Opposition Against the FRG Governments (1949-1989)

Question 1

What did the Social Democratic Party (SPD) protest about in the 1950s? What was Adenauer’s response?

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They were critical of Adenauer ‘Atlanticist’ aim of establishing closer ties with the West. They were worried about this jeopardising relations with German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Question 2

What did the German Communist Party (KPD) protest about in the 1950s? What was Adenauer’s response?

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Question 3

What did the the Socialist Reich Party

protest about in the 1950s? What was Adenauer’s response?

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Question 4

Identify two reasons that explain why opposition against Adenauer was so small in the 1950s.

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Question 5

What group began to protest against the FRG governments in the 1960s?

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Question 6

Name two student groups formed in the 1960s that protested against the government.

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Question 7

Identify five issues student groups protested on in the 1960s.

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Question 8

Identify the methods student groups in the 1960s used to protest.

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Question 9

How did opposition movements in the FRG change from the 1950s to the 1960s?

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Question 10

Why did opposition movements become more violent in the 1970s?

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Question 11

Identify three issues student groups protested about in the 1970s.

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Question 12

What methods did the West Berlin Tupamaros use to protest in the 1970s?

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Question 13

What methods did Kommune I use to protest in the 1970s?

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Question 14

What methods did the Socialist Patients Collective (SPK) use to protest in the 1970s?

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Question 15

What methods did the Baader-Meinhof Gang use to protest in the 1970s?

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Question 16

Why did the terrorist activity of the Baader-Meinhof Gang slow after 1975?

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Question 17

when was the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) set up, what was their aim and how was their power limited?

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Question 18

when was the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) set up, what was their aim and how was their power limited?

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Question 19

What was passed by the Bundestag on May 30, 1968?

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Question 20

What was the Beobachtende Fahndung (BEFA) system?

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Question 21

What was the employment ban (Berufsverbot) of 1950?

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Question 22

What was the Anti-Radical Decree, and when was it passed?

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Question 23

How did opposition against the FRG governments change from the 1950s to the 1980s?

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