Germany 1890-1945

Question 1

When was Germany formed?

Answer 1

1871

Question 2

Who was the kaiser of Germany?

Answer 2

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 3

Define Militarism

Answer 3

The belief that a country should have a strong military

Question 4

What is the Reichstag?

Answer 4

The German parliament

Question 5

What was a problem faced by the kaisers government?

Answer 5

He ignored their advice and wanted to make his own decisions to do with the army, navy and other foreign countries

Question 6

When did the Kaiser become the leader of Germany?

Answer 6

1888

Question 7

What party did German workers vote for and why?

Answer 7

The Social Democratic Party because they believed in socialism and equality

Question 8

When did the Kaiser abdicate?

Answer 8

9 November 1918

Question 9

What was the impact of the First World War on Germany? Mention 3 things

Answer 9

• Germany owned lots of money to the USA that they needed to pay for the war
• German people were short on food and money
• Factory owners made lot’s of money during the war whilst workers had restrictions placed on their wages

Question 10

When did World War 1 start and end?

Answer 10

1914-1918

Question 11

When did the Germans surrender?

Answer 11

11th November 1918

Question 12

What is a mutiny?

Answer 12

A rebellion at sea

Question 13

Who took over from the Kaiser when he abdicated?

Answer 13

Friedrich Ebert (leader of the SPD)

Question 14

What did Ebert do while he was leader of Germany?

Answer 14

Any answers from:
-improved housing
-more food supply
-helping the unemployed
-guaranteed freedom of speech and religion

Question 15

Name a communist political group that was around in this time

Answer 15

The Spartacists

Question 16

Who were the leaders of the Spartacists?

Answer 16

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Question 17

When was the Weimar Republic formed?

Answer 17

January 1919

Question 18

What are the main beliefs of communism? (mention at least 3 things)

Answer 18

anything from:
-Everyone is equal, no different classes
-No private property, government runs farms and businesses

Question 19

Who came up with the idea of communism?

Answer 19

Karl Marx

Question 20

What was the Free Corps?

Answer 20

A group a of ex-soldiers that had recently returned from the First World War

Question 21

What is proportional representation?

Answer 21

an electoral system in which parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them.

Question 22

What were the effects of the treaty of versailles on Germany?

Answer 22

-They had to pay 6.6 billion to make up for the cost of the war
-Their army was limited to 100,000 soldiers
-They had to hand over their colonies over seas

Question 23

Who were the November criminals?

Answer 23

Some Germans who felt like they had been stabbed in the back by the weimar republic

Question 24

What did the French and Belgians do?

Answer 24

They marched into the Ruhr and took control of every factory, mine and railway.

Question 25

around how much did a loaf of bread cost after hyperinflation?

Answer 25

1 million marks

Question 26

What were some of the impacts of hyperinflation?

Answer 26

-many small businesses collapsed -people who had borrowed money now found it very easy to pay it back

Question 27

What was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 27

A man called Wolfgang Capp tried to take over Germany in 1920. He gathered the free corps and took over Berlin. He aimed to take over the entire country but he didn't have the support of he workers.

Question 28

When did Hitler discover the German workers party?

Answer 28

1919

Question 29

What was another name for the German workers Party?

Answer 29

NSDAP : Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party

Question 30

Who was the leader of the party at the time?

Answer 30

Earnst Rhome

Question 31

What were the things Hitler changed about the party?

Answer 31

-The name -The symbol -He set up a private army (The SA)

Question 32

What happened during the Munich Putsch?

Answer 32

in 1923, Hitler tried to take over the whole country. He was eventually put in prison for 5 years.

Question 33

What was Hitlers book called?

Answer 33

Mein Kampf

Question 34

What were issues that Germany faced during the Weimar Republic?

Answer 34

-Hyperinflation crisis -French and Belgian troops invaded -Germany was no longer considered a great power -German industries were in trouble after the war

Question 35

Who was Gustav Stresemann?

Answer 35

The chancellor and foreign minister during Weimar Germany

Question 36

What decade was considered as Germany's golden age?

Answer 36

The 1920s

Question 37

Define Avant-garde

Answer 37

new and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.

Question 38

What were some examples of Weimar artists?

Answer 38

Otto Dix,Fritz Lang, George Grosz

Question 39

What happened to these artists when Hitler came into power?

Answer 39

Most of them had to flee Germany

Question 40

What caused the depression?

Answer 40

In 1929. The Wall Street crash occurred. Americans hadn't made much money from shares so they decided to sell them very quickly. The share prices dropped as more and more people tried to sell them.

Question 41

What was the result of the Wall Street crash?

Answer 41

Americans couldn't afford to buy new goods, firms went out of business and millions lost their jobs

Question 42

What was the impact on Germany?

Answer 42

American banks demanded the money they had lent to Germany after the First World War back. Soon people were living in the streets, jobless,hungry and angry

Question 43

What helped to grow the nazi party?

Answer 43

-The depression - Germans were unhappy with the Weimar government -The appeal of Adolf Hitler - Fear of the rise of German extremist parties -Nazi party structures, methods and tactics

Question 44

Which kind of people voted for the Nazis

Answer 44

Farmers, women, Middle-class people, young people, upper classes

Question 45

Which political party did the stormtroopers beat up

Answer 45

communists and they destroyed their meetings, making it hard to campaign freely

Question 46

When did Hitler become chancellor

Answer 46

30 January 1933.

Question 47

Who was Hindenburg?

Answer 47

The president of Weimar Republic (1925-1934)

Question 48

What was the night of long knives?

Answer 48

Hitler used the SA and the SS to murder all of his opponents