HCHS Germany: A LEVEL UNIT 3 - Weimar Germany

Question 1

Name the 8 major parties in 1919 and put them in order from Left wing to Right wing.

Answer 1

KPD, USPD, SPD, DDP, Z, BVP, DVP, DNVP

Question 2

What was the Siegfriede?

Answer 2

A victory peace so Germany could achieve world power status

Question 3

What was the Auxiliary Service Law?

Answer 3

Mobilisation of entire civilian population for war service

Question 4

Name Ebert’s deal with the industrialists and the date it occurred.

Answer 4

Stinnes-Legien Agreement on 15th November

Question 5

Name two reforms during the ‘revolution from above’

Answer 5

3 class franchise abolished, Kaiser lost powers over army to Reichstag, Chancellor accountable to Reichstag, armistice negotiations initiated.

Question 6

What was the winter of 1916 nicknamed?

Answer 6

Turnip winter

Question 7

Who was asked to implement the reforms of the ‘revolution from above’

Answer 7

Prince Max of Baden

Question 8

Give 2 reasons why Germany lost WW1

Answer 8

Stalemate, strength of allies, limitation of war economy

Question 9

What was Hindenburg and Ludendorff’s control on Germany called from 1916?

Answer 9

The Silent Dictatorship

Question 10

Name the two leaders of the KPD/Spartacists

Answer 10

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

Question 11

Which country did the Kaiser flee to?

Answer 11

Holland

Question 12

Who declared a separate socialist republic and which state was this in?

Answer 12

Kurt Eisner, Bavaria

Question 13

What was the Burgfriede?

Answer 13

Political truce between all political parties (to finance war)

Question 14

What was Ebert’s coalition with the USPD called?

Answer 14

Council of People’s Commissars

Question 15

Name Ebert’s deal with the army and the date it occurred.

Answer 15

Ebert-Gröener Pact, 10th November

Question 16

What happened on 1st January 1919?

Answer 16

Spartacist Uprising

Question 17

How much of the cost of WW1 was met by taxation?

Answer 17

16%

Question 18

Why did the USPD resign from the Council of People’s Commissars?

Answer 18

Army attacked mutinying sailors on 23rd December

Question 19

By what % did infant mortality increase by during WW1?

Answer 19

50%

Question 20

What was the role of the KRA?

Answer 20

To acquire, store and distribute raw materials (War Raw Materials)

Question 21

Why was the January 1919 election a failure for the SPD?

Answer 21

Failed to win a majority

Question 22

Which event started the revolution from below and on which date?

Answer 22

Kiel Mutiny, 8th November 1918

Question 23

Which disease hit Europe in 1918 and how many were killed?

Answer 23

Spanish Flu, 20-40 million

Question 24

What % of the vote did the SPD gain in the January 1919 election?

Answer 24

38%

Question 25

What new currency was introduced in 1924?

Answer 25

Rentenmark

Question 26

Cost of reparations (in £)?

Answer 26

£6.6 billion

Question 27

Name 2 areas Germany lost due to Versailles

Answer 27

Alsace-Lorraine, Saar, Polish Corridor, Danzig, N. Schleswig

Question 28

Who did Ebert use to crush the Spartacists?

Answer 28

Freikorps

Question 29

Name of the myth created to take blame away from the army for losing WW1?

Answer 29

Stab in the back

Question 30

What were the main features of the Bill of Rights in the Weimar Constitution?

Answer 30

Speech, religion, trade unions, sick pay and unemployment benefits