Germany

Question 1

Before the war, what proportion of people voted for the SDP?

Answer 1

1 in 3

Question 2

What did Kaiser Wilhelm II pass between 1898 and 1912 and why?

Answer 2

Passed 5 separate naval laws to increase its size and challenge Britain’s navy

Question 3

What problems did the Kaiser have?

Answer 3

Trade union popularity
Socialism
Money
International challenge

Question 4

Three events of year of crisis were?

Answer 4

1923

Invasion of the Ruhr, Hyperinflation, Munich Putsch

Question 5

Name one group badly affected by hyperinflation

Answer 5

Pensioners

Question 6

Which group supported Wolfgang Kapp in 1920?

Answer 6

Frei Korps in the Kapp Putsch

Question 7

What were the events of the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 7

Government attempted to disband freikorps- March 1920
Freikorps rebelled because of this
5000 marched on Berlin
Army refused orders to fight them
Freikorps took over Berlin and invited Kaiser back
People were encouraged to strike by Weimar
Government couldn’t function with strikes
Putsch ended in 4 days

Question 8

Who did Hitler persuade to hold a plebiscite for Anschluss?

Answer 8

Schuschnigg

Question 9

Why didn’t Bri or Fra stop Hitler from remilitarising Rhineland?

Answer 9

Buffer against communism
France refused to act without Britain’s support, didn’t know army size
Britain thought ToV was too harsh
-thought Germany had a right to do it

Question 10

Who appointed Hitler as chancellor of Germany?

Answer 10

Hindenburg and von Papen in Jan 1933

Question 11

When was ToV signed?

Answer 11

28th June 1919

Question 12

When was the spartacist revolt?

Answer 12

Early 1919

Question 13

What were the events of the spartacist revolt?

Answer 13

Karl Liebknecht and rosa Luxembourg
Jan 1919, Ebert Sacked head of Police
Strike was organised and over 100,000 workers involved
Government called freikorps to put down the rebellion
Karl and Rosa arrested and killed by Freikorps

Question 14

When was the Kapp putsch?

Answer 14

March 1920

Question 15

When was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 15

8th-9th November 1923

Question 16

What happened in the Munich Putsch?

Answer 16

Hitler and the Nazis took over a beer hall meeting and took those present hostage.
Said they were going to take over Berlin and Germany
Had the support of the SA but not the army or the people.
Fighting went to the streets and they failed
Hitler initially escaped but was captured and imprisoned.

Question 17

When was the Dawes plan agreed and how much was it?

Answer 17

800 million gold marks in 1924

Question 18

From 1890 to 1913, how did trade union membership increase?

Answer 18

300,000 to 3,000,000

Question 19

How did the war affect industrial output?

Answer 19

1/3 of what it had been in 1913

Question 20

How did socialism create problems for the Kaiser?

Answer 20

SPD had over a third of the vote, contrasted his autocratic rule. Some radical socialists wanted to overthrow him

Question 21

How much state budget was spent on German war pensions by 1925?

Answer 21

1/3 of budget

Question 22

Who were the November criminals?

Answer 22

The leaders who signed the Armistice

Question 23

What problems did passive resistance have?

Answer 23

Led to depreciation of value of money. Damaged the economy

Question 24

How did stresemann solve Hyperinflation?

Answer 24

Introduced the Rentenmark and then the Reichsmark as a new currency which controlled inflation. Savings were lost :(

Question 25

What did the Locarno treaty do?

Answer 25

1925

Agreed Germany’s borders. Signed by Britain France and Italy

Question 26

What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact agree and when was it signed?

Answer 26

1928

62 countries agreed not to use war to solve conflict