Fact Test: Establishment of the Weimar Republic and its early problems

Question 1

By 1918, how many German soldiers had been killed and wounded?

Answer 1

1.7 million killed and 4.3 million wounded

Question 2

Why was there a lack of food in Germany by the end of the war?

Answer 2

British naval blockade

Question 3

In October 1918, there was a naval mutiny where?

Answer 3

Kiel

Question 4

When did the Kaiser abdicate?

Answer 4

9th November 1918

Question 5

Who is the leader of the new Weimar Government?

Answer 5

Ebert

Question 6

In the elections of 1918, what percentage of the people voted?

Answer 6

82%

Question 7

What was the voting age in the new Weimar Republic?

Answer 7

20

Question 8

When did elections take place in the new Weimar Government?

Answer 8

Reichstag - 4 years
State Assembles - 4 years
President - 7 years

Question 9

What powers did the President have?

Answer 9

To appoint or dismiss the Chancellor

Dissolve the Reichstag

Arrange new elections

Question 10

What was Article 48?

Answer 10

The president could pass laws without the approval of the Reichstag

Question 11

How much were the reparations?

Answer 11

£6,600 million

Question 12

Which colonies did Germany lose?

Answer 12

Togoland
Cameroons
German South West Africa
New Guinea
Samoa

Question 13

What size was Germany’s army limited to?

Answer 13

100,000 volunteers

Question 14

What other military restrictions were there?

Answer 14

6 battleships
Demilitarised Rhineland
No armoured vehicles
No submarines
No aircraft

Question 15

Who was forbidden from joining the League of Nations?

Answer 15

Germany and the USSR

Question 16

What percentage of its land did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 16

13%

Question 17

What percentage of its population did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 17

12.5%

Question 18

What percentage of its coalfields did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 18

15%

Question 19

What percentage of its steel industry did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 19

50%

Question 20

How did the German navy protest the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 20

Sunk its own ships

Question 21

Why did Germany resent the restriction to the army?

Answer 21

The army was a source of pride

Question 22

Why did Germany object to losing its colonies?

Answer 22

They were given as prizes to Britain and France

Question 23

What was the name of the left-wing uprising in 1919?

Answer 23

Spartacist

Question 24

How did the Weimar Government deal with the Spartacist Uprising?

Answer 24

Used the Freikorps to put it down

Question 25

What was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 25

A 1920 right-wing rebellion aiming to overthrow the government in Berlin

Question 26

How did the Weimar Government deal with the Kapp Putsch

Answer 26

The left organised a general strike in Berlin to paralyse the city

Question 27

Why did the French occupy the Ruhr?

Answer 27

To seize industrial goods because Germany did not pay the second installment of reparations

Question 28

Who benefited from hyperinflation?

Answer 28

People with loans, people with property and farmers