD only won 7 seats with 23% of the votes compared to The Junker Conservatives who won 212 seats with just 16% of the votes.
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Junkers By 1912 who were the largest party in the Reichstag? What was their stance towards Junkers?
SPD - 110 seats Had to prove their responsibility and did not want to spark a revolt, so didn't change anything.
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Junkers When did Prince Max announce reforms that abolished the Prussian Voting System?
28th October 1918
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Junkers Name two examples of Junkers with significant power during Weimar?
Hans von Seekt - Commander in Chief from 1920-26 Franz von Papan - Chancellor from July to December 1932
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Junkers How did Von Seekt undermine Germany?
Refused to fire on the Freikorps during the Kapp Putsch in 1920 which led to Wolfgang Kapp being able to take over for 3 days.
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Junkers Which event did Hitler use to manipulate the Junkers?
June 1934 - Night of the Long Knives won him support from military leadership.
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Junkers Which powerful Junkers were removed from Hitler's cabinet following him becoming Fuhrer in Aug 1934?
- 1938 - Papan - Blomberg and Fritsch (head of army) because they were unconvinced about his agressive Foreign Policy
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Junkers Which Junker Group deviated from the Party to try and assasinate Hitler in 1944? Why?
The Kreisau Circle - left a bomb in Hitler's bunker but it didn't work. Hitler responded by killing 5000 people. Concerned about Hitler's failures during the war.
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Junkers How did their land change following WW2?
Most of it was completely destroyed, or taken by East Germany and the USSR, where it was divided up into smaller farms.
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Junkers By 1952, what was the state of the Junkers?
They did not exist
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Junkers How many homes were destroyed during the war? What did this mean for Junkers?
3.6 million Their aristocratic houses and land was destroyed
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Peasants What did the number of German agricultural workers decline by between 1871-1989?
49-2%
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Peasants When did Bismarck introduce tarriffs to stop importing cheap grain from Russia? Who persuaded him?
1879 Junkers as they relied on farming for their income.
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Peasants When did the Agrarian League form? Who supported them? What did they try and do?
1893 Junkers Fight attempts to weaken tarriffs on foreign food.
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Peasants During 1916/17, how much did agricultural production fall to?
60% of pre-war levels
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Peasants How many German's died during Turnip Winter?
80,000 children in 1916
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Peasants During the 1920s, how was agriculture continually Challenged?
Improved farming practices in Holland and Denmark led to increased competition with foreign markets.
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Peasants When did Nazi's introduce laws to protect farms from being forcibly sold?
1933 - Reich Entailed Farm Law
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Peasants Between 1925-38, how much did agricultural production increase by?
20%
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Peasants When were meat rations cut during the war?
1942 and 1943
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Peasants Between 1950-60, how much did the rural economy lose of its workforce?
50% due to mechanisation
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Peasants Between 1949 and 58, how many tractors were bought?
590,000
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Peasants By the mid 1980s, how much did state run farms average in size?
11,000 acres
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White Collar In Prussia, how much did the civil service grow by between 1850-1907?
40,000 to 250,000
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White Collar How much did the number of doctors increase by between 1876-1913?
Doubled
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White Collar When was the Co-ordinating Committe formed by White collar workers? What did they want?
1901 State-insurance for white-collar workers - sucessful in 1911
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White Collar What economic events impacted White-Collar workers during Weimar?
1921-23 Hyper Inflation 1929-33 Great Depression
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White Collar How many unemployed in 1928?
183,371
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White Collar How many white collar workers recieved no unemployment support from the state?
90,000
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White Collar How much of the Nazi party did White Collar workers make up between 1929-32?
20%
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White Collar By the end of 1933, how over-represented were White-Collar workers?
65%
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White Collar Workers What proportion of workers in the country by 1939 were WC? How was this different to Bismarck?
1/4 compared to 1/13 in 1895
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White Collar By 1980, what percentage of the workforce were WC workers?
35% mainly in service and manufacturing
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White Collar From 1950-64, how much had real wages increased by? What did this do?
They had doubled Led to an increased demand for skilled labour
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White Collar By 1989, what % of the population were employed in the service industry and highly educated?
66%
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Women By 1891, what were women guarenteed?
6 weeks maternity leave and an 11 hour working day. Allowed more time off on Saturday's to complete domestic work.
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Women In 1885, what did Emma Ihrer establish?
The Society for the Protection of Women's Workers which provided doctor and lawyer service for free. 1886 - Banned
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Women Who was Clara Zeitkin and what was her role?
Member of the women's section of the SPD and published Die Gleichheit (equality) in 1880 for the first time.
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Women When were Women given the right to vote?
In the Weimar constitution of 1919
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Women What percentage did Women make up of the Weimer parliament?
9.6% - 2% in Britain
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Women What were Weimar women?
Following the deaths of 2 million men during the war, the 'Weimar' woman was independent, lived in urban areas, followed US fashion trends and was single.
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Women During 1933-35 how much did the number of female school teachers decrease by?
15%
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Women In 1943, how many women were conscripted to work between what ages?
3 million 17-45
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Women When was the Lebensborn programme introduced?
1935
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Women When were pensions introduced and how did they discriminate women?
1957 - only given to full-time workers. Part-time women and those who had taken maternity leave did not recieve them
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Women When were women given legal equality to their husbands?
1957
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Women By 1989, what % of uni students were women?
41%
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Women In 1989, what percentage of hospital workers were women? What % were actually doctors?
75% 4%

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