Weimar Republic Simulation PT.2

Question 1

When did the Allied Reparations Commision decide on the reparation Germany had to pay?

Answer 1

January 1921

Question 2

When was the Genoa Conference?

Answer 2

April 1922

Question 3

Who were involved in the Rapallo Treaty?

Answer 3

USSR and Germany

Question 4

When was the Rapallo Treaty signed?

Answer 4

April 1922

Question 5

When was the Ruhr Invasion?

Answer 5

11th January 1923

Question 6

What reperations did Germany miss to cause the Ruhr invasion?

Answer 6

Instalments of coal and timber

Question 7

Who was the French prime minister at the time of the invasion?

Answer 7

Poincaré

Question 8

What troops entered the Ruhr?

Answer 8

Belgian and French troops

Question 9

What did the Germans do in response to the invasion of the Ruhr (1923)?

Answer 9

Passive Resistance

Question 10

What examples of Passive Resistance did the German public do in response to the invasion of the Ruhr (1923)?

Answer 10

Strike - Most Germans went on strike rather than work for the French, so the economy slowly declined

Question 11

What were the consequences of the Invasion of the Ruhr (1923)

Answer 11

Deaths - 132 people were killed
Evictions - Over 150,000 Ruhr Germans were evicted from their homes

Question 12

What period was Passive Resistance still in place?

Answer 12

Januany 1923 - November 1923

Question 13

What were the causes of Hyperinflation?

Answer 13

1. The German goverment printed more money
2. The money was not back up by genuine wealth, businesses didn’t trust the new money, so they raised their prices, then the govern ment printed off more money

Question 14

What were the effects of Hyperinflation?

Answer 14

1. Prices went through the roof - Money was circling around which had reached crazy proportions
2. Stresemann - He came in and reactivated the production line in the Ruhr
3. A deal was made with Britain, Germany, France, and USA that passive resistance was to be called off.

Question 15

What former army leader’s support did Adolf Hitler obtain?

Answer 15

General Lundendorff

Question 16

What was the period at which Hyperinflation was a thing?

Answer 16

1923 Jan - Nov

Question 17

When was the Beer Hall Putsch

Answer 17

November 8th 1923

Question 18

What was the goernment meeting which Adolf Hitler hijacked in November?

Answer 18

Beer Hall Putsch

Question 19

What did Hitler state when he hijacked the Beer Hall Putsch?

Answer 19

“The National Revolution has broken out”

Question 20

In retaliation to the Beer Hall Putsch what did Hitler do?

Answer 20

Marched his 3000 followers to Munich on November 9th 1923

Question 21

What happened to the march to Munich on November 9th 1923?

Answer 21

100 police and soldiers fired upon them. 16 Nazis were killed. Shortly afterwards Lundendorff and Hitler were both arrested

Question 22

What was evidense of political stability in Germany

Answer 22

1. Gustav Stresemann was the new chancellor, who was well-respected and that promoted stability
2. Elections May 1928, would be the worst ever results for the extremist political parties

Question 23

What was the new currency introduced by Hjalmar Schacht?

Answer 23

Rentenmark

Question 24

Who introduced the Rentenmark?

Answer 24

Hjalmar Schacht

Question 25

When was the Dawes Plan introduced and put into place?

Answer 25

April 1924

Question 26

What were the terms of the Dawes Plan?

Answer 26

German reparations payments would be spread out over a longer period, and the USA will lend Germany 800 million gold marks to rebuild its economy.

Question 27

What was evidence of success for the Dawes Plan?

Answer 27

Firstly, Germany received far more loans than she would ever pay back. Secondly, production levels finally overtook 1914 levels in 1928, and huge industrial work such as I.G Farben would emerge. Thirdly, in 1929 the Young Plan reduced the final reparations from 6.6 billion to 2 billion.

Question 28

What was examples of Cultural Recovery?

Answer 28

Science - Alber Einsten at Humboldt University became the intellectual focus of the word Music - Arnol Schoenber, the modern opera Kurt Weill adn cabaret all were popular at the time Drama - Bertolt Brecht's plays cam with stage directions by Max Reinhardt and Erwin Psicator Literature - Thomas Mann explored the limits of modernist writing Architecture - A new architectural style at the Bahaus emerged, led by Walter Gropius Cinema - Films like the Blue Angel which starred Marlene Dietrich which promoted a liberated view of women

Question 29

When were the Locarno Treaties?

Answer 29

1925

Question 30

What were the terms of the Locarno Treaties?

Answer 30

1. France - French and Belgian troops were pulled out of the Ruhr in december 1923 2. Britain - Germany, France, Belgium swore to respect eachother's borders.

Question 31

What was the evidense of success of the Locarno Treaties?

Answer 31

Rhineland - In 1926 allied troops pulled out of the Rihneland League - France allows Germany to join the League of Nations Nobel - Briand, Stresemann and Chamberlain were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Honeymoon - That period of international harmony was called the "Locarno Treaties"

Question 32

What effect did the Locarno Treaties (1925) have on relations between the USSR and Germany?

Answer 32

The Locarno Treaties made no mention of the borders shared with the USSR in the East. This made the USSR feel nervous and undermined the Rapallo Treaty in which Germany pledged to support with USSR. The USSR and Germany signed the Treaty of Berlin in 1926 in an attempt to rebuild their relationship, but it didn’t add up to much.

Question 33

What did Ordinary Germans think of the new artistic movements?

Answer 33

Decadent and Immoral

Question 34

What did Erich Kastner say about Berlin?

Answer 34

"In the east there is crime; in the centre the con men hold sway; in the north resides misery, in the west lechery; and everywhere–the decline."

Question 35

What was the problem with the new Expressionism Cinema?

Answer 35

Expressionism in cinema – Fritz Land led the expressionist movement, which was more interested in personal feeling and expression than in hard reality. His film “Dr Mabuse” shows the slums, the cabarets, the prostitution, and the decadence of Berlin in all of its horrid detail.

Question 36

Who main led Expressionism in Cinema?

Answer 36

Fritz Lang

Question 37

Who led Dadaism in art?

Answer 37

George Grosz led Dada movement

Question 38

What was wrong with Dadaism in art?

Answer 38

It rejected the idea that politics and religion had anything to offer. His drawing and paintings were scathing attacks on the new Germany

Question 39

What were examples of Economic Instability in the working class?

Answer 39

The working class resent the unemployment caused by the restriction of credit to businesses (which kept inflation rates low)

Question 40

What were examples of Economic Instability in the middle classes?

Answer 40

The middled classes resented the loss of their savings in the hyperinflation of 1923.

Question 41

What were examples of Economic Instability in the German Economy?

Answer 41

The German economy was massively dependent upon US loans. If the US economy fails so should Germany’s economy.