Nazi Germany - The Weimar Republic

Question 1

What happened on the 9th November 1918?

Answer 1

Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated

Question 2

What happened on the 10th November 1918?

Answer 2

Chancellor Every formed the Weimar Republic

Question 3

What happened on the 11th November 1918?

Answer 3

The armistice was signed

Question 4

What was the armistice?

Answer 4

It marked the end of the war

Question 5

What were the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 5

1. Army was reduced to 100,000
2. Germany lost 13% of land
3. They had to pay 6.6 billion in reparations
4. They had to accept the war guilt clause

Question 6

What was the armistice described as and what does it mean?

Answer 6

A Diktat which means dictated peace.

Question 7

What term was used to describe the politicians that agreed to the armistice?

Answer 7

Dolchstoss

Question 8

Who (a group of people) were the opposition from the left?

Answer 8

The spartacists

Question 9

Who led them?

Answer 9

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Question 10

What did the spartacists do on the 5th January 1919?

Answer 10

Stage an uprising on Berlin to overthrow the government and create a communist state.

Question 11

What happened to the spartacist leaders?

Answer 11

They were murdered

Question 12

What is the term given to the opposition of the right?

Answer 12

The Kapp Putsch

Question 13

Who lead the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 13

Wolfgang Kapp

Question 14

When did the Kapp Putsch occur

Answer 14

March 20th 1920

Question 15

Who did the Kapp Putsch involve?

Answer 15

The freikor

Question 16

What was the aim of the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 16

To take power in Berlin

Question 17

Who didn’t put the Putsch down?

Answer 17

The army

Question 18

Who caused the Kapp Putsch to collapse?

Answer 18

The Berlin workers who went on strike in support of Weimar

Question 19

When did Streseman become Chancellor?

Answer 19

In August 1923

Question 20

What did Streseman do to help the economy recover? (3 things)

Answer 20

1. He agreed to the Dawes Plan
2. Ended passive resistance in the Ruhr
3. Created the Rentenmark

Question 21

What was the cause of the occupation of the Ruhr?

Answer 21

Germany couldn’t pay the first set of reparations.

Question 22

When did the occupation of the Ruhr happen?

Answer 22

January 1923

Question 23

What did the French do in the occupation of the Ruhr?

Answer 23

The matched into the area of the Ruhr, determined to get payment by taking goods.

Question 24

How did the workers react to the French in the occupation of the Ruhr?

Answer 24

They chose passive resistance and went on strike

Question 25

What did the workers strike at the occupation of the Ruhr mean?

Answer 25

Less goods were produced

Question 26

What happened as a result of the occupation of the Ruhr?

Answer 26

Weimar printed more money to pay the workers more and then this led to hyperinflation

Question 27

What was the Dawes Plan

Answer 27

America gave German banks loans of three billion dollars

Question 28

What was the Rentenmark?

Answer 28

A new form of currency, based on property value, that stabilized the economy, created temporarily by Streseman to replace the mark after hyperinflation. It was soon exceeded by the Reichsmark in 1924

Question 29

What was the Young Plan?

Answer 29

It changed reparations by:

• creating set payments until 1988
• reparations were reduced to 1.85 billion marks

Question 30

What was the Locarno Pact?

Answer 30

It was an agreement made in 1925 by Germany, Italy, Britain, France and Belgium, which agreed for Germany to keep its existing borders.

Question 31

What did the Locarno Pact lead to and why was it so significant?

Answer 31

It lead the Germany getting a seat in the League of Nations and was significant as it saw Germany return to its great power.

Question 32

When was the Kellogg-Briand Pact agreed too?

Answer 32

September 1926

Question 33

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

Answer 33

It was a pact that 64 nations signed, agreeing to peacefully solve any disputes and to only use armies for self defense.

Question 34

What were the four changes made in society?

Answer 34

Housing, Architecture, wages Nd unemployment

Question 35

What happened to wages? (3 things)

Answer 35

1. Wages increased after 1924
2. By 1928, Germany had the best paid workers in Europe
3. Unemployement fell

Question 36

What was the Unemployment change?

Answer 36

The unemployment law of 1927

Question 37

What did the unemployment law of 1927 state?

Answer 37

That the employees had to pay taxes to the government who would then provide an unemployed person with a regular benefit per week to support them

Question 38

What happened to the Housing?

2 points

Answer 38

1. Between 1924 - 1931 2 million new homes were built

2. By 1928, homelessness was reduced by over 60%

Question 39

What changes in architecture were made? (2 points)

Answer 39

1. A new art school called the Bauhaus was created

2. Architects were encouraged to use bold colours and unusual shapes and materials

Question 40

What changes did women face?

Answer 40

Political, lesuire and employment changes were made

Question 41

What changed in politics for women? (Give three features)

Answer 41

1. In 1919 women over 20 could vote
2. Weimar introduced equality in:
   - education
   - civil service pay
   - opportunity
3. By 1936 there were 32 deputies in the Reichstag

Question 42

What changes did women make in there free time? (Give three points)

Answer 42

1. Women didn’t go out escorted
2. They smoked and drank
3. They wore shorter clothes and were more fashion conscious
4. They had there hard cut short
5. They wore makeup.

Question 43

What employment changes for women occured?

Answer 43

1. Women employment grew
2. The number of women in civil service and teaching positions increased
3. By 1933, there were 3000 women doctors and 100,000 women teachers