Chapter 6 - Social and Cultural Developments 1924-28

Question 1

Name three social welfare reforms

Answer 1

1924 Public Assistance System
1925 State Accident Insurance System
1927 National Unemployment Insurance System

Question 2

Name three types of youth group

Answer 2

Wandervogel
Religious youth groups
Political youth groups

Question 3

Evidence to suggest there was a ‘new woman’

Answer 3

Number of women in work was 1.7 million higher in 1925 than 1907
Divorce rates increased
Birth control became more widely accessible
Women gained equal voting rights and in 1919, 14 women were voted to the Reichstag
In urban areas young women began to go out to dance alone