POST WW1

Question 1

HOW MANY children died of starvation in 1916?

Answer 1

80,000

Question 2

HOW MANY died of hunger and disease after WW1?

Answer 2

3/4 million

Question 3

WHAT were the consequences of fuel (coal) shortages after WW1?

Answer 3

• Power cuts
• The closing of public buildings to save energy

Question 4

WHAT were German soldiers shouting to other German troops near the end of WW1, according to General Ludendorff?

Answer 4

“Blacklegs” and “You’re prolonging the war.”

Question 5

WHAT civil unrest was there in 1916?

Answer 5

10,000 workers called “Down with war, down with government.”

Question 6

WHEN did the Russians admit defeat against Germany WW1?

Answer 6

1917

Question 7

WHAT was the impact of the Bolshevik Revolution in Germany?

Answer 7

• Alarmed the political elites as it showed that the people could overthrow an autocratic monarchy and the army could not prevent revolution
• Led to greater political activity among the working classes

Question 8

WHAT was U.S. President Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

Answer 8

A set of principles for peace negotiations that pushed for self-determination for the countries involved

Question 9

WHEN was Prince Max of Baden’s government formed?

Answer 9

1st October 1918

Question 10

WHY was Prince Max of Baden made Chancellor?

Answer 10

It was part of a series of reforms the Kaiser started to make after being advised by Ludendorff that partial democratisation in Germany would lead to better peace terms

Question 11

WHEN did the mutinies in Kiel start?

Answer 11

3rd November 1918

Question 12

WHEN was the Bavarian Socialist Republic declared?

Answer 12

8th November 1918

Question 13

WHEN was Germany declared a republic/did the Kaiser abdicate?

Answer 13

9th November 1918

Question 14

WHAT did Groener tell the Kaiser, forcing him to abdicate on 9th November 1918?

Answer 14

He said that the army would not fight for him.

Question 15

WHO declared Germany a republic from the Reichstag building?

Answer 15

Philipp Scheidemann, a leading member of the SPD

Question 16

WHEN was the Ebert-Groener pact?

Answer 16

10th November 1918

Question 17

WHAT was the Ebert-Groener pact?

Answer 17

General Groener agreed to support the government as long as Ebert agreed that the army would stay controlled by the elites and not be democratised, in order to protect against a communist revolution

Question 18

WHY did General Ludendorff support the creation of the German republic?

Answer 18

He wanted a left-wing, civilian government to take the blame for Germany’s defeat in WW1, instead of himself and the leaders of the German army. Creation of the stab-in-the-back myth

Question 19

HOW did historian William Carr describe the people’s feelings about the German republic?

Answer 19

That they saw it as a “convenient means of filling the void left by the collapse of the monarchy”

Question 20

WHEN was the armistice signed?

Answer 20

11th November 1918

Question 21

HOW many Germans died and were injured during WW1?

Answer 21

2 million dead and 6.3 million wounded (more than any other country)

Question 22

WHAT is an example of a German company that moved over to arms and ammunition during WW1?

Answer 22

Krupp