Social and cultural developments in Germany 1924-28

Question 1

Women- EMPLOYMENT
MYTH
•_________ laws required women to give up jobs after war so ex soldiers can find employment
•women expected to give up employment when _____
•women paid ____ ___ than men for _______ work
•married women who worked attacked as ‘_____ ____’ and blamed for male unemployment

THE NEW WOMEN
•constitution gave women _____ _______ in employment rights
•19__, __% of German _______ were women
•19__, ____,____ female teachers, ____ women doctors

Answer 1

demobilisation, married, much, less, equivalent, double, earners, greater, equality, 1925, 36%, workforce, 1933, 100,000, 3000

Question 2

Women- SEXUAL FREEDOM
MYTH
• abortion was a ____ _____, __,____ deaths from _____ in 19__
•____ in birth rates attacked by _____ ____ as a ‘____ ____’
•______ and _____ churches vigorously ______ to birth control, divorce, abortion. Many ____ women were committed _____ of the ____

THE NEW WOMEN
•___ control more _____ available and ___ ___ declines
•_____ rates _____
•rise in the number of _____, 19__, _ _____ abortion’s a year

Answer 2

criminal, offence, 10,000, abortion, 1930, decline, conservative, press, birth, strike, catholic, protestant, opposed, German, members, Church, birth, widely, birth, rate, divorce, increased, abortions, 1930, 1, million

Question 3

Women- POLITICS AND PUBLIC LIFE
MYTH
•no female ______ in the _____
•no woman became a _____ member during the Weimar Republic
•no political party had a female _____ in the Weimar years
•only the ______ (KPD) made gender _____ a key element in its programme, it was least appealing party to new female electorate

THE NEW WOMEN
•women gained _____ ____ rights and the right to be Reichstag _____ in the Weimar Constitution
•19__, __ women were elected to the _____, Reichstag had higher _____ of female deputies than the _____ _____ of _____
•women very ____ in ____ government at state and city level

Answer 3

representatives, Reichsrat, cabinet, leader, communists, equality, equal, voting, deputies, 1919, 41, Reichstag, proportion, British, House, Commons, active, local

Question 4

KEY FEMALE POLITICIANS
•Marianne ____, wrote several books on _____ ____ and active in German women’s _____ movement. Joined DDP in 19__ and was first women elected to state legislature in ____.
•Marie _____, member of SPD. Served as Reichstag _____ for SPD until 19__.

Answer 4

Weber, feminist, issues, suffrage, 1919, Baden, Juchacz, deputy, 1933

Question 5

JEWS
POLITICS AND THE PRESS
•German Jews were well ______ in world of ____ well before 19__.
•Jews prominent in ___ and ___, Rosa _____, Hugo _____, Kurt ____ these all came from ____ backgrounds.
•Jewish _____ firms had a powerful influence in the ____, with two Jewish run _____, the Berliner ______ and the _____ Zeitung, promoting _____ views.

Answer 5

established, politics, 1914, SPD, KPD, Luxemburg, Haase, Eisner, jewish, publishing, media, newspapers, Tageblatt, Frankfurter, liberal

Question 6

JEWS
INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND PROFESSIONS
•German ____ achieved considerable ____ and ____ in _____ and commerce, the ____ of this influence was exaggerated by ___-Jewish _____.

Answer 6

Jews, wealth, influence, industry, extent, anti, propaganda,

Question 7

JEWS
ANTI-SEMITISM
•19___ - 19__ were difficult years, there was a ______ against Jewish _____, as seen in the _____ uprising and the breakaway ____ of ____ Eisner in _____.
•____ Scandal 19__, scandals like this provided _____ for anti- semitic attacks, ____ brothers convicted of having _____ public _____ to obtain _____ from the _____ state bank and national ___ office. Brothers also had links with the ___ which provided further ammunition to ____ wing propaganda.
•Anti- semitism part of ____ ____ wing nationalism. Surge of hostility against Jewish _____ at time of _____ crisis in 19__. Between 19__-19__, increased _____ recovery and ____ stability resulted in anti- semitism declining. Still frequent accusations of ____ and _____ by Jewish bankers and businessmen.

Answer 7

1918, 1924, backlash, Bolshevism, Spartacist, regime, Kurt, Munich, Barmat, 1925, ammunition, Barmat, bribed, officials, loans, Prussian, post, SPD, right, violent, right, financiers, hyperinflation, 1923, 1924, 1930, economic, political, corruption, exploitation