German society 1871-1991

Question 1

By 1914, the German population had grown by what percentage since 1871?

Answer 1

60%

Question 2

What percentage of Germans lived at or below the poverty line by the early 1900s?

Answer 2

30%

Question 3

What percentage of the German population was classed as urban in 1871?

Answer 3

36%

Question 4

What percentage of the German population were classed as urban in 1910?

Answer 4

60%

Question 5

Women in the early 1900 (4)

Answer 5

Peasant women tended to work in the fields alongside their husbands

Women had no vote

The SPD campaigned for the right of women to vote

When a woman married, her property then belonged to her husband

Question 6

True or false, in 1894, the Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine organisation was founded to campaign for women’s rights.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

How large was the German army by 1914?

Answer 7

4 million - eight times what it had been in 1890

Question 8

What did the Zabern Affair (1913) show?

Answer 8

Showed that the army could override civilian authroity

Question 9

True or false, in 1893, Chancellor Caprivi agreed to the Reichstag discussing the army budget every five years rather than every seven years

Answer 9

True

Question 10

How much did real wages for working Germans increase between 1895 and 1913?

Answer 10

Increased 25%

Question 11

What were parts of Bismarck’s State Socialism programme in the 1880s?

Answer 11

Medical Insurance
Accident Insurance
Old Age Pensions

Question 12

How did Caprivi and Bulow both extend state welfare?

Answer 12

Recognition of trade unions

Restrictions on child labour

A progressive income tax

A reduction in the maximum hours a woman could work to 11

Ban on Sunday working

Question 13

In 1871, only 8 German towns had more than 100,000 inhabitants how many were there by 1910?

Answer 13

48 German towns of that number

Question 14

True or false, by the 1890s, the average German worker worked nearly two hours a day less than the average British worker

Answer 14

False - in fact they worked 2 hours a day more

Question 15

In comparison to the average British worker in the 1890s, how much did German workers earn?

Answer 15

Earned a third less

Question 16

By October 1918, how much did German women make up of the workforce?

Answer 16

They made up a third of the total workforce

Question 17

During the winter of 1918-19, approx. 750,000 Germans died from what?

Answer 17

Starvation & malnutrition

Question 18

How much did the supply of milk fall by between 1914 and 1918?

Answer 18

50%

Question 19

Which two groups were most negatively hit by hyperinflation in 1923?

Answer 19

Pensioners
Unskilled workers

Question 20

True or false, in November 1918, workers were granted an 8 hour working day

Answer 20

True - under the Stinnes-Legien Pact

Question 21

True or false, by 1920, war victims’ benefits represented 20% of all government expenditure

Answer 21

False - was actually 40%

Question 22

True or false, the extended unemployment insurance scheme (1927) was larger than in any other country

Answer 22

True - It covered over 17 M workers

Question 23

Who paid for the Unemployment scheme introduced in 1923?

Answer 23

Both workers & employers

Question 24

In 1920, how many women were elected to the Reichstag?

Answer 24

111

Question 25

True or false, in the 1920s, Germany led the world in the development of contraceptives including condoms & diaphragms

Answer 25

True - Although advertising them remained illegal until 1927

Question 26

When was abortion first made legal?

Answer 26

1926

Question 27

True or false, in the 1920s, approximately 11% of German doctors and 16% of lawyers were Jewish, even though German Jews represented less than 1% of the population

Answer 27

True

Question 28

What happened to the military budget between 1924 and 1928?

Answer 28

Increased by 75%

Question 29

True or false, in 1926, the Reichstag passed a law 'to protect youth from pornography.'

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or false, the artist George Grosz had been a Spartacist in January 1919?

Answer 30

True

Question 31

True or false, George Grosz was fined in 1920 for 'defaming the army'

Answer 31

True

Question 32

When did state run radio broadcasts begin?

Answer 32

1923

Question 33

Who were German youth particularly influenced by culturally at this time?

Answer 33

America

Question 34

Hitler's social policies were directed at creating a...

Answer 34

Volksgemeinschaft

Question 35

To symbolically bring workers and employers together, Hitler created the...

Answer 35

DAF (German Labour Front)

Question 36

How did the Nazis encourage/force women into traditional roles?

Answer 36

Made abortion illegal except for genetic reasons Offered women allowances to give up employment Established a 'German Motherhood' Cross (Medal) Increased maternity benefits

Question 37

When did membership of the Hitler Youth became compulsory for Aryan boys?

Answer 37

1936

Question 38

In the 1960s, how many percentage of the civil service was women?

Answer 38

23% A much lower percentage than in the Weimar Republic

Question 39

In 1953, how of new heads of department in the Civil Service were former Nazi Party members?

Answer 39

60%

Question 40

In the Foreign Office, what percentage of officals served under Hitler?

Answer 40

78%

Question 41

How many civil servants were permanently excluded from future employment due to their actions during the Third Reich?

Answer 41

Only 1000 Many civil servants dismissed in the immediate post-war period were reinstated after 1951 and received full pension credits for their service in the Third Reich

Question 42

By 1937, what percentage of teachers belonged to the National Socialist Teachers' League?

Answer 42

95%

Question 43

What was the name of a Nazi charity to help less well-off members of the People's Community

Answer 43

Winterhilfe

Question 44

Who was appointed Reich Bishop in May 1933?

Answer 44

Ludwig Muller

Question 45

What was the deal struck with the Catholic Church in July 1933 called?

Answer 45

The concordat

Question 46

What was the name of the Neo-Pagan organisation that was set up to replace Christianity in the long term?

Answer 46

German Faith Movement

Question 47

When were the Nuremberg Laws against German Jews introduced?

Answer 47

1935

Question 48

When was Kristallnacht?

Answer 48

November 1938

Question 49

What was the Madagascar Plan of July 1940?

Answer 49

A plan to force Jews to live on the island of Madagascar

Question 49

Who was the Minister responsible for the Reich Chamber of Culture?

Answer 49

Goebbels

Question 50

When was the Nazis' anti-intellectual book burning?

Answer 50

May 1933

Question 51

What was the name of the questionnaire used by the Allies to root out major Nazi offenders after the war?

Answer 51

Fragebogen

Question 52

What percentage of West Germans in 1955 thought Hitler would have been one of the greatest chancellors, had it not been for the war?

Answer 52

48%

Question 53

What percentage of West Germans in 1967 thought Hitler would have been one of the greatest chancellors, had it not been for the war?

Answer 53

32%

Question 54

True or false, in 1962, ten West German states made teaching of the Nazi era compulsory in secondary schools

Answer 54

True

Question 55

In 1970, where did Chancellor Willy Brandt kneel before?

Answer 55

Warsaw Ghetto Memorial

Question 56

Which West German TV series in 1979 was watched by 20 million (half the adult population) of the FRG?

Answer 56

Holocaust

Question 57

How much did the average income of a West German household between 1950 and 1970?

Answer 57

400%

Question 58

What happened to the number of self-employed West Germans between 1950 and 1989?

Answer 58

It decreased by 6%

Question 59

Germany won the Football World Cup in which years?

Answer 59

1954, 1974 and 1990

Question 60

In which year were the Olympic Games held in Munich?

Answer 60

1972

Question 61

In 1950, what fraction of West German households were headed by a widow or divorced female?

Answer 61

A third

Question 62

True or false, by 1989, just over half of West German workers were women?

Answer 62

True

Question 63

In 1960, the average German woman had how many children?

Answer 63

2.4

Question 64

By 1989, the average German woman had how many children?

Answer 64

1.4

Question 65

True or false, in 1976, the criminal code on abortion was liberalised and in 1977 divorce was made easier.

Answer 65

True

Question 66

When was the FRG voting age reduced from 21 to 18?

Answer 66

1972

Question 67

In 1955, what percentage of young West Germans said they took their parents as role models?

Answer 67

16%

Question 68

In 1984, what percentage of young West Germans said they took their parents as role models?

Answer 68

3%

Question 69

In the early 1970s, what was the school leaving age raised to?

Answer 69

16

Question 70

In 1950, there had been just over 100,000 university students in West Germany. By 1989, the figure was...

Answer 70

1,000,000

Question 71

How did Willy Brandt improve educational opportunities?

Answer 71

Increased teacher training provision Increased government spending on education by five times what it had been Grants to poorer families to continue their education Abolition of fees for higher education Grants for students to cover university living costs

Question 72

In what year was the Mogadishu hijacking incident?

Answer 72

1977

Question 73

In 1984, what percentage of West Germans were unemployed?

Answer 73

9%

Question 74

True or false by the 1970s, the FRG had the greatest density of theatres anywhere in the world?

Answer 74

True

Question 75

Which of the following newspapers, founded in 1952, became a popular tabloid?

Answer 75

Bild

Question 76

By 1989, there were estimated to be how many members of extreme right wing groups in the FRG?

Answer 76

18,000

Question 77

In 1991, the new reunified German Bundestag chose Berlin as the new capital. What had the captial of the FRG been?

Answer 77

Bonn

Question 78

What did Volksgemeinschaft mean?

Answer 78

Peoples community