The: Political, Social, and Economic Position of Germany by 1929

Question 1

How did political authority change due to war?

Answer 1

political authority was transferred to German military leaders

Question 2

How did political authority change after the war?

Answer 2

abdication of the Kaiser and the formation of a republic with a system of universal suffrage and proportional representation

Question 3

How did German economy fail after the war?

Answer 3

• treaty of Versailles reparations
• debt (due to war loans)
• hyperinflation (due to occupation of Ruhr)

Question 4

How was Germany’s economy rebuilt?

Answer 4

• Stresemann and Schacht
• Dawes and Young Plan
• introduction of new currency - Rentenmark

Question 5

How did the social condition of Germany improve?

Answer 5

• the new republic offered more social freedom
• trade unions = workers rights
• more rights for women
• time of transformation

Question 6

How did the social condition of Germany remain divided?

Answer 6

• class distinctions remained
• rural farmers hit by agrarian crisis
• welfare expansion - elites felt cheated due to higher taxation