Germany Weimar 1918 -29

Question 1

What happened to Germany In ww1

Answer 1

-Germany lost ww1
-Britain France and America forces Germany to sign treaty of Versailles

Question 2

Why was Germany in such bad shape

Answer 2

-short of food due to blockades implemented by Britain and France

Question 3

Why did the Kaiser abdicate

Answer 3

-lost trust from the German politicians
-navy is mutinying
-American president refuses to negotiate so long as the Kaiser remains in power
-kaiser lied to the German people saying they were winning
-new government reported to reichtag
-he started the war and the Germans were starving

Question 4

Who is in the Weimar

Answer 4

-German people elect deputies in the reichtag every 4 years
-president elected every 7 years , they make laws in case of an emergency
-president chooses chancellor that need support from the reichtag, they are similar to a prime minister

Question 5

What was proportional representation

Answer 5

System in which each political party gets the same percentage of deputies as the votes received in the election

Question 6

Who had power in 1919

Answer 6

President fredrich ebert , president of the Weimar

Question 7

What was the Weimar constitution

Answer 7

-article 48 president can make legislation in place of the reichshtag in case of an emergency
-article 54, chancellor will be selected by the president and will need at least 50% support from deputies
-article 2 reichtag will make all laws and there will be 423 deputies

Question 8

How strong was the Weimar republic

Answer 8

-run by coalition government, they are unreliable and may not last long
-new system was very fair with proportional representation
-Weimar Republic is forced to sign treaty of Versailles which the Germans heavily oppose . The government are called the November criminals
-major political groups dislike the Weimar

Question 9

What was the problem with the treaty of Versailles (TRAWL)

Answer 9

-Territory was taken and colonies lost .saar given to France , Alsace Lorraine given to France
-Reparations, Germany was forced to pay 6.6 billion to allies
-Armed forces were significantly weakened .only 100,000 army and no submarines or aircraft allowed
-War guilt , German forced to accept responsibility for the war , article 231. German thought it was for self defence
-League of nations, Germany was not allowed to join

Question 10

What was stab in the back theory

Answer 10

It was that Weimar politicians caused Germanys defeat, essentially stabbing the country in the back by sighting the armistice

Question 11

What was the kapp putsch

Answer 11

-revolt lead by a right wing nationalist Wolfgang kapp supported by the freikorps.
-it was an attack on Weimar government, it happened in 1920 and lasted 6 days . He marched into Berlin refusing to disband his group of soldiers. The revolt being stopped by a general strike grinding the country to a halt

Question 12

What was the red terror

Answer 12

The fear of communism spreading through Germany . As Russian mid/upper classes had lost everything and there was a fear it was spreading

Question 13

What was the spartacist uprising

Answer 13

-German communist party disliked the Weimar Republic
-Rosa Luxembourg and Karl leibkneckt organised a strike on January 5th 1919
-it only lasted 3 days and over a 100 people were killed
-the friekorps (right wing army ) defeated the spartacists

Question 14

German currency in 1923

Answer 14

Mark

Question 15

What was the extent of inflation

Answer 15

1.7 quadrillion marks to £1

Question 16

How did hyperinflation occur (part 1)

Answer 16

-1) Germany couldn’t pay reparations so the French invaded the Ruhr
-2) the workers went on strike in response but the government decided to continue paying them
-3) the German government created a new currency to pay the striking workers
-4) the printing of more money led to money being worth less

Question 17

how did hyperinflation occur (part 2)

Answer 17

-5) the devaluation of money led to less goods being produced
-6) less goods produced means that prices increased to inflation rising to 3.25 million % causing hyperinflation

Question 18

phrase of 1920s Germany

Answer 18

-coined term”dancing on a volcano” for Germany’s fragile economic situation

Question 19

Gustav stresemann who was he

Answer 19

• leader of dvp party (right wing)
  -improved foreign relations with other countries
• he saved Germany from economic ruin

Question 20

Dawes plan 1924

Answer 20

• stresemann convinced France and uk to change payment agreement through the dawes plan
• Dawes plan entailed that reparations payments would begin at 1 billion and increase yearly till 2.5 billion
• Ruhr was given back to Germany in 1925
• USA would give loans to Germany

Question 21

What was the rentenmark

Answer 21

It was a temporary currency introduced by gustav stresemann.
-it was issued in limited quantities and property values

Question 22

What was the rentenmark replaced with

Answer 22

Reichmark based on gold fewer

Question 23

Young plan 1929

Answer 23

Reduced reparations from 6.6 billion to 1.85 billion and the length of time was extended to 59 years to pay

Question 24

What was fulfillment

Answer 24

Co operation with French and British

Question 25

What was the Locarno treaty (1925)

Answer 25

Respecting existing borders between countries

Question 26

Kellog-Briand pact 1928

Answer 26

Agreement of 64 countries to not go to war with each other .
-they agreed to only use weapons in self defence

Question 27

what were the golden years

Answer 27

refers to a period of prosperity that streseman helped introduced

Question 28

How did Germany recover

Answer 28

3 million new houses were built
Reparations payments were reduced
Extreme political parties did significantly worse

Question 29

How did Germany not recover

Answer 29

Weimar economy was dependent on loans
Weimar politicians were still being criticised
Unemployment was still rampant at 8.3%

Question 30

Women’s rights

Answer 30

Weimar introduced equality in education
By 1926 there were 32 female deputies in reichtag
Women were able to go out by themselves, drink and smoke in public and have freedom of choice

Question 31

Cultural revolutions

Answer 31

-art: new objectivity focused on everyday life very depressing.artists were George groz & otto Dix
-architecture: Bauhaus style