Politics Flashcards
When was Yalta
Feb 1945
When was Potsdam
June 1945
4 things agreed at Potsdam
De-Nazification, Demilitarisation, Deindustrialisation & Democratisation
When was Bizonia formed
Summer of 1946
When was Trizonia formed
April 1949
When did US suspend reparation payments to USSR
May 1946
When did a Russian representative walk out of the ACC
March 1948
How many tons of supplies were flown in during the airlift
2,325,808
When was blockade lifted
May 1949
What were the Lander
The states
How much legislation was subject to a Bundesrat veto in 1970s
50-60%
Powers of federal constitutional court
Guarantee civil rights
Arbitrate in any disputes between central gov and Lander
Results of Aug 1949 elections
139 seats for CDU/CSU
131 for SPD
78.5% turnout
Construction Law
April 1950
Gave grants to Lander and cities to encourage large scale buildings projects
How many new homes for Germans by 1957
4 million
Equalisation of Burdens Act
1952
Offered compensation to victims of wartime bombing campaigns
DM126 billion raised by 1983
Pensions Act
1957
Rise of 60-75% in pensions payments
Collective Bargaining Law of Industrial relations
1949
Co-determination
When did Adenauer want rearmament within FRG
1950
When did Adenauer gain permission for rearmament
1954
When was FRG accepted into NATO
May 1955
How many refugees crossed from GDR to FRG in 1957
261,620
When was Berlin wall built
Aug 1961
When were neo-Nazis and KPD banned
1952
1956
CDU/CSU vote decrease between 1957 and 1961
50% to 46%
Adenauer retirement
Oct 1963
SPD vote increase from 1949 to 1957
29.2% to 31.8%
How much were production figures and wages up in 1964
8%
8.5%
When did Erhard resign
Nov 1966
How many seats did NPD gain in 1967
48
Willy Brandt tenure
1969-74
When was the Basic Treaty signed
June 1973
When did Brandt resign
May 1974
Helmut Schmidt tenure
1974-82
When did Reichstag approve vote of no confidence to remove Schmidt
Oct 1st 1982
Helmut Kohl tenure
1982-90
Max annual budget increase under Kohl
3%
Flick Affair
Flick corporation exempt from tax payments on DM1.8 billion sales of shares
Financial donations made in return of DM500,000
Barschel-Engholm affair
Barschel forced to resign in October 1989
Found dead 10 days later
Engholm resigned in 1993
Peak election turnout
91.1% in 1972
