Agricultural

Question 1

When men left for the war, what was the change to agriculture?

Answer 1

Women and children took up much of the work

Question 2

When was the Turnip winter that caused food shortages?

Answer 2

1916-17

Question 3

How can it be said that the hyperinflation benefitted the agriculture sector?

Answer 3

The worthless currency meant that farmers could pay off their fixed-mortages easily

Question 4

What meant that the price of food dropped in the 1920s?

Answer 4

Overproduction

Question 5

Farmers did not feel the benefit of the golden years of 1925-28 which suggests what?

Answer 5

That the redeeming features of the Weimar economy cannot be applied to farmers

Question 6

Compared wheat prices in 1931 to pre 1920 prices?

Answer 6

Wheat prices in 1931 were ⅓ of what they were before 1920

Question 7

Why was there little focus in the agricultural industry during Wiemar?

Answer 7

greater focus on advancing industries

Question 8

Compare taxes for farms in Weimar to the Kaiserreich?

Answer 8

They were four times as high for the Weimar farms as they had been under the Kaiserreich

Question 9

What percentage of the population were involved in agricultural and forestry work by 1925?

Answer 9

30%

Question 10

What existed which ensured that there was still lots of farmland in Weimar?

Answer 10

The prussian aristocratic landholders

Question 11

When were there laws to subsidise agriculture under Weimar?

Answer 11

1925

Question 12

By how much did rural debt and bankruptcy increase during Weimar?

Answer 12

rising by 20-30%

Question 13

What price crashed in 1928 and by how much?

Answer 13

The price of rye crashed by 35% in 1928

Question 14

Between 1928-32, by what percentage was farm income below the national average?

Answer 14

44%

Question 15

What fact shows the extent to which farmers supported the Nazis?

Answer 15

The Nazis gained 2.6% in the 1928 election but achieved a much higher percentage in the rural areas of Lower Saxony, Thuringia and Upper Bavaria

Question 16

What was seen as too little too late by the Weimar farmers?

Answer 16

The government’s Osthilfe Programme

Question 17

How did the Nazis focus on re-armanet and big industry negatively affect the farmers, despite their romanticised ideal?

Answer 17

It required increasing labour, most of which came from the farms

Question 18

How did the drive for self-sufficiency under the Nazis benefit the farmers?

Answer 18

Imports restricted

Question 19

What fact during the Nazis was the highest level of internal migration in Germany during the 20th century?

Answer 19

Between 1933-38 1 million people left rural areas in order to seek work in the cities, the highest rate of internal migration in the 20th century

Question 20

Due to the nature of the division between the east and west, what did West Germany not have?

Answer 20

Many farms

Question 21

What was the protectionist law in West germany?

Answer 21

1955 Agricultural Act

Question 22

What was the result of the 1955 Agricultural Act?

Answer 22

10% increase in agricultural production but failed to stem an overall decline

Question 23

Compare the employment increase of non-agricultural and agricultural employment between 1950-70

Answer 23

Non agricultural employment increased by 9 million, whilst agricultural employment dropped by 1.6 million

Question 24

What did mechanisation lead to?

Answer 24

Reduced demand for farm labourers

Question 25

what fact shows the decline in the number of farms int he FRG?

Answer 25

Number of farms dropped from 1.6 million in 1950 to 630 000 in 1990