Germany 1809 - 1945

Question 1

What were the Naval Laws

Answer 1

Laws that allowed Germany to expand their navy

Question 2

List two strengths of Germany’s society in 1914

Answer 2

Increased population (40 million 1871 to 68 million in 1914)
It produced twice as much steel as Britain

Question 3

List two weaknesses in German society in 1914

Answer 3

No major political party had a majority meaning there were coalitions
Prussia had 2/3 of the whole population so it held the most power over the other 24 states

Question 4

What is the Reichstag?

Answer 4

The German Parliament

Question 5

Who are Right Wing?

Answer 5

Conservative attitudes favouring authoritarian government

Question 6

Who are Left wing?

Answer 6

Socialist favouring state control of industry

Question 7

What was Article
48

Answer 7

The President could rule the country using emergency powers

Question 8

Who was the new ruler of Germany?

Answer 8

Friedrich Ebert

Question 9

List 2 reasons support increased for left-wing parties in 1918

Answer 9

Left wing parties hated the Kaiser
Left Wing parties wanted to end the war and call and Armistice

Question 10

How many women were made widows?

Answer 10

600,000

Question 11

How many children were fatherless?

Answer 11

2 million

Question 12

January 1919

Answer 12

The Spartacist Rebellion

Question 13

March 1920

Answer 13

Kapp Putsch
Lead by Wolfgang Kapp who marched to the Government building

Question 14

November 1923

Answer 14

Munich Putsch lead by Hitler
(Beer hall putsch)

Question 15

What was the new currency called?

Answer 15

The Retenmark

Question 16

What was the Dawes Plan 1924

Answer 16

USA loaned Germany £800 million marks with reparations spread over time

Question 17

What was the Young Plan 1929

Answer 17

Reparations reduced to £2.2 billion and Germany was given longer to pay

Question 18

What was 2 negatives in the late 1920s

Answer 18

Unemployment rose (six percent in 1928)
Farmers got poorer in 1920s

Question 19

Who was Streseman

Answer 19

Chancellor and then Foreign Minister

Question 20

List 2 positive things Streseman did as Foreign Minister

Answer 20

Signed agreements with France and Britain promising not to invade
Germany was allowed back in the League of Nations

Question 21

What was a negative of Streseman?

Answer 21

Streseman had to sign the Treaty of Versailles which Germans thought
was weak

Question 22

What was the Enabling Act 1933

Answer 22

Gave Hitler powers to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag

Question 23

What was the Reichstag Fire 1933?

Answer 23

Hitler burnt down the parliament building and blamed Communists

Question 24

When was Hitler made Chancellor?

Answer 24

30 January 1933

Question 25

Why was Germany so unstable 1919-1923

Answer 25

Uprisings (Spartacist)
Coalitions meant no laws were made

Question 26

What were 2 positives of the 1920s

Answer 26

Censorship was removed by the Weimar Republic
Clubs and cinemas thrived

Question 27

How many members of the Bundserat were Prussian

Answer 27

17 of the 58 members were Prussian
Only took 14 to say no

Question 28

How many seats did Germany get in 1933

Answer 28

288 seats

Question 29

When did Hitler become Fuhrer?

Answer 29

August 1934

Question 30

What were one of the Nuremburg Laws

Answer 30

Jews couldn’t marry Germans

Question 31

When was the Night of the Long Knives?

Answer 31

1934 Ernst Rohm was killed