Germany Just Before The Holocaust

Question 1

The treaty of _______ was signed

Answer 1

The treaty of Versailles

Question 2

When was the treaty of Versailles signed

Answer 2

June 18th, 1919

Question 3

Who gained charge of Germany after the kings abdication?

Answer 3

Ebert

Question 4

When did Ebert gain charge of Germany

Answer 4

June 17th, 1919

Question 5

When did the kaiser abdicate

Answer 5

November 9th, 1918

Question 6

What uprising started on January 5th 1919

Answer 6

The Spartacist revolution

Question 7

Was the Spartacist revolution a left wing (communist) or right wing (nationalist) revolution

Answer 7

Left wing

Question 8

How did the Spartacists try to revolt

Answer 8

They tried to start a general strike (a strike of the whole country)

Question 9

Who were the leaders of the spartacist revolution

Answer 9

Rosa Luxenburg and Karl Liebnecht

Question 10

What revolt started in 1919-1920

Answer 10

The kapp putsch

Question 11

Who led the kapp putsch

Answer 11

Wolfgang Kapp

Question 12

Was the kapp putsch a left wing or right wing revolt

Answer 12

Right wing

Question 13

What did the kapp putsch try to do

Answer 13

While Ebert was away they tried to take over the government with firepower

Question 14

What did the German military do about the kapp putsch

Answer 14

They did nothing because ‘they wont kill their fellow soldiers’

Question 15

How much did the treaty of Versailles cost Germany

Answer 15

6.6 billion marks

Question 16

How many troops was the German army limited too

Answer 16

100,000

Question 17

What part of Germany was demilitarised

Answer 17

The Rhine land

Question 18

What part of Germany was taken over by France

Answer 18

The Ruhr

Question 19

What did the German government do to stop the effects of loosing all of this money

Answer 19

They printed more

Question 20

What did the mass printing of money lead too

Answer 20

Hyper inflation

Question 21

What new currency was created by Stresemann in 1923

Answer 21

The rentenmark

Question 22

How did the creation of the renten mark help the economy of Germany at the time

Answer 22

Because marks had lost value because of hyper inflation this helped stabilise the economy again

Question 23

In what year did Germany join the League of Nations

Answer 23

1926

Question 24

What German actor ended up starring in a holly wood movie

Answer 24

Marlene Dictrich

Question 25

What is the English translation of Munich putsch?

Answer 25

The beer hall revolution

Question 26

Who lead the Munich putsch

Answer 26

Adolf Hitler

Question 27

Was the Munich putsch a success or a failure

Answer 27

Failure

Question 28

How many people died in the Munich putsch?

Answer 28

14 nazis and 4 police men

Question 29

What was the long term success of the Munich putsch?

Answer 29

Adolf hitler gained popularity

Question 30

What was the book hitler wrote in prison

Answer 30

Mein campf

Question 31

What does mein kampf translate too?

Answer 31

My struggle

Question 32

What does NSDAP stand for

Answer 32

National socialist German workers party

Question 33

Who was Joesph goebbels ?

Answer 33

He was the nazi head of propaganda

Question 34

When did the beer hall putsch happen

Answer 34

November 8th - 9th 1923

Question 35

When the Ruhr was invaded what did the German workers do

Answer 35

They went on strike

Question 36

What was the Dawes plan made by stressman

Answer 36

It was a plan to stagger and lengthen the time Germany had until they had to pay their dept

Question 37

What was the young plan that was put up by stressman

Answer 37

It was a plan to reduce the reparations Germany had to pay from 6.6 billion marks too 2.5 billion marks

Question 38

What actually was the League of Nations

Answer 38

It was a group of countries that created a kind of pact to reduce the chances of war

Question 39

What was the Kellogg Briand pact

Answer 39

It was a pact that outlawed war

Question 40

When was the Kellogg briand pact signed

Answer 40

August 7th 1928