Germany: Weimar

Question 1

What was the Burgfriede?

Answer 1

Political truce between parties that allowed necessary loans to finance the war

Question 2

When was the Burgfriede?

Answer 2

1914

Question 3

When was the silent dictatorship?

Answer 3

1916

Question 4

The Silent Dictatorship

What was the name of the programme that called for the annexation of the Baltic region?

Answer 4

The Kreuznach Programme

Question 5

The Silent Dictatorship

When did Britain uncover the Zimmerman Telegram?

Answer 5

1917

Question 6

The Silent Dictatorship

What did the Zimmerman Telegram say?

Answer 6

Asking Mexico for a military alliance if the USA joined the war

Question 7

The Silent Dictatorship

What happened in February 1917?

Answer 7

Russia has experienced a democratic revolution

Question 8

The Silent Dictatorship

What did the Feb 1917 revolution lead to?

Answer 8

The July Crisis - leading to Bethmann being forced to resign

Question 9

The Silent Dictatorship

What was the Siegfriede 1917?

Answer 9

A victory peace in which Germany should use her position of strength to achieve world power status

Question 10

Who resigned and who replaced him as leader of the SPD?

Answer 10

Hasse resigned and Ebert replaced him

Question 11

When did Hasse and 18 other SPD deputies vote against govt emergency budget and left the SPD?

Answer 11

March 1916

Question 12

What inspired the formation of the USPD and when?

Answer 12

Mass strikes in Berlin + events in Russia

In April 1917

Question 13

Who led the Spartacus League?

Answer 13

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

Question 14

Who was the first SPD member to vote against war credits in 1914?

Answer 14

Karl Liebknecht

Question 15

By Jan 1918, how many members did the USPD have?

Answer 15

120,000

Question 16

How did the SPD react to the USPD?

Answer 16

Accused them of being unpatriotic and negatively affecting war effort

Question 17

What were the USPD used as by the silent dictatorship?

Answer 17

A scapegoat for Germany losing the war

Question 18

What did the KRA do?

Answer 18

Set up by Rathenau - produced nitrates for explosives which prolonged the war which Germans didn’t want

Question 19

The silent dictatorship

What was the Auxillary Law Service and when?

Answer 19

December 1916 - all under 16’s conscripted

Question 20

What was set up to get food supplies but was met with opposition from landowners?

Answer 20

War Nutrition Office

Question 21

What % of the war cost was made by taxation, and what made the rest of the war cost?

Answer 21

16% by taxation, the rest by war bonds and printing more money

Question 22

What did Germany never achieve in the war?

Answer 22

Total War - mobilisation of entire nation to reach maximum potential

Question 23

What % of those conscripted died?

Answer 23

16%

Question 24

In 1915 what % of Germany’s pigs were killed to save on grain?

Answer 24

35%

Question 25

When was turnip winter?

Answer 25

1916

Question 26

Germany was dependent on imports for what fraction of its food?

Answer 26

1/3

Question 27

How many civilians died of starvation?

Answer 27

750,000

Question 28

Infants death increased by what %?

Answer 28

By 50%

Question 29

What happened to average prices and wages in Germany?

Answer 29

Average prices doubled, whereas wages only rose by 50-75%

Question 30

How many workers went on strike in Berlin and why?

Answer 30

200,000 because of bread rationing

Question 31

When and how many people were killed by the Spanish flu?

Answer 31

1918 killed between 20-40 million and

Question 32

Put the political parties from left to right?

Answer 32

KPD USPD SPD DDP Z DVP DNVP NSDAP

Question 33

Revolution from above