Germany Democracy To Dictatorship Flashcards!! (Quick Edition)

Question 1

Which German leader abdicated in 1918?

Answer 1

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 2

What is the German Parliament called?

Answer 2

Reichstag

Question 3

What was the German socialist party called? (3 letters)

Answer 3

SDP

Question 4

Who tried to take over Berlin in January 1919?

Answer 4

Sparticists

Question 5

Who were the leaders of the Sparticists?

Answer 5

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Question 6

Who were the Freikorps?

Answer 6

Right wing ex-soldiers

Question 7

What is proportional representation?

Answer 7

A voting system where each party gets seats according to what percentage of the vote they get

Question 8

What was the name given to the new democratic government in Germany after WW1?

Answer 8

The Weimar Government

Question 9

What was the name of the Treaty signed in 1919 that formally ended WW1?

Answer 9

Versailles

Question 10

Who were the ‘Big Three’?

Answer 10

Britain, France and the USA

Question 11

How much money did Germany have to pay in reparations?

Answer 11

£6.6 Billion

Question 12

What caused the hyperinflation crisis?

Answer 12

The French occupation of the Ruhr

Question 13

When was the hyperinflation crisis?

Answer 13

1922-23

Question 14

What does hyperinflation mean?

Answer 14

Prices rise rapidly so money becomes worthless

Question 15

When was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 15

1920

Question 16

What city did the Nazis try to take over in March 1923?

Answer 16

Munich

Question 17

What was the name of the person who brought in economic reforms which helped Germany in the 1920s?

Answer 17

Gustav Stresemann

Question 18

Which country loaned Germany money which helped the economy recover?

Answer 18

The USA

Question 19

When was the Dawes plan?

Answer 19

1924

Question 20

When was the Young plan?

Answer 20

1929

Question 21

When was the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 21

October 1929

Question 22

Which international organization was Germany allowed to join in 1926?

Answer 22

League of Nations

Question 23

What was the SA?

Answer 23

The Nazis private army

Question 24

How many million Germans were unemployed in 1932?

Answer 24

6 million

Question 25

Who was the German President in 1932?

Answer 25

Hindenburg

Question 26

What year was Hitler appointed Chancellor?

Answer 26

January 1933

Question 27

What Act gave Hitler complete power in March 1933?

Answer 27

The Enabling Act

Question 28

What important building was set on fire by a Dutch anarchist in February 1933?

Answer 28

The Reichstag

Question 29

Which organization did Ernst Rohm lead?

Answer 29

The SA

Question 30

When was the ‘Night of the Long Knives’?

Answer 30

June 1934

Question 31

Name three ways the Nazis reduced unemployment?

Answer 31

* Conscription * Re-armament * Reich Labour Service (RAD)

Question 32

What was the German word used that means ‘self-sufficiency?

Answer 32

Autarchy

Question 33

What did the KDF do?

Answer 33

Provided cheap holidays and other leisure rewards to German workers

Question 34

What did the DAF do?

Answer 34

Replaced Trade Unions, In theory looked after workers welfare

Question 35

Give two ways the Nazis changed school education?

Answer 35

* Sacked non-Nazi teachers * Banned Jewish teachers and students

Question 36

In what year did it become compulsory to join the Hitler Youth?

Answer 36

1936

Question 37

What organization could German girls join?

Answer 37

League of German Maidens

Question 38

Name one youth group that resisted Nazi ideas?

Answer 38

White Rose group, Edelweiss Pirates, Swing Youth

Question 39

What did Kinder, Kirche, Kuche mean?

Answer 39

Children, Kitchen, Church

Question 40

How did the Nazis encourage people to have large families?

Answer 40

* Cheap loans for people who got married * Medals for women with large families

Question 41

Who issued the burning with anxiety statements against the Nazis?

Answer 41

Pope Pius XI

Question 42

Which church group was set up to oppose the Nazis?

Answer 42

The Confessional Church

Question 43

What name was given to the laws passed against Jewish people in 1935?

Answer 43

The Nuremberg Laws

Question 44

What month and year was Kristallnacht?

Answer 44

November 1938

Question 45

What was the Final Solution?

Answer 45

The plan to murder all European Jews

Question 46

Who led the Ministry of Propaganda?

Answer 46

Joseph Goebbels

Question 47

What name was given to the camps set up by the Nazis to punish their opponents in 1933?

Answer 47

Concentration Camps

Question 48

What was the Nazi Secret police called?

Answer 48

The Gestapo

Question 49

What was ‘Total War'?

Answer 49

A period of time when huge sacrifices had to be made in order to win the war

Question 50

What year did both British and American planes start bombing German cities both day and night?

Answer 50

1943

Question 51

How many American troops were arriving per week by June 1918?

Answer 51

50,000

Question 52

How many American troops arrived in total?

Answer 52

2 million

Question 53

Which line did the Hundred Days Offensive push the Germans back to?

Answer 53

The Hindenburg Line

Question 54

How many soldiers did the German army request to continue the war?

Answer 54

800,000

Question 55

What did the German General Ludendorff call the 8th of August 1918?

Answer 55

The Black Day of the German Army

Question 56

How many Germans died because of the blockade in 1916?

Answer 56

120,000

Question 57

How many Germans died because of the blockade in 1918?

Answer 57

420,000

Question 58

What was the Kiel Mutiny?

Answer 58

The sailors at the Kiel naval base refused to follow orders

Question 59

What was the German revolution?

Answer 59

Riots in Germany over lack of resources and casualties in the war

Question 60

What are the two opinions on the role of Haig and Foch?

Answer 60

* Positive: They used the tactics available to them and ultimately won * Negative: They should have used different tactics earlier

Question 61

When did the Kaiser abdicate?

Answer 61

9th November 1918

Question 62

What date was the armistice?

Answer 62

11th November 1918