Liberal Experiment- Internal and External forces

Question 1

Internal forces- When was the Weimar Consitution signed?

Answer 1

31st July

Question 2

Internal forces- Why was proportional representation a flaw in the Weimar Political system?

Answer 2

The percentage of the party’s votes had a proportional percentage of seats in the Reichstag.
=Made majority difficult to reach, to pass legislation.

Question 3

Internal forces- Due to the ineffectiveness of proportional representation what did the parties form?

Answer 3

Coalitions of multiple parties across the political system

Question 4

Internal Forces- Weimar was politically diverse. How many different parties did were represented?

Answer 4

40 parties

Question 5

Internal Forces- When was the great coalition formed `

Answer 5

June 1923

Question 6

Internal forces- What parties formed the great coalition?

Answer 6

SPD
Centre Party
DVP
DDP

Question 7

Internal Forces- When did the great coalition collapse?

Answer 7

November 1923

Question 8

Internal Forces- What parties left the great coalition, which made it collapse?

Answer 8

SPD

Question 9

Internal Forces- From 1919-1933 how many coalitions were formed, during this time?

Answer 9

22 coalitions

Question 10

Internal Forces- How many times was Article 48 used

Answer 10

146 times

Question 11

Internal Forces- In 1932 How many times did President Hindenburg used Article 48?

Answer 11

60 times

Question 12

Internal Forces- What did German historian Freiderich Meineche say on a reason for the Werimar political faliure?

Answer 12

flaws in the constitution
weaknesses seen and attacked by society
calling it “Destroyed in dinner clubs”

Question 13

Internal Forces- From when did the Spartacist leaders Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg lead uprisings in berlin?

Answer 13

5th- 12th January 1919

Question 14

Internal Forces- 1919 how many troops marched on the Capital Berlin?

Answer 14

50,000 troops

Question 15

Internal Forced- When was Bavaria declared a communist state? Under who?

Answer 15

February 1919

Kurt Eisen

Question 16

Internal Forced- by 1918 how many members were in the Freikorp? how much bigger than the army was it?

Answer 16

400,000

4 times the size

Question 17

Internal Forces- When was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 17

March 13th 1920

Question 18

Internal Forces- What was the reason for the Kapp Putsch revolt?

Answer 18

The militaristic terms of the treaty of versailles

-limited Reichswehr to 100,000 men

Question 19

Internal Forces- How did historian Frtiz Stern describe the weimar political climate ?

Answer 19

In the politics of despair, Weimar was violated by irreconcilable enemies at home.

Question 20

External Forces- WW1 reparations how much and paid when ?

Answer 20

$32 Billion USD

Paid 1st May 1921

Question 21

External forces- When did france invade the ruhur?

Answer 21

11th January 1923

Question 22

External forces- With many troops did the french and Belgium invade the Ruhr

Answer 22

60,000

Question 23

External forces- excess priniting (hyperinfaltion) what was the conversion of USD to Marks in 1914 compare to 1923?

Answer 23

1914 1 USD = 4.2 Marks

November 1923 1 USD = 25 million Marks

Question 24

External forces- When was the collapse of the Weirmar economy ? how did the german people feel?

Answer 24

June 1923

= peoples disenchantment with the government

Question 25

External forces- What was the Stresemann economic recovery plans?

Answer 25

Dawes and Young Plan

Question 26

External forces- What did the Dawes and Young plan do for the economy ?
loans such as ?
How did it negatively affect the Weimar economy?

Answer 26

1924-29 
prosperity 
reliance foreign laons 
$25 Billion USD loan 
Made Weirmar vulnerable when the great depression hit

Question 27

External Forces-Great Depression, 1933 unemployment rate. % and #

Answer 27

soared to 33%

6 million unemployed

Question 28

External forces- What did Historian Knut Borchert describe the economic effect on German society?
what did the statement support?

Answer 28

“No hope for the survival of democracy after the depression”

-Weimar economy weakened due to the Versailles treaty, making the Weimer government extremely vulnerable