Germany 1918-1939

Question 1

civillian deaths germany WW1

Answer 1

763,000 starvation, 150,000 flu

Question 2

industrial production pre vs post ww1

Answer 2

2/3

Question 3

german ww1 debts

Answer 3

tripled to 150 billion marks

Question 4

wage decrease ww1

Answer 4

reduced to about 60% for average worker

Question 5

increased democracy under Kaiser

Answer 5

Prince Max of Baden

Question 6

leader of german republic post abdication

Answer 6

Friedrich Ebert (10/11/18) - january 1919

Question 7

armistice signing day

Answer 7

11/11/18

Question 8

ww1 german troop results

Answer 8

2 million dead 4 million injured

Question 9

weimar constitution voting eligibility

Answer 9

20 + men and women

Question 10

weakness of reichsrat

Answer 10

strong german states e.g prussia held major influence

Question 11

who drew up Weimar constitution

Answer 11

Hugo Preuss, Jewish

Question 12

article for war guilt

Answer 12

article 231, £6.6 billion reparations, lost ~13% land mass and population
max 150,000 troops
6 ships, 0 submarines/armoured vehicles
cant join with austria

Question 13

Hawes November Criminals

Answer 13

in August 1918, most germans thought the war would be won.

Question 14

spartacist

Answer 14

led by Rosa luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, revolution january 1919, stopped by freikorps

Question 15

Kapp Putsch

Answer 15

March 1920, held by Freikorps, Wolfgang Kapp, 1 regiment had swastika helmets, stopped by strike

Question 16

Ruhr invasion

Answer 16

1923, france and belgium
132 killed
150,000 forced to abandon homes

Question 17

1918 loaf of bread - november 1923

Answer 17

0.6 marks - 201 BILLION