FRG Popular support for democracy

Question 1

what concerns did the Allies have with the FRG?

Answer 1

it may become another Weimar Republic

Question 2

how did the German people react to a change to democracy?

Answer 2

they initially were skeptical (too caught up with old traditions) however from the first election in 1949, voter turnout only went up with more Germans feeling that Democracy was the best way forward

Question 3

what was the voter turnout in 1949?

Answer 3

84% which was higher than Britains

voter turnout never went lower than 84% for the entirety of the FRG

Question 4

what other ways did Germans show support for democracy?

Answer 4

• surveys
• protests
• marches

Question 5

1968 protest

Answer 5

protest in opposition to the Emergency Laws

Germans saw this as a violation of the Basic Law and therefore going against Democracy

Question 6

protest over Ostpolitik

Answer 6

many Germans were unhappy with the idea of collaborating with a non democratic country such as the USSR

however the overwhelming support for reunification made Germans understand that only through the USSR could Germany reunify