Political developments 1924-28

Question 1

How many elections were there in 1924?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

What percentage of voters supported pro-Weimar parties in 1924

Answer 2

More than 60%

Question 3

What percentage of the vote did the NSDAP (officially named NSFB as NSDAP was banned) win in December 1924?

Answer 3

3%

Question 4

Did the KPD’s support grow markedly 1924-28?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

Which anti-Weimar party joined a governing coalition in January 1925?

Answer 5

DNVP

Question 6

What percentage of the vote did the NSDAP win in 1928 election?

Answer 6

2.6%

Question 7

How many Chancellors were there 1924-30?

Answer 7

5

Question 8

Who were Stresemann, Marx, Luther and Muller?

Answer 8

Chancellors between 1924-30

Question 9

What issue brought about the fall of Luther’s government in 1926?

Answer 9

An argument over the German flag

Question 10

Which parties would not serve in the same cabinet as each other?

Answer 10

SPD & DNVP

Question 11

What was Muller’s broad coalition from 1928-30 called?

Answer 11

Grand Coalition

Question 12

Who was Foreign Minister for much of 1924-30?

Answer 12

Stresemann

Question 13

Between 1924-28 which party was the largest in the Reichstag?

Answer 13

SPD

Question 14

Did the SPD have support outside of industrial workers?

Answer 14

Not really

Question 15

Was the Centre Party an important part of every coalition in Weimar?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

After Heinrich Bruning became leader in 1928 in what political direction did the Centre Party move?

Answer 16

Rightwards

Question 17

What happened to the liberal DDP from the mid-1920s

Answer 17

It declined

Question 18

Which party was Stresemann a member of?

Answer 18

DVP

Question 19

After Hugenberg became leader of DNVP in 1928 in what political direction did it move?

Answer 19

More anti-democratic, anti-Weimar

Question 20

What book did Hitler write whilst he was in prison after the Munich Putsch failure?

Answer 20

Mein Kampf

Question 21

What shift in strategy did the NSDAP take after 1924?

Answer 21

Policy of legality

Question 22

How did the NSDAP broaden its appeal from 1928?

Answer 22

A greater focus on rural areas of Protestant north Germany

Question 23

What happened to NSDAP membership between 1927-29?

Answer 23

It increased from 75,000 to 150,000

Question 24

What campaign gave Hitler national recognition?

Answer 24

Anti-Young Plan campaign

Question 25

The KPD took it instructions from where?

Answer 25

Moscow

Question 26

What did Moscow order the KPD to do in 1923?

Answer 26

Begin a revolution in Saxony and Hamburg. It failed

Question 27

What did the KPD call the SPD?

Answer 27

‘Social-fascists’

Question 28

Who was leader of KPD from 1925-33?

Answer 28

Ernst Thalmann

Question 29

When did President Ebert die?

Answer 29

1925

Question 30

In the Presidential election of 1925 which three candidates stood in the second round of voting?

Answer 30

Hindenburg, Marx (Centre), Thalmann (KPD)

Question 31

Who won the Presidential election?

Answer 31

Hindenburg

Question 32

Did the split in the left wing vote allow Hindenburg to win?

Answer 32

Yes

Question 33

Did Hindenburg believe in parliamentary democracy?

Answer 33

No - but he stuck to the rules of the constitution

Question 34

Weimar mainly relied upon the support of which section of society?

Answer 34

Middle class