social specific facts 1914-1929

Question 1

when did ‘spirit of 1914’ disappear?

Answer 1

once food shortages became prevalent

Question 2

in Oct 1918 how much of the workforce was female?

Answer 2

1/3

Question 3

what % of children suffered from rickets during ww1?

Answer 3

40%

Question 4

how many people died in ww1?

Answer 4

1.7 million

Question 5

what was the civillian death rate in ww1

Answer 5

430,000 (e.g due to starvation)

Question 6

what did food rationing drop to?

Answer 6

1000 calories per day

Question 7

what was the female mortality rate during the Turnip Winter?

Answer 7

30%

Question 8

how many children died of hunger in 1916?

Answer 8

80,000

Question 9

in order to fix the grain crisis how many pigs were slaughtered?

Answer 9

9 million

Question 10

what happened in 1918 regarding the working day?

Answer 10

workers were granted a working day of 8 hours

Question 11

what was added to the social welfare system in 1920 and who did it benefit?

Answer 11

war victims’ benefits which benefited 2.5 million people

Question 12

what was extended in 1927 and how many people did it protect?

Answer 12

act concerning labour exchanges and unemployment insurance which protected 17.5 million workers

Question 13

how many dwellings were built in 1925?

Answer 13

178,930

Question 14

what % of employees were women in 1925?

Answer 14

36%

Question 15

what was decriminalised in 1926?

Answer 15

abortion in cases of grave dangers to the life of the mother

Question 16

the rights of minorities were excluded except?

Answer 16

Roma and Sinti

Question 17

what % of lawyers were Jewish?

Answer 17

16

Question 18

how many members did the Pan German League have in 1922?

Answer 18

22,000

Question 19

what was the aristocracy like in this time period (14-29)?

Answer 19

• despite the removal of all legal titles and privileges, a higher class still remained in existence
• many of the upper classes were anti-semitic since Jews were their scapegoat for financial losses
• were still able to hold their land and fiercely opposed modern, American influenced cities
• opposed the Weimar republic and so developed more extreme views

Question 20

why did the intended decrease in military power not occur?

Answer 20

due to the governments need to crush left-wing revolts and Ebert-Groener Pact of 1918

Question 21

how much did the military budget increase by between 1924 and 1928?

Answer 21

75%

Question 22

1920s saw a …

Answer 22

‘cultural explosion’

Question 23

examples of new films

Answer 23

The Blue Angel, Metropolis

Question 24

growth of what movement in this time period (1914-1929)

Answer 24

Bauhaus

Question 25

Berlin became the what capital of Europe?

Answer 25

'avant garde'

Question 26

what sort of things did pressure groups campaign against?

Answer 26

- female emancipation - homosexuality - Americanization

Question 27

what did the supply of milk fall by during the war?

Answer 27

50%

Question 28

where were the principles of the welfare state written?

Answer 28

in the second section of the Weimar constitution- an acknowledgement of the long standing socialist promise to redistribute wealth and provide for the working classes

Question 29

1918

Answer 29

workers were granted an 8 hour day all restrictions on trade unions were abolished a system of industrial tribunals were established

Question 30

1920

Answer 30

war victims benefit added to the social welfare system. war pensions were provided for invalids, widows and orphans

Question 31

how many people were now covered by the war victims benefit?

Answer 31

2.5 million

Question 32

1922

Answer 32

youth welfare act established a youth service to promote physical and social fitness

Question 33

1923

Answer 33

unemployment relief was consolidated into a regular programme of assistance

Question 34

1924

Answer 34

public assistance programme replaced older poor relief legislation

Question 35

1925

Answer 35

an accident insurance programme allowed diseases linked to certain types of work to become insurable

Question 36

which government was highly involved in schemes of social improvement?

Answer 36

Lander

Question 37

how did the rich perceive this high taxation

Answer 37

as an attack on their wealth

Question 38

how many women were elected to the Reichstag in 1920?

Answer 38

111

Question 39

political parties on either side of the spectrum's belief on women?

Answer 39

a women's place was in the home and they would stop working when they married and stay at home to raise a family

Question 40

when was it legally to advertise contraceptives?

Answer 40

1927

Question 41

wilde cliquen

Answer 41

means 'wild bunches' and it applied to alternative youth groups which rejected authority

Question 42

what % of the population did German jews make up?

Answer 42

less than 1

Question 43

why was military power hard to eradicate?

Answer 43

there was a long standing belief of military superiority which was so entrenched in society

Question 44

how many cinemas were there in Germany by 1929

Answer 44

500

Question 45

when did radio broadcasts begin?

Answer 45

1923

Question 46

what traditional forms of entertainment continued in the rural areas of Germany?

Answer 46

beer halls, local choral societies and religious and folk festivals

Question 47

income per head in rural communities was what?

Answer 47

44% below national average

Question 48

what caused this 'cultural explosion' in Germany?

Answer 48

a reaction to the pain of war coupled with the removal of censorship

Question 49

what did the Zentrum and right-wing nationalists campaign against?

Answer 49

'tides of filth'

Question 50

what did the Reichstag pass in 1926?

Answer 50

passed a law to 'protect youth from pulp fiction and pornography'