germany: growth and democracy

Question 1

Right-wing parties were keen to…

Answer 1

Expand the German empire.

Question 2

Left-wing parties were gaining support from…

Answer 2

The increasing number of industrial workers.

Question 3

Which state in Germany had two-thirds of the population and half the territory?

Answer 3

Prussia.

Question 4

By 1914, Germany led the world in which industries?

Answer 4

Chemical and steel.

Question 5

By 1914, Germany produced 1/3 of…

Answer 5

The world’s electrical goods.

Question 6

How much did germanys population increase by from 1871 to 1914?

Answer 6

40 million in 1871 to 68 million in 1914.

Question 7

What did the German government do to try meet workers demands?

Answer 7

Pensions and sickness insurance schemes.

Question 8

What percentage of the seats in the Reichstag in 1912 did the Social Democrat Party have?

Answer 8

30 percent.

Question 9

How many widows and children without fathers were there in Germany in 1918?

Answer 9

600,000 widows and 2 million children without fathers.

Question 10

How much did Germany’s industrial production decrease by from 1913 to 1918?

Answer 10

By 1/3.

Question 11

Who became the new leader of the German republic?

Answer 11

Friedrich Ebert.

Question 12

What was Article 48?

Answer 12

An exception to diplomatic principles where the President could run the country using emergency powers.

Question 13

The president of Germany was elected every…

Answer 13

7 years.

Question 14

When did Ebert become President?

Answer 14

11th of February 1919.

Question 15

What rebellion did Ebert’s government crush in January 1919?

Answer 15

The Spartacist Uprising.

Question 16

Why did the new government have to meet in Weimar?

Answer 16

As Berlin was too unstable.

Question 17

What was the main economic problem between 1919-1923?

Answer 17

Hyperinflation.

Question 18

Why was it difficult for Germany to re-establish trading links?

Answer 18

As their industry was weak and they were being blamed for the war.

Question 19

When did French and Belgian troops enter the Ruhr?

Answer 19

January 1923.

Question 20

Why did French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr?

Answer 20

To seize raw materials and goods form the industrial area as an alternative for the unpaid reparations.

Question 21

Who were the leaders of the Spartacist Rebellion?

Answer 21

Karl Liebnecht and Rosa Luxemburg.

Question 22

What was the aim of the Spartacist Rebellion?

Answer 22

To seize control with the help of some soldiers, sailors and factory workers.

Question 23

Who were the Spartacist killed by?

Answer 23

The Freikorps who were sent by Ebert.

Question 24

When was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 24

March 1920.

Question 25

Who did Dr Wolfgang Kapp lead into Berlin?

Answer 25

5000 Freikorps who wanted to make Germany like the old dictatorship.

Question 26

Who was the Kapp Putsch defeated by?

Answer 26

The workers who declared a general strike.

Question 27

When was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 27

8th of November 1923.

Question 28

How long was Hitler’s prison sentence after the Munich Putsch was defeated?

Answer 28

5 years.

Question 29

Who was the most powerful politician between late 1923 and 1929?

Answer 29

Gustav Stresemann.

Question 30

How much did unemployment rise in Germany in 1928?

Answer 30

6 percent.

Question 31

When was the Dawes Plan?

Answer 31

1924.

Question 32

What was the Dawes Plan?

Answer 32

Germany was loaned 800 million marks by the USA and the reparations were spread over a longer period of time.

Question 33

In what year was the Young Plan?

Answer 33

1929.

Question 34

What was the Young Plan?

Answer 34

When the reparation payments were reduced to £2.2 billion and Germany was given longer to pay.

Question 35

In what year was Germany allowed to join the League of Nations?

Answer 35

1926.

Question 36

What was revived under the Weimar Republic?

Answer 36

Culture.