Germany Post Ww1 -DS1

Question 1

In what way was the Weimar Republic under threat during 1918?

Answer 1

• poor voting system (proportional representation)
• anti republic propaganda
• left wing and right wing revolutions
• wanted return of Keizer
• association of November criminals
• discontent of the war

Question 2

When was the spartacist uprising?

Answer 2

5th January 1919

Question 3

When was the kapp putch?

Answer 3

1920

Question 4

What provoked the spartacist uprising?

Answer 4

Ebert sacked the chief of police in Berlin who was extremely popular with the working class

Question 5

What was the significance of the 6th of January? And what did it demonstrate

Answer 5

100000 communists took over key buildings - demonstrated that Weimar had lost its capital

Question 6

What is meant by the federal system?

Answer 6

The political system when power is taken at a regional level/ local level

Question 7

What was the bill of rights and why was is a key strength of the Weimar Republic?

Answer 7

• gave all German citizens freedom of speech and expression despite gender or religion.
  Was a strength as people didn’t have that freedom under the Kaiser

Question 8

Who lead the spartacist uprising?

Answer 8

Karl liebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg

Question 9

How did the Weimar combat the spartacist uprising?

Answer 9

• used the friekorp

Question 10

Who organised a general strike of Berlin in 1919?

Answer 10

Spartacist

Question 11

What was the economic state of Germany post ww1?

Answer 11

• couldn’t pay reparations back
• national income a 1/3 of what was in 1913
• fuel and food shortages
• high unemployment

Question 12

What were the social effects of post war Germany?

Answer 12

• 1.5 demoralised soldiers returned
• extreme gap in living standards
• angry at loosing war (November criminals got blame)

Question 13

What did left wing parties want from Germany?

Answer 13

• supporting workers
• equality for all
• bring change by revolution (similar to Russia)

Question 14

What did right wing parties want from Germany?

Answer 14

• social heirarchy
• strong authoritative government
• military strength
• traditional values
• nationalist

Question 15

How did the Weimar gov react to the kapp putch?

Answer 15

• army refused to fight back against march through Berlin
• gov urged people to go on strike
• essential services such as fuel and electricity stopped as nobody was working
• kapp fled once realised he couldn’t govern
• kapp later captured and imprisoned

Question 16

Why was the system of proportional representation always deemed to fail?

Answer 16

• parties need a majority to make any laws but can’t achieve a majority in reichtag unless form coalition governments which were often very weak.
• Germany not used to democracy
• article 48 allowed president easily to become a dictator

Question 17

What do the German people elect in the reichtag?

Answer 17

• president (from the largest political group in gov)
• reichtag through proportional representation