2.6. Politics

Question 1

When were the 3 elections of the ‘Golden Years’?

Answer 1

May 1924
December 1924
1928

Question 2

Between May and December 1924, what proportion of people voted for pro-Republican parties?

Answer 2

61% to 67%

Question 3

Between May and December 1924, how many seats did the KPD and NSDAP gain?

Answer 3

KPD: 62 to 45
NSDAP: 32 to 14

Question 4

How many coalition governments were there between Nov. 1923 and 1928?

Answer 4

7

Question 5

Between 1919 and 1932, how many cabinets had majority Reichstag support?

Answer 5

6/23

Question 6

When did the DNVP join its first cabinet and what did this show?

Answer 6

January 1925 (Luther), showing an acceptance of Parliamentary democracy

Question 7

What cabinet governed between 1928 and 1930?

Answer 7

Hermann Müller’s (SPD) grand coalition

Question 8

Who was the leader of the DNVP?

Answer 8

Alfred Hugenburg

Question 9

Who was the largest party throughout the period?

Answer 9

SPD

Question 10

When did President Ebert die?

Answer 10

28 February 1925

Question 11

How many candidates were there for the 1st round of voting in the 1925 Presidential election?

Answer 11

7 candidates

Question 12

Who withdrew after the 1st round of Presidential voting for Hindenburg?

Answer 12

Karl Jarred (DVP and DNVP)

Question 13

What proportion of the vote did Hindenburg win?

Answer 13

48%

Question 14

Which 2 people split the left-wing vote?

Answer 14

Wilhelm Marx (Z) and Ernst Thälmann (KPD)

Question 15

What did Hindenburg do the the right-wing parties?

Answer 15

Reconciled them to Weimar

Question 16

What was Hindenburg known as?

Answer 16

Ersatzkaiser (substitute emperor)

Question 17

What did Hindenburg use regularly?

Answer 17

Emergency decrees

Question 18

What did Hindenburg do, to the surprise of the left?

Answer 18

Stuck to the constitution

Question 19

Which type of parties increased their vote share in 1928?

Answer 19

Left wing parties
SPD up 3.8%
KPD up 1.6%

Question 20

What proportion of votes did Nazis get in Berlin in 1928 and why was this surprising?

Answer 20

1.5% even though they had heavily targeted this area and demographic with propaganda

Question 21

What did the 1928 election encourage the Nazis to do?

Answer 21

Readjust strategy to focus on rural areas