Foreign Policy

Question 1

When was the Locarno Pact signed?

Answer 1

1925

Question 2

When was the Kellogg-Briand Pack signed?

Answer 2

1928

Question 3

How was Germany being treated in 1929 compared to 1923?

Answer 3

Germany was being treated as an equal rather then looked down on with distrust

Question 4

What were the views of the Kellogg-Briand pack at the time?

Answer 4

A turning point in history, that would soon turn the world peaceful.

Question 5

Who disliked Germany’s foreign policy at the time?

Answer 5

Nationalist, as they believed the Locarno Pack accepted the Treaty of Versailles

Question 6

What was the Kellog-Briand Pack?

Answer 6

An agreement by 65 nations that they wouldn’t settle disputes with war, but with peace.

Question 7

How was industrial production affected by the war?

Answer 7

It was 2/3 of what it had been in 1913

Question 8

What did a member of the Social Democrat Party proclaim on 8 November 1918?

Answer 8

That the Kaiser had abdicated and that a new German Republic had been established.

Question 9

What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk give Germany?

Answer 9

Germany gained one quarter of Russia’s best land and three quarters of its iron ore.

Question 10

What had happened to the average national income during WWI?

Answer 10

It had decreased massively - it was about 1/3 of what it had been in 1913

Question 11

Who was Germany’s foreign minister who help to drag the country out of depression?

Answer 11

Gustaav Stresemann

Question 12

What was the Dawes plan?

Answer 12

. Changed the payment terms of the ToVs in August 1924
. USA loans given to Germany
. Reparations lowered and would steadily increase over time
. Ruhr evacuated by Allied occupation troops.
. Reichsbank reorganised under AAllied supervision

Question 13

What was the Rentenmark and why was it introduced?

Answer 13

Made to restore confidence in the German currency and economy.
. Introduced in limited amounts based on property values.

Question 14

What organisations did the Nazis use to strike fear into the German population?

Answer 14

SS
Gestapo
SA

Question 15

Why was Joseph Goebbels important to Hitler?

Answer 15

He controlled the public eye.

Question 16

What was Rearmament?

Answer 16

Hitler sent young men to the army to reduce employment and get the armed forces ready for the future war.
. Conscription was introduced in 1935. In 1933 there were 100,000 men but by 1939 there were 1,400,000.
. Heavy industry expanded.

Question 17

What was the German Labour Front?

Answer 17

. In 1933, the Nazis banned all Trade Unions to avoid potential strikes.
. The German Labour Front was introduced with Robert Ley as the leader.
. By 1939, it has 22 million members.

Question 18

What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 18

lost 13% of Germanys land, 
8% of its iron production was lost
 million citizens absorbed into other countries.
Reparations £6,600 million
War Guilt Clause
Germany had to disarm
Germany not allowed in League of Nations

Question 19

What were the flaws of the Weimar Constitution?

Answer 19

Article 48 allowed the president to rule without parliament in an emergency
Challenge from the army (wanted Kaiser back)
Civil service and judges did not fully support Weimar’s views.
Proportional Representation

Question 20

What was the Spartacist Uprising?

Answer 20

In January 1919 Karl Liebknecht & Rosa Luxemburg tried to overthrow the government.

Question 21

What were the main points of the Youngs Plan?

Answer 21

To reduce the reparations bill from £6.6bn to £2bn.

Also to remove the British, French and Belgian troops from the Rhineland.

Question 22

When was the Youngs Plan signed?

Answer 22

1929

Question 23

Why was the Kellog-Braind Pack so ineffective?

Answer 23

The Wall Street Crash in 1929 caused aggressive behaviour in many nations.

Question 24

What was decided about Czechoslovakia on 29 September?

Answer 24

That Hitler would get what he wanted over Czechoslovakia.