Economic and social problems in Germany 1919 - 24

Question 1

How much war debt was Germany face within 1919?

Answer 1

1.44 billion marks

Question 2

How much reparations did Germany have to pay?

Answer 2

£6.6 billion

Question 3

Why did the Reparations committee postpone the January and February installments?

Answer 3

due to Germany being in such economic difficulties

Question 4

What did Germany ask of the Reparation committee in November 1922

Answer 4

• loan of 500 million marks
• payments stopped for 3/4 years

Question 5

When did the Invasion of Ruhr happen?

Answer 5

January 1923

Question 6

How many men occupied the Ruhr?

Answer 6

60,000

Question 7

What did the Cuno government call for?

Answer 7

“Passive resistance”

Question 8

What did the Cuno government call for?

Answer 8

“Passive resistance”

Question 9

What types of things did the German army do to try and sabotage the French?

Answer 9

Blow up railways, destroyed bridges and sank barges

Question 10

What did the French do in retaliation?

Answer 10

set up military courts, punished people who wouldn’t comply with them and brought in their own workers

Question 11

How many Germans were shot during the Invasion of the Ruhr?

Answer 11

132

Question 12

How much did a kilo of bread cost by 19th November?

Answer 12

233 billion marks

Question 13

when was the working day reduced to 8hrs

Answer 13

1919

Question 14

what did the National Youth Welfare Act intail

Answer 14

• local authorities set up youth offices for child protection
• all kids have an right to an education

Question 15

when was the National youth welfare act passed

Answer 15

1922

Question 16

how did the social welfare budget affect Germany during the economic crisis

Answer 16

the budget was a huge demand on the governments finance leading them to print more money thus exacerbating the hyperinflation crisis

Question 17

who were the winners of the hyperinflation crisis

Answer 17

-black marketeers
-people who had debts
-people renting
-people who had foreign money
- farmers

Question 18

who were the losers of the hyperinflation

Answer 18

• pensioners
  -landlords
  -mittlesland
  -sick
  -workers

Question 19

what was the real cause of hyperinflation

Answer 19

the huge increase in amount of paper money in circulation due to long, median and short term factors