Germany 1 Weimar Republic

Question 1

2 effects of abdication of the Kaiser

Answer 1

1. Becomes republic
2. Armistice signed

Question 2

2 effects of the German Revolution

Answer 2

1. republic
2. Spartacist revolt

Question 3

What was the voting age lowered to

Answer 3

25-20

Question 4

How often were elections

Answer 4

4y for Reichstag
4y for Chancellor
7y for President

Question 5

What was the new rule for the chancellor

Answer 5

needed majority

Question 6

2 effects of the constitution

Answer 6

1. More democracy
2. caused issues

Question 7

What issues were caused by the constitution

Answer 7

no majorities, coalitions, disprop. power to smaller parties, federal system, Article 48

Question 8

When was initial reparations payment and how much

Answer 8

August 1921 £250 mil

Question 9

What happened because of first payment for reparationss

Answer 9

crippled economy, small gold reserves, less foreign trade and then French occupation 1923

Question 10

How many troops were in army after TofV

Answer 10

100k + no conscription

Question 11

How much military transport

Answer 11

no tanks, military aircraft or submarines. 6 battleships

Question 12

What did demilitarised Rhineland mean

Answer 12

vunerable to French

Question 13

Give a fact about war guilt clause

Answer 13

opening article (231) in TofV so legal basis for the extreme reparations

Question 14

What was the land lost?

Answer 14

Saar, Silesia to Poland, Alsace Lorraine, Polish Corridor, Northern Schleswig to Denmark

Question 15

How many colonies lost

Answer 15

11 - given to Britain, France and Japan as prizes

Question 16

How much of German land and population was lost?

Answer 16

13%
12.5%

Question 17

How much of iron reserves lost?

Answer 17

50%

Question 18

2 effects of Spartacist Uprising

Answer 18

1. leaders executed
2. freikorps used

Question 19

Where did the spartacists have control of in Jan 1919?

Answer 19

Gov, paper and phone offices

Question 20

2 effects of Kapp Putsch

Answer 20

1. it failed
2. gov looks weak

Question 21

How many freikorps marched on Berlin?

Answer 21

12k

Question 22

Why did the French Occupation happen?

Answer 22

2nd reparations installment not paid 1923

Question 23

2 effects of French Occupation

Answer 23

1. passive resistance + conflict
2. economic issues

Question 24

How many were killed in the conflict at the Ruhr?

Answer 24

100

Question 25

2 effects of hyperinflation

Answer 25

1. economic issues
2. political issues

Question 26

In 1922 what was the value of the mark

Answer 26

3500 marks : 1 dollar

Question 27

In 1923 what was the value of the mark

Answer 27

1 tril marks : 1 dollar

Question 28

Who benefited from hyperinflation

Answer 28

people w mortgages, loans, farmers bcs of food prices

Question 29

Who was affected worst from hyperinflation

Answer 29

Middle class as savings wiped

Question 30

Where did the communists then take during hyperinflation

Answer 30

Saxony, Thuringia, Rhineland

Question 31

What was another political effect of hyperinflation

Answer 31

More extremism eg Nazis

Question 32

When was the abdication of the kaiser

Answer 32

9th Nov 1918

Question 33

When was the armistice signed

Answer 33

11th Nov 1918

Question 34

When was the spartacist uprising

Answer 34

5th Jan 1919

Question 35

When were the first elections

Answer 35

19th Jan 1919 82% turnout

Question 36

When was TofV signed

Answer 36

28th June 1919

Question 37

When was Kapp Putsch

Answer 37

March 1920

Question 38

When was french occupation

Answer 38

Jan 1923