Weimar Germany

Question 1

What does Kaiser mean?

Answer 1

Emperor

Question 2

What is the Reichstag?

Answer 2

Parliament

Question 3

Article 48

Answer 3

President has power to suspend constitution in an ‘emergency’

Question 4

Weakness of Article 48

Answer 4

It didn’t define what an ‘emergency’ was therefore the President could abuse this power

Question 5

What is Anschluss?

Answer 5

Austria and Germany are forbidden from uniting

Question 6

Who was the President of France?

Answer 6

George Clemenceau

Question 7

Who was the President of the USA?

Answer 7

Woodrow Wilson

Question 8

Who was the PM of the UK?

Answer 8

David Lloyd George

Question 9

What did George Clemenceau want from the ToV?

Answer 9

Wanted revenge against Germany
e.g wanted Land and Money

Question 10

What did Woodrow Wilson want from the ToV?

Answer 10

Wanted World Peace

Question 11

What did David Lloyd George want from the ToV?

Answer 11

He wanted more trade opportunities

Question 12

Name a MILITARY term from the ToV

Answer 12

~No German air force
~Army of no more than 100,000 men
~Demilitarisation of the Rhineland
~Only 6 small battleships

Question 13

Name an ECONOMIC term from the ToV

Answer 13

Germany forced to pay a reparation bill at £6.6 billion

Question 14

Article 231

Answer 14

War Guilt Clause

Question 15

Name a TERRITORIAL term of the ToV

Answer 15

~Rhineland demilitarised
~Saar to be given to France for 15 years
~Alsace-Lorraine given back to France
~Anschluss

Question 16

Why was the Saar a significant area of land?

Answer 16

It had many coal fields = ££££££

Question 17

What impact did Article 231 have on Germany?

Answer 17

~ had to pay the Allies for this damage
~ Germany struggled to pay the monthly instalments when they began in 1922
~ huge strain on the already massively weakened German economy

Question 18

What impact did the military terms of the ToV have to Germany?

Answer 18

~These terms were humiliating for Germany, which prided itself on the strength
of its military.
~Left Germans feeling vulnerable to future attack – (it was surrounded by former enemies: France in the West and the newly communist Russia in the East)

Question 19

What impact did the territorial terms of the ToV have on Germany?

Answer 19

~Germany was reduced in size by 10 per cent.
~Lost 12 per cent of its population,
~Lost 16 per cent of its coalfields and half of its
iron and steel industry.

Question 20

What two weaknesses did the Weimar Constitution have?

Answer 20

Article 48
Proportional Representation
(Radical groups could now easily join the Reichstag)

Question 21

What STRENGTHS did the Weimar constitution have?

Answer 21

~It was a genuine democracy
~Almost all political power was exercised by
politicians (before it was the military)
~Bill of Rights (freedom of speech, religion and
equality

Question 22

Diktat

Answer 22

Dictated Peace

Question 23

Dolchstoss

Answer 23

Stab in the back

Question 24

Coup d’état

Answer 24

to takeover state

Question 25

When was the Spartacist uprising?

Answer 25

5 Jan 1919 - 12 Jan 1919

Question 26

What ideology did the Spartacist uprising have?

Answer 26

They were members of the post WW1 Communist Party

Question 27

How many members did the Spartacist's have?

Answer 27

50,000

Question 28

Who led the Spartacist rebels?

Answer 28

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.

Question 29

Who defeated the Spartacist uprising?

Answer 29

The Friekorps

Question 30

What is the Friekorps?

Answer 30

armed bands of ex-soldiers

Question 31

What happened as a result of the Spartacist uprising?

Answer 31

Communist workers' councils seized power all over Germany, and a Communist People's Government took power in Bavaria. Rosa and Federich arrested and killed By May 1919 the Freikorps had crushed all of these uprisings

Question 32

Which party was Friedrich Ebert a part of?

Answer 32

Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

Question 33

Why did the Spartacist uprising happen?

Answer 33

They believed that power and wealth should be shared equally among population

Question 34

When was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 34

March 1920

Question 35

What happened during the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 35

As the German army had to be significantly reduced and the Freikorps were disbanded Wolfgang Kapp led a Freikorps takeover in Berlin The regular army refused to attack the Freikorps; Kapp was only defeated when the workers of Berlin went on strike and refused to cooperate with him.

Question 36

When did the hyperinflation crisis begin?

Answer 36

1923

Question 37

Why did HYPERINFLATION occur?

Answer 37

After the Germans missed a reparations payment late in 1922. This set off a chain of events that included occupation, hyperinflation and rebellions

Question 38

How much did a loaf of bread cost in January 1923?

Answer 38

250 marks

Question 39

How much did a load of bread cost in November 1923?

Answer 39

200,000 million marks

Question 40

Who benefitted from hyperinflation?

Answer 40

Businessmen Landowners Those with mortgages Farmers

Question 41

Who didn't benefit from hyperinflation?

Answer 41

Those on fixed incomes (Students, pensioners and the sick) People with savings

Question 42

What was the main GOAL of the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 42

Attempt to overthrow fledging Weimar republic

Question 43

Why did the Kapp Putsch fail?

Answer 43

Wasn’t realistic as Germany was mostly in poverty and working class wouldn’t support the cause Regular army refused to attack

Question 44

Cultural changes during the Golden Age of Weimar :

Answer 44

New era of art (surrealism and expressionism) Bauhaus architecture Encouragement of literature and arts

Question 45

Political stability in the Golden Age of Weimar

Answer 45

Stresemann and Hindenburg were the 2 most popular men in Germany Population were happy with the leadership (Social democrats had the most plurality of seats)

Question 46

Standard of living in the Golden Age of Weimar

Answer 46

Wages increased by 10% Unemployment fell HOWEVER Middle class didn't experience an increase in prosperity 184,000 didn't qualify for unemployment relief

Question 47

Women during the Golden Age of Weimar

Answer 47

In 1919 women over 20 could vote More women chose to take up a career Advanced legal rights, pay and education More social freedom to dress more liberally

Question 48

How many women were unemployed in 1925?

Answer 48

35.6% of women HUGE DECREASE SOCIAL CHANGE

Question 49

Housing during the Golden Age of Weimar

Answer 49

Housing shortages so, planners devised new innovative strategies to combat the shortage

Question 50

Unemployment insurance during the Golden Age of Weimar

Answer 50

German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck, introduced reforms including health and insurance schemes

Question 51

Which German Chancellor brought about health and insurance schemes?

Answer 51

Otto Von Bismarck