WEIMAR EARLY YEARS 1919-33

Question 1

WW1 political impact

Answer 1

Abdication of Kaiser- temporary govt under Ebert

Question 2

WW1 impact on industrial production

Answer 2

Industrial production only 2/3 of that in 1913

Question 3

WW1 no. of widows

Answer 3

600,000

Question 4

Social impact of WW1

Answer 4

• Deepened class divisions- made worse by restrictions on workers wages during the war
• Many women worked during the war- family values disrupted

Question 5

How much land did Germany lose under the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 5

10%

Question 6

How much of its population did Germany lose under the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 6

12.5%

Question 7

How much of its coal did Germany lose under the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 7

16%

Question 8

How much of its iron industry did Germany lose under the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 8

48%

Question 9

Examples of land lost under TOV

Answer 9

Upper Silesia, Alsace Lorraine, the Saar

Question 10

How much was Germany’s army reduced to?

Answer 10

100,000 men

Question 11

How much was Germany’s navy reduced to?

Answer 11

15,000

Question 12

Spartacist Revolt

Answer 12

Jan 1919, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg- put down by the Freikorps

Question 13

Kapp Putsch

Answer 13

Mar 1920, led by Wolfgang Kapp. Defeated by a general strike

Question 14

1923 Occupation of the Ruhr

Answer 14

French and Belgians occupied the Ruhr- late reparations.

Question 15

Impact of occupation of the Ruhr

Answer 15

Put pressure on the economy, added to inflation

Question 16

Hyperinflation

Answer 16

Value of mark fell, savings destroyed

Question 17

Munich Putsch

Answer 17

Hitler planned to seize Munich and march Berlin- initlay successful but defeated by police

Question 18

Stinnes- Legien Agreement

Answer 18

Between trade unions and businesses

Question 19

Ebert-Groener agreement

Answer 19

Army agreed to support the republic, republic gave army authority

Question 20

Why was the Weimar Republic economically strong ? (3)

Answer 20

Extensive natural resources
Advanced industry
Well educated population

Question 21

1914-1918 world trade & impact on Germany

Answer 21

Slumped- Germany had always relied on exports

Question 22

Short, medium and long term causes of hyperinflation (3)

Answer 22

Long- WW1
Medium- social reforms
Short- French occupation of the Ruhr

Question 23

How much of Imperial Germany’s war expenditure was borrowed?

Answer 23

84%

Question 24

What financial policy did Germany adopt after the war?

Answer 24

Deficit financing

Question 25

Why did Germany choose a policy of deficit financing?

Answer 25

Did not want to alienate

Question 26

Human consequences of hyperinflation (4)

Answer 26

Decline in law and order Decline in morality Increase in suicides Increase in predjudice

Question 27

What powers did the Weimar Constitution give the president?

Answer 27

Power to dissolve the Reichstag Power to appoint the Chancellor Power to rule by decree (Article 48)

Question 28

Disarmament clause- impact on German army

Answer 28

Army reduced to 100,000 men | Only 6 battleships

Question 29

Threats from the left

Answer 29

1919 Spartacist Uprising 1918 Red Bavaria 1923 German October

Question 30

1918 Red Bavaria

Answer 30

Bavarian monarchy collapsed- set up a Bavarian Soviet republic Freikorps brutally crushed a month later

Question 31

1923 German October

Answer 31

1923 crisis- led to KPD and SPD coalitions in Saxony and Thuringia Army crushed- communists excluded from regional governments

Question 32

Stresemann's policies (4)

Answer 32

Called off passive resistance and resumed reparations Cut expenditure to reduce deficit Rentenmark established 1924 Dawes Plan

Question 33

Long term causes of the economic crisis

Answer 33

WW1 and war expenditure | 84% of war expenditure had been borrowed

Question 34

__% of WW1 war expenditure had been borrowed

Answer 34

84%

Question 35

Middle term causes of the economic crisis

Answer 35

Social reforms and reparations | Caused the government to print more money

Question 36

Short term causes of the economic crisis

Answer 36

French occupation of the Ruhr | Policy of passive resistance- still paying the workers

Question 37

How many of those involved in the Kapp Putsch were found guilty?

Answer 37

1/705