Challenges facing the Weimar Republic (1918-23)

Question 1

What year was the 2nd Reich (Empire) Created

Answer 1

1871

Question 2

2 officers who led Germany in WW1

Answer 2

Paul von Hindenburg
Erich Ludendorff

Question 3

1st Chancellor of Germany

Answer 3

Prince Max von Baden

Question 4

When did Germany become a Constitutional Monarchy

Answer 4

26th October 1918

Question 5

What event provoked the German Revolution

Answer 5

Kiel Mutiny
November 1918
Mutiny as Naval Command issued order to fight Royal Navy in English Channel

Question 6

What happened on 28th November 1918

Answer 6

Kaiser Abdicated

Question 7

Who was power transferred to after the Kaisers abdication

Answer 7

Chancellor Friedruch Ebert
MSPD

Question 8

After the Kasiers abdication who claimed a republic & a soviet state

Answer 8

Republic declared by Schidenmann
Soviet state declared by Karl Leibkneckt

Question 9

Leader of the Reichswehr that agreeded to support new republic

Answer 9

General Groener

Question 10

Which party did Ebert belong to

Answer 10

MSPD

Question 11

What was the spatacist rising

Answer 11

General strike turned armed Communist insurgency
Crushed by Friekops and Army
Extrajudicial killing of Karl Leibkneckt and Rosa Luxemberg

Question 12

What was DIKTAT

Answer 12

Dictated peace
imposed by victors

Question 13

What did the Treaty of Versailles limit the Military too

Answer 13

100,000 men
No Air Force
6 Battleships

Question 14

What was reparations set at originally

Answer 14

£6.6billion

Question 15

What voting system did weimar adopt

Answer 15

Proportional representaion

Question 16

What granted the power to the President

Answer 16

Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution

Question 17

Under the Weimar Constitution what % was required to call a referendum

Answer 17

10%

Question 18

Soviet Republic in Bavaria

Answer 18

Raterepublik

Question 19

Raterepublik

Answer 19

April 1919
Had its own Red Guard & Workers Councils
KPD Eguene Levine
took local elites hostage

Question 20

How did the Raterepublik end

Answer 20

May 1919
German Army 9,000 + Friekops 30,000 entered Munich and crushed revolt

Question 21

Kapp Putsch

Answer 21

1920
5 Days
Led by Wolfgang Kapp
Right Wing
Firekops trooped seized Berlin
Government fled (Chancellor Bauer) as Army did not support the government

Question 22

Why did Kapp Putsch Fail

Answer 22

General Strike called by government
Civil Servants refused to obey Kapp Government

Question 23

How long did Raterepublik last for

Answer 23

April to May

Question 24

Political Assassinations ‘The White Terror’

Answer 24

1919-23
Assassination squads of right and left wing radials killed politicians

Question 25

What ended the Political assassinations

Answer 25

Killing of Foreign Minister Rathenau by Consul Organsiation 700,000 people demonstrated against the murder Consul disbanded Murders on both sides stoped

Question 26

Vienna Mayor who influenced Hitlers Antisemitism

Answer 26

Karl Lueger

Question 27

What party and year did hitler join

Answer 27

German Workers Party DAP 1919

Question 28

Who founded the NSDAP

Answer 28

Anton Drexler

Question 29

What was HItlers Membership number

Answer 29

555

Question 30

What was the DAPs manifesto known as

Answer 30

25 point plan

Question 31

Paramilitary wing of Nazi Party

Answer 31

Sturmabteilung (SA)

Question 32

What Year was hitler first addressed as the Fuhrer

Answer 32

1921

Question 33

Right Wing Leader of Bavaria

Answer 33

Gustav Von Kahr

Question 34

What inspired the Munich Putsch

Answer 34

Mussolini's March on Rome

Question 35

What was the date of the Munich Putsch

Answer 35

9/11/1923

Question 36

How Many Nazis were killed in the Munich Putsch

Answer 36

14

Question 37

How Many years was hitler sentenced to

Answer 37

5

Question 38

How Long did Hitler serve in Prison

Answer 38

9 months

Question 39

What book did he write in Prison

Answer 39

Mein Kampf

Question 40

How many times did the Weimar Gov default on Coal in 3 years

Answer 40

34 times

Question 41

When did French Troops enter the Ruhr

Answer 41

11 January 1923

Question 42

How Many troops invaded the Ruhr

Answer 42

60,000

Question 43

When did Hyper inflation last from

Answer 43

1921-1923

Question 44

Which Chancellor Ended the Crisis

Answer 44

Gustav Stresseman

Question 45

Who was appointed to the Reichsbank to help solve the crisis

Answer 45

Hjalmar Schacht

Question 46

What was the Reichsmark replaced with

Answer 46

Rentenmark

Question 47

What was the exchange rate between Reichsmark - Rentenmark

Answer 47

1,000billion RM - 1 RTNM

Question 48

What crime increased and by what %

Answer 48

Theft 700%