Government In Germany 1918-89

Question 1

When was revolution from above?

Answer 1

Sept 1918

Question 2

When was revolution from below?

Answer 2

Oct 1918

Question 3

When did kaiser abdicate?

Answer 3

Nov 1918

Question 4

When was armistice signed?

Answer 4

Nov 1918

Question 5

When was TOV signed?

Answer 5

28th June 1919

Question 6

How long was Ebert president for?

Answer 6

1919-1925

Question 7

When was Hindenburg president?

Answer 7

1925-34

Question 8

When did Müllers Grand Coalition collapse?

Answer 8

1930

Question 9

Show an example of how Brüning relied on emergency decrees through Hindenburg

Answer 9

44 decrees in 1931 but only 5 in 1930

Question 10

When did Von papens govt lose vote of confidence ?

Answer 10

1932

Question 11

When Hindenburg dissolved parliament, when did he call the election for?

Answer 11

July 1932

Question 12

Who was largest party after 1932 election?

Answer 12

NSDAP (nazis) with 37% of vote

Question 13

When was Hitler’s appointed chancellor?

Answer 13

30th Jan 1933

Question 14

When was Reichstag fire?

Answer 14

27th Feb 1933

Question 15

When was Law in Protection for people and state passed by decree?

Answer 15

After the Reichstag Fire

Question 16

Who won elections March 1933?

Answer 16

Nazis with 42.5% of vote (increased from previous election)

Question 17

When was Enabling Act passed?

Answer 17

24th March 1933

Question 18

When was the KPD banned?

Answer 18

After Reichstag fire

Question 19

When we’re SPD banned?

Answer 19

June 1933

Question 20

When we’re ALL parties finally banned?

Answer 20

July 1933

Question 21

Example of overlapping structures in nazi government

Answer 21

Office of the Four Year Plan overlapped with Economics ministries

Question 22

What was Führerprinzip

Answer 22

“Working towards the Führer”

Question 23

Example of Goebbels becoming the face of Government during the war

Answer 23

Goebbels gave speech on Total War at the Sports Palast - should have been something Hitler would have wanted to do

Question 24

How many members of the SS were there during war?

Answer 24

900,000

Question 25

When was the Yalta conference ?

Answer 25

Feb 1945

Question 26

When did Western Zones merge to form Trizone with the new currency Deutschmark

Answer 26

June 1948

Question 27

When was the Berlin Blockade?

Answer 27

June 1948 - May 1949

Question 28

When did the Trizone become FRG?

Answer 28

23rd May 1949

Question 29

Who won elections of august 1949?

Answer 29

CDU with Adenauer as chancellor

Question 30

How did Adenauer make amends with Jews?

Answer 30

Formation of claims conference
3 billion given to Israel
German Restitution Laws 1953

Question 31

When did FRG join NATO?

Answer 31

1955

Question 32

When was Berlin Wall constructed?

Answer 32

1961

Question 33

When was the EEC formed?

Answer 33

Late 1957

Question 34

When did Adenauer resign? Who was he replaced with?

Answer 34

1963 - replaced by Erhard

Question 35

When did Erhard resign?

Answer 35

1966

Question 36

How high was turn out in election?

Answer 36

80-90%

Question 37

How long were CDU in power

Answer 37

15 years

Question 38

How many votes did the SPD get in 1959? And what did they do in response ?

Answer 38

32% - they dropped anti-clerical views and moved more to centre left

Question 39

When did the two Germanys recognise each other as independent as part of Ostpolitik

Answer 39

1973

Question 40

When did Brandt visit Poland to improve relations with east?

Answer 40

1970

Question 41

Who had a convincing win in 1972 election?

Answer 41

SPD

Question 42

When did Brandt resign over East German spy in his cabinet ?

Answer 42

1974

Question 43

Who took over Brandt in 1974?

Answer 43

Helmut Schmidt

Question 44

When did Schmidt resign?

Answer 44

1982

Question 45

Who replaced Schmidt?

Answer 45

CDU’s Helmut Kohl