The Weimar Republic (1919-1929)

Question 1

Who was the chancellor until 1917?

Answer 1

Bethmann

Question 2

how many men were called up to serve?

Answer 2

13 million

Question 3

what % of the population served in the army?

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

who were the 2 ‘silent dictators’?

Answer 4

Hindenburg and Ludendorf?

Question 5

Which act allowed the government to control all males aged between 17-60?

Answer 5

Auxiliary service act.

Question 6

how many workers went on strike in January 1918?

Answer 6

400,000

Question 7

what was agricultural production by the end of the war?

Answer 7

40% to 60% below pre war levels.

Question 8

how many hours a day did people in armament factories work during war?

Answer 8

10-12 hours

Question 9

what gave the German communists a hope that they could take over?

Answer 9

The Russian revolution

Question 10

how many widows and fatherless children were there at the end of the war?

Answer 10

600,000 widows and 2million children

Question 11

how many men were Germany allowed in the army?

Answer 11

100,000

Question 12

how many battle ships were Germany allowed?

Answer 12

6 ships

Question 13

how many submarines and aeroplanes were Germany allowed?

Answer 13

0

Question 14

what did Germany have to accept in the treaty?

Answer 14

guilt

Question 15

how much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

Answer 15

6.6billion.

Question 16

what did Germany lose to the allies?

Answer 16

their empire

Question 17

what percent of germanys land was lost?

Answer 17

13%

Question 18

what was Germany not allowed to join?

Answer 18

the League of Nations

Question 19

Germany lost 16% of what?

Answer 19

coal fields and steel industry

Question 20

what was Germany forbidden to do?

Answer 20

ally with Austria

Question 21

what happened if Germany did not accept the treaty?

Answer 21

war would commence.

Question 22

what type of government changed from and to?

Answer 22

autocracy to democracy

Question 23

who governed the country?

Answer 23

the president

Question 24

what voting system was used?

Answer 24

proportional representation

Question 25

who could vote?

Answer 25

everyone over 20

Question 26

how often were Reichstag deputies elected?

Answer 26

every 4 years

Question 27

how long was a president elected for?

Answer 27

7 years

Question 28

what did a bill of rights guarantee all Germans?

Answer 28

Liberty and equality.

Question 29

how did proportional representation cause problems for the new government?

Answer 29

coalitions and extremist groups could have a say

Question 30

how many coalitions were there in 14 years?

Answer 30

20

Question 31

what powers did the president have?

Answer 31

appoint chancellor, dissolve the reichstag and block new laws.

Question 32

what did the chancellor need in order to govern?

Answer 32

support of the Reichstag.

Question 33

what did article 48 mean?

Answer 33

the president had all power in an emergency.

Question 34

how many times did Ebert use article 48?

Answer 34

138 times

Question 35

who led the sparticists group?

Answer 35

rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknect

Question 36

which buildings did the communists take over?

Answer 36

newspaper offices and public buildings in Berlin.

Question 37

who did Ebert turn to in order to deal with the problem.?

Answer 37

the freikorps

Question 38

what happened to the leaders of the spartacists?

Answer 38

they were murdered by police.

Question 39

what did the sparticists murders lead to?

Answer 39

the communists were hostile to the spartacists

Question 40

why did the right reject the weimar democracy?

Answer 40

November criminals stabbed in back

Question 41

who were hostile to new republic?

Answer 41

nazis and freikorps

Question 42

ex soldiers were attractive to which groups?

Answer 42

judges and army officers.

Question 43

where were right wing groups active?

Answer 43

Bavaria

Question 44

How many right-wing assassinations took place between 1919 and 1923?

Answer 44

354

Question 45

What was the name of the victim who was Jewish and someone who signed the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 45

Walter rathenau

Question 46

How many of the right-wing assassins was severely punished?

Answer 46

1

Question 47

In comparison out of the 22 left-wing assassinations how many were executed?

Answer 47

10

Question 48

Who plotting to overthrow the government?

Answer 48

Dr Wolfgang kapp

Question 49

Who supported them?

Answer 49

The freikorps

Question 50

How did the president react?

Answer 50

He fled Berlin

Question 51

What did this allowed kapp to do?

Answer 51

Declared himself Chancellor

Question 52

Who refused to attached the putsch?

Answer 52

German army

Question 53

How did that putsch eventually fail?

Answer 53

Workers went on strike.

Question 54

Which year and month did Hitler joined the German workers party?

Answer 54

1919 September

Question 55

What was announced by Hitler in February 1920?

Answer 55

25 point programme

Question 56

When and to what was the German workers party renamed?

Answer 56

National socialists party (nazis)

Question 57

Who did the party attract support from?

Answer 57

All classes

Question 58

When did Hitler attempt to seize power in Bavaria?

Answer 58

november 1923

Question 59

What was Hitler's March met by?

Answer 59

Armed police

Question 60

How many Nazis were killed?

Answer 60

16

Question 61

What was the name of Hitler's book?

Answer 61

mein kampf

Question 62

How long was Hitler in prison for?

Answer 62

Nine months

Question 63

How did Hitler change the approach of the Nazis?

Answer 63

Wanted to be elected into the government.

Question 64

What did Germany failed to do in 1923?

Answer 64

Pay reparations

Question 65

How did the French and Belgians respond?

Answer 65

Invaded the Ruhr

Question 66

What did CUNOS Government call for?

Answer 66

Passive resistance

Question 67

What did the French do in response to this?

Answer 67

Executed many involved

Question 68

Although the government continued to pay wages, what were they unable to claim from the Ruhr?

Answer 68

taxes

Question 69

What did the government do to pay workers in the Ruhr?

Answer 69

print more money

Question 70

How much did a loaf of bread cost in 1923?

Answer 70

100 billion marks

Question 71

Who benefited from hyperinflation?

Answer 71

People who could pay off debts, mortgages, and loans

Question 72

Which groups of people suffered due to hyperinflation?

Answer 72

Middle-class and elderly

Question 73

What was the new currency called?

Answer 73

Rentonmark

Question 74

How did Stressman end the occupations of the Ruhr?

Answer 74

Called off passive resistance and pay the reparations?

Question 75

What did he sign to improve the reparations and also helped Germany with loans from America?

Answer 75

Dawes plan

Question 76

What was the reparations repayments reduced to for the first 5 years?

Answer 76

1000 million marks for five years

Question 77

What did Stressman receive because of this?

Answer 77

Noble peace prize.

Question 78

What was Germany allowed to join in 1926?

Answer 78

League of Nations

Question 79

How many chancellors from 1924 to 29?

Answer 79

Four

Question 80

Which party was the biggest throughout this period

Answer 80

SPD

Question 81

What percent of the seats did the Nazis when in 1924 and 1928

Answer 81

3%

Question 82

What percent of the seats did the Communist win in 1924 and 1928

Answer 82

9%

Question 83

What percent of voters voted for parties against the Weimar Republic?

Answer 83

30%

Question 84

How many more seats did moderate parties have compared to extremist parties in 1928

Answer 84

136

Question 85

Who became president in 1925?

Answer 85

Hindenburg

Question 86

Which city did Berlin challenge to become the cultural centre of Europe?

Answer 86

Paris

Question 87

How did the life of women change in the 1920s?

Answer 87

Sexual and social freedom

Question 88

What part of Germany is culture became the most advanced in Europe?

Answer 88

Cinema

Question 89

Which German actress became very popular

Answer 89

dietrich

Question 90

What was risky about the new culture

Answer 90

caboret

Question 91

What could artist do which they couldn't under the Kaiser?

Answer 91

Criticise politicians

Question 92

Which architecture movement impacted Germany

Answer 92

bauhaus school

Question 93

why did people hate the new culture?

Answer 93

Sex obsessed, degenerates, and against tradition.

Question 94

Which groups hated the new culture

Answer 94

right wing

Question 95

What did Germany signed help with international relations

Answer 95

loCarno treaty

Question 96

Type of music that was popular from the US

Answer 96

Jazz