History: Germany unit2

Question 1

When was the spartacist uprising?

Answer 1

January 1919

Question 2

When was the kapp putsch?

Answer 2

March 1920

Question 3

When was the Munich putsch?

Answer 3

November 1923

Question 4

What was the impact of war on Germany by 1918? (Economic reasons)

Answer 4

600,000 widows
2million children without fathers
1/3 of the states budget was on war pensions
National income was a third of what it had been in 1913
Industrial production was 2/3 of what it had been

Question 5

What was the impact of war on Germany by 1918? (Social reasons)

Answer 5

There were huge gaps in living standards between the rich and poor
Women were called up to work in factories and many thought this was damaging to traditional values

Question 6

What was the impact of war on Germany by 1918? (Political reasons)

Answer 6

Dolschtoss myth

Question 7

What were the key factors for the treaty of Versailles? (In terms of blame)

Answer 7

Germany had to take responsibility for the war and they could not join the newly set up League of Nations until they proved they were a peaceful loving country.

Question 8

What were the key factors for the treaty of Versailles? (In terms of military)

Answer 8

Germany were not allowed any submarines, tanks or an airforce. Also Saarland had to be demilitarised.
They were only allowed 100,000 men in the army and conscription was banned. Was only allowed 6battleships and 15,000 sailors

Question 9

What were the key factors for the treaty of Versailles? (In terms of money)

Answer 9

Germany had to pay £6600million in reparations

Question 10

What were the key factors for the treaty of Versailles? (In terms of territory)

Answer 10

They lost:
13% of all land (15% was farm land) 
10% industry
16% coal fields 
48% of their iron production
12.5% (6million) people
Saarland to League of Nations for 15 years

Question 11

Which article of the treaty blamed Germany for the war?

Answer 11

Article 231

Question 12

When was the treaty put in place?

Answer 12

1919

Question 13

Who are the spartacists?

Answer 13

Extreme left wing party (communist) who wanted to overthrow the Weimar government.

Question 14

When was hyperinflation?

Answer 14

November 1923

Question 15

What were stresemanns policies?

Answer 15

The rentenmark 1923
The daws plan 1924 
USA loans 
Young plan1929
Lacarno pact 1925
Joined League of Nations 1926
Kellogg brand pact 1928

Question 16

What is the young plan?

Answer 16

The reparations bill was reduced from £6600 m to £1850 m and Germany was given 59 years to pay

Question 17

How did the nazi party change between the years 1924-29?

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Answer 17

Better organisation
Strong leadership
Reform of SA 
Creation of SS
Creation of hitter youth 
Propaganda 
New groups of voters targeted
Financial support

Question 18

When was the wall St crash?

Answer 18

October 1929

Question 19

How did the wall St crash effect Germany?

Answer 19

Production halved
6million unemployed by 1933
1/3 of the population supported by dole
Democracy was dying
Weimar too scared to print more money therefore had to raise taxes
6million new members of communist party

Question 20

How did the Weimar deal with the situation in Germany between 1929-33?

Answer 20

Cut pensions for war victims
Chancellor bruning cut back on welfare benefits (was named the hunger chancellor). He stopped paying reparations and set up work schemes to give people jobs.
There were 4 chancellors in 4 years

Question 21

When was the reichstag fire?

Answer 21

27th feb 1933

Question 22

How many people died on 29-30th June 1934 (night of the long knives)?

Answer 22

About 400 people

Question 23

When was the reichstag fire?

Answer 23

27th feb 1933

Question 24

How many people were killed on the night of the long knives (29-30th June)?

Answer 24

Around 400

Question 25

How did the nazis reduce unemployment between 1933 and 1939?

Answer 25

The labour service (was compulsory for all men aged 18-25 to serve for 6months)
Job creation schemes
Invisible unemployment
Rearmament (conscription was reintroduced in1935)

Question 26

How many men were in the army in 1939?

Answer 26

1,400,000

Question 27

How did nazis change the lives of women?

Answer 27

1933 law encouraged women to leave their job as they were given a loan. Every child means they were exempt from repaying 1/4 of the loan
Some women were forcibly sterilised
Lebensborn programme
Women were told to stick to the three k’s : kinder, kuche, and kitchen (children kitchen and church).
Nazis sacked 15% of women teachers

Question 28

What was the lebensborn programme?

Answer 28

Encouraged specially chosen unmarried women to donate a baby to the fuhrer by becoming pregnant by racially pure ss men

Question 29

How many people were in the hitter youth by 1935?

Answer 29

3.5million

Question 30

When did it become compulsory to join the hitler youth?

Answer 30

1936

Question 31

How did education change when the nazis came to power?

Answer 31

If the teachers did not swear an oath of loyalty to hitler they were sacked
Textbooks were re written
Children taught antisemitic ideas
Jews were segregated and in 1938 were expelled from school