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Germany 1871 - 1999: United, Divided and Reunited > Booklet 6 - Social Change Throughout > Flashcards

Booklet 6 - Social Change Throughout Flashcards

1
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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

During Bismarck’s time how far the average wage rise?

A

25% increase

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Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

How many new homes were built?

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2 million new houses

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Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

When was the right to strike banned?

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May 1933

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West Germany (1945-1990)

What were Gastarbeiter?

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“Guest Workers” hired from foreign countries to perform low paying jobs

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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

Under Bismarck, could children under 13 work?

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No

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6
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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

What did Sicknesss Insurance (1884) Provide?

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13 weeks pay for 3 million workers

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Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

How high was unemployment in 1932?

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31% of the population

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Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

How much did real wages increase by in 1928?

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12%

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9
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Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

What did the KDF provide?

A

Holidays for 10 million people

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Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

What happened to wages?

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Frozen after 1933

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West Germany (1945-1990)

How many guest workers were hired?

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14 Million

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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

When were Bismarck’s Anti-socialist Laws?

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1878

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13
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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

How many people got free medical treatment from The Sickness Insurance Act?

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3 Million Workers

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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

Which artisans were put out of business by industrialisation?

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Weaving and Dyeing

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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

Which political party represented the Artisans?

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None, they were unrepresented

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16
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West Germany (1945-1990)

What percent of the population were Skilled workers?

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27%

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17
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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

What was the Mittelstand?

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The lower middle class

Basically craftsmen, artisans and small business owners

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18
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West Germany (1945-1990)

What percent of Nazi party members were Skilled workers?

(This is before they came to power)

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33%

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Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

What promise did the Nazis keep?

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They kept rewarding the Mittelstand.

They did this by banning trade union and making it hard for new artisan shops to be opened (reducing competition)

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20
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Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

Who made all Nazi Uniforms and Boots?

A

Artisans

21
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Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

After 1936, how much did artisan business decline?

A

11%

22
Q

Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

What could the Junkers in the Bundesrat do?

A

Veto legislations

23
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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

How did junkers benefit from this voting system?

A

Their votes were worth more than middle class votes

24
Q

Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

When was the unfair Prussian voting system abolished?

A

October 1918

25
Q

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

How did Hitler win back the Junker’s trust?

A

The night of the long knives showed he was efficient

26
Q

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

Why did Hitler attempt to kill off distrusted Junkers?

A

They were a reminder of imperial germany

27
Q

West Germany (1945-1990)

What happened to all the Junker land in Prussia?

A

Went to the East or to Poland as compensation

28
Q

Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

Between 1900 and 1989 how much of the national income did agriculture make up?

A

1900 - 30%

1989 - Under 2%

Of the national income

29
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Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

How was peasantry and agriculture celebrated in nazi germany?

A

It was seen as a return to traditional values

And hitler’s perfect germany “Germania” would rely on agriculture

30
Q

West Germany (1945-1990)

After the building of the wall, how much of the rural economy was lost?

A

50%

31
Q

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

When was it made illegal to abort an Arien baby?

A

1933

32
Q

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

Why were women crucial to nazi germany?

A

They were the key to producing the arien race

33
Q

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

How did Nazi times challenge body expectations?

A

Makeup was seen as American and wasnt necessary

Women werent encouraged to be stick thin. This could harshen pregnancy rates

34
Q

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

How did Nazi Germany help single Mothers?

A

Lebensborn Programme offered adoption for racially pure children from single mothers

35
Q

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

By how much did the number of female secondary school teachers decline?

A

15% decline in female secondary school teachers

36
Q

West Germany (1945-1990)

What was the female membership of political parties?

A

Just 4.4 %

37
Q

West Germany (1945-1990)

By 1960, what percent of students were female?

A

30%

38
Q

West Germany (1945-1990)

By the early 1980s what was the difference in the number of men applying to uni versus the number of women?

A

Nothing

In the early 1980s as many women applied for uni as men!

39
Q

West Germany (1945-1990)

What were the 1957 Pensions based on?

A

Total life earnings

Therefore women who hadnt worked for many years or had worked part time. Were entitled to significantly less.

40
Q

Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

What did the National Civil Code do?

A

Legalised the lower status of women

41
Q

Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

How did the Weimar constitution increase the political involvement of women?

A

They were given the vote

42
Q

Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

Why were women paid less in the same jobs as men?

A

Their work came under the category of “unskilled”

43
Q

Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

What did Germany offer pregnant women that Britain didnt?

A

6 weeks Maternity leave

44
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Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

What was the most frequent cause of death for women?

A

Child birth

45
Q

Bismarck’s Germany (1871-1918)

The SPD had a women’s section, led by who?

A

Clara Zetkin

46
Q

Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

What percent of the weimar parliament was female?

A

9.6%

This was high for the time
But consistently decreased throughout the period

47
Q

Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

When was abortion made legal?

A

1926

48
Q

Weimar Germany (1918-1933)

Why was traditional marriage a rarer concept?

A

2 million German men had died in the war

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