Standard of living Weimar for women and also culture.

Question 1

How did the standard of living improve in Weimar due to stresemann’s policies?

Answer 1

• Workers wages increased and their working hours shortened.
• New homes were built, 1924-1931 around 2 million new homes were built, this also provided extra employment.
• 1927 an insurance system was set up to help workers if they were unemployed.

Question 2

How did the standard of living for women improve?

Answer 2

• Politically- women were given more representation, they were awarded the vote and could enter politics more easily, 112 women represented the german people in the reichstag.
• More freedoms- go out by themselves or with their friends more social activities and clubs.

Question 3

Why did German culture begin to thrive?

Answer 3

• Economic prosperity due to stresemann.

- No censorship, German culture began to thrive.

Question 4

How did architecture improve in the Golden era?

Answer 4

• The Bauhaus school:
• Set up by Walter Gropius in 1919.
• It overturned traditional ideas of architecture.
• It was highlyinfluential.

Question 5

How did art improve in the Golden era?

Answer 5

-There was a rise in expressionism in art, impressionists painted from the perspective of a subject.

Question 6

How did film improve in the Golden Era?

Answer 6

• Metropolis- released in 1927 and was a popular German film by Fritz Lang.
• German films were very sucsessful.

Question 7

How did music improve in the golden era?

Answer 7

• Music such as jazz became very popular in Weimar germany.

- Cabaret came about as an unrestricted form of entertainment.