Parties + Left/Right

Question 1

Where on the spectrum is KPD and what is their ideology?

Answer 1

• Extreme left
• Revolutionary Marxist party committed to Soviet style system

Question 2

Where on the spectrum is SPD? What is their ideology?

Answer 2

• Centre left
• Socialism, liberal, more social control over government

Question 3

Where is DDP on the spectrum? What is its ideology?

Answer 3

• Centre left
• Liberal middle-class party

Question 4

Where is Zentrum on the spectrum? What is its ideology?

Answer 4

• Centre
• Protect the interests of the Catholic Church, left and right ideas

Question 5

Where on the spectrum is DVP? What is its ideology?

Answer 5

• Centre right
• Moderate conservative party, committed to the Weimar system and moderate social reform

Question 6

Where on the spectrum is the DNVP? What is its ideology?

Answer 6

• Centre right
• Main conservative party, co-operate with government to protect the interests of industrialists and large landowners

Question 7

Where on the spectrum is the NSDAP? What is its ideology?

Answer 7

• Extreme right
• Wanted to overthrow the republic and gain power over Germany