16 marker questions Flashcards
The main reason for lack of stability in Germany (1918-23) was because of the Munich Putsch. How far do you agree?
§ Munich Putsch § Spartacist uprising § Kapp Putsch § Treaty of Versailles § Hyperinflation § Invasion of the Ruhr
The main reason that the Treaty of Versailles was damaging to Germany was Article 231 (the ‘war guilt clause’). How far do you agree?
§ Article 231 (the ‘war guilt clause’)
§ military terms
§ land/geographic terms
§ economic terms (reparation payments
The greatest weakness of the Weimar Constitution was proportional representation. How far do you agree?
§ Proportional representation
§ Article 48
§ That democracy was imposed on Germany
The greatest weakness of the Weimar government (1919-1923) was that it was associated with signing the Treaty of Versailles. How far do you agree?
§ It was associated with signing the Treaty of Versailles
§ It did not deal well with challenges to its authority (Spartacists/Kapp)
§ Proportional representation
§ That it was democratic (unlike the Kaiser)
§ That it helped create hyperinflation.
The main reason Germany recovered financially after hyperinflation (1924-1928) was the Dawes Plan. How far do you agree?
§ Dawes Plan
§ US loans
§ The Rentenmark and Reichsmark
§ Gustav Stresemann
The main reason Germany was welcomed back into the international community (1923-1929) was its participation in the signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact. How far do you agree?
§ The Kellogg-Briand Pact
§ The Locarno Pact
§ Joining the League of Nations
The main most significant action taken by Stresemann (1923-29) was the Dawes Plan. How far do you agree?
§ Dawes Plan § US loans § Young Plan § The Rentenmark and Reichsmark § The Locarno Pact § Joining the League of Nations § The Kellogg-Briand Pact
‘The main reason for Germany’s recovery, in the years 1924–29, was the Dawes Plan.’ How far do you agree?
§ The Dawes Plan (1924) § US loans § The Young Plan § The Rentenmark and Reichsmark § Germany’s membership of the League of Nations (1926) § The Locarno Pact § The Kellogg-Briand Pact
‘Party reorganisation was the main reason why the Nazi Party survived in the years 1924–28.’ How far do you agree?
§ Party reorganisation § The impact of the Munich Putsch § The publication of Mein Kampf § New Nazi organisations e.g. SS, Hitler Youth, Nazi women’s League § Nazi propaganda
The main reason the Nazis gained support (1929-32) was because of the actions of the SA. How far do you agree?
§ Actions of the SA § The Wall Street Crash § Nazi propaganda § Hitler’s appeal § Weimar’s failures
The main reason Germany became a ‘police state’ was because of the Gestapo. How far do you agree?
§ Gestapo § Changes to the court system § The Law on Malicious Gossip § Concentration camps § The SS § Informers § Censorship
‘The main reason Hitler was able to consolidate his power from 1933-34 was because of the Reichstag fire.’ How far do you agree?
§ Reichstag fire § Enabling Act § Treatment of local government § Treatment of trade unions § Treatment of other political parties § The Night of the Long Knives § Hitler becoming ‘Fuhrer’
The main reason life was difficult for the Jews (1933-39) was the Nuremberg Laws. How far do you agree?
§ Nuremberg Laws § Shop boycotts § Kristallnacht § School restrictions § Social exclusion § Economic restrictions
‘It was Nazi employment policies that had the most significant impact on German families in the years 1933–39.’ How far do you agree?
§ Nazi employment policies § Nazi education policies § Nazi policies towards women § The Nazi ‘police state’ § Nazi propaganda and censorship
‘Strength Through Joy (KdF) had the most significant impact on the lives of German workers in the years 1933–39.’ How far do you agree?
§ Strength Through Joy (KdF) § German Labour Front (DAF) § Beauty of Labour (SDA) § Schacht’s ‘New Plan’ § Goering’s Four Year Plan § Nazi employment policies § National Labour service (RAD)
Young people were the group most affected by the changes brought about by Nazi rule (1933-39). How far do you agree?
§ Young people
§ Women
§ Jews
§ Working men
The most significant Nazi policy towards women was the Law for Encouragement of Marriage. How far do you agree?
§ Law for Encouragement of Marriage § Lebensborn § German Women’s Enterprise Organisation § Kinder, Küche, Kirche § Cross of Honour of the German Mother (Mother’s Cross of Honour)
The most significant impact of Nazi policies towards the Church was the Concordat of 1933. How far do you agree?
§ The Concordat
§ The Reich Church
§ The Confessional Church
§ ‘With burning anxiety’
The most significant opposition to the Nazis group was the members of the army behind the July Bomb Plot. How far do you agree?
§ The July Bomb Plot
§ The Swing Youth
§ The Edelweiss Pirates
§ The White Rose
The worst impact of ‘total war’ on the people of Germany was rationing. How far do you agree?
§ Rationing
§ Allied bombing
§ War work
§ Changes for women
