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Social developments in Weimar 1924-28 Flashcards

1
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Did the Weimar Constitution give ordinary Germans (particularly women) more rights?

A

Yes

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2
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When was the Public Assistance system, which helped the poor, modernised?

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1924

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3
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What was extended in 1925?

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State accident insurance system

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4
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When was the national unemployment system introduced?

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1927

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5
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Was the Weimar welfare system very expensive and did it promise more than it delivered?

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Yes

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6
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How many disabled war veterans did the state welfare system support in 1926?

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800,000

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7
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How many war widows and orphans were supported by the welfare system?

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360,000 and 900,000 respectively

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8
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What was introduced to keep costs down?

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Means tests

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9
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Did living standards improve 1924-28?

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Yes

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10
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What name was given to the newly enfranchised and empowered woman in Weimar Germany?

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‘New woman’

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11
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What profession now gave women equal pay and opportunities?

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Civil service

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12
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What law stayed in place that made women the property of their husband?

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Civil Code of 1896

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13
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What was the most popular women’s group with 900,000 members (which did not support women’s rights)?

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League of German Women (BDF)

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14
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What percentage of the workforce did women make up in 1926?

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36%

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15
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Were married women still discouraged from continuing their careers?

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Yes

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16
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By 1930 how many abortions were there in Weimar Germany?

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1m

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17
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Did the divorce rate decrease in Weimar Germany?

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No, it increased

18
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Who opposed the expansion of birth control?

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Conservatives, Catholic and Protestant churches

19
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How many women were elected to the Reichstag in 1919?

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41

20
Q

Who did most women vote for in Reichstag elections?

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Centre Party (Z)

21
Q

Which was the only party that made gender equality a key part of their manifesto?

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KPD

22
Q

Who was a leading SPD campaigner for women’s rights?

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Clara Zetkin

23
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Which prominent woman politician was opposed to women’s rights?

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Paula Muller-Otfried

24
Q

What percentage of the unemployed in 1925-26 were aged 14-21?

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17%

25
Q

What were Farmers’ Fear, Red Apaches, Death Defiers?

A

Youth gangs in Hamburg

26
Q

What were the Wandervogel?

A

A nationalistic youth group

27
Q

Did all main political parties have youth wings?

A

Yes

28
Q

What was the name of the DNVP’s youth wing?

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Bismarck Youth

29
Q

What was the Eldorado?

A

A Berlin nightclub

30
Q

Who felt more able to be more open in the 1920s?

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Homosexuals

31
Q

What was a popular movement in Weimar art?

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Expressionism

32
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Who was a prominent Weimar artist?

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Kandinsky

33
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What were the main themes of Expressionism?

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Art that emphasized the artist’s inner feelings or ideas over replicating reality

34
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Which two painters were most associated with Neue Sachlichkeit?

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Otto Dix and George Grosz

35
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What did Otto Dix and George Grosz focus on in their art?

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In their paintings and drawings they vividly depicted and excoriated the corruption, frantic pleasure seeking and general demoralisation of Germany following its defeat in the war, and the ineffectual Weimar Republic

36
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Who pioneered ‘atonal’ music in Weimar Germany?

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Arnold Schoenberg

37
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Who was Thomas Mann?

A

A leading Weimar author

38
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In architecture what was the leading movement?

A

Bauhaus

39
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Who wrote the satirical critique of the middle classes, The Threepenny Opera?

A

Bertolt Brecht

40
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What was the best known Weimar film?

A

The Blue Angel - a story of respectable middle class professor descending into madness

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