The weimar republic 1918-1929

Question 1

what happened to the kaiser?

Answer 1

He was abdicated and fled to Holland

Question 2

who became Germany’s first president?

Answer 2

Friedrich Ebert (leader of the social democratic party)

Question 3

when was the German republic declared?

Answer 3

9th of November 1918

Question 4

strengths of the weimar constitution

Answer 4

Women able to vote
voting age reduced
presidential election every 7 years

Question 5

weaknesses of the weimar constitution

Answer 5

It was not the choice of the choice of the people

Proportional representation led to coalition governments

Question 6

war reparations for Germany

Answer 6

6.6 billion

Question 7

military restrictions

Answer 7

army to 100,000
all planes were destroyed
no military was allowed in the Rhine land

Question 8

land lost

Answer 8

Alsace and lorraine
Rhine land
Posen
West Prussia

Question 9

opposition against the weimar republic

Answer 9

the Sparticists(left-wing)
the freikorps(right-wing)

Question 10

who were the Sparticists?

Answer 10

led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Came from the independent socialist party

Question 11

who were the Freikorps?

Answer 11

made up of ex-soldiers

had 250,000 men in march 1919

Question 12

what was the sparticist revolt?

Answer 12

In January 1919, the sparticists took over the governments newspaper and tried to organise a general strike in Berlin.

Question 13

what was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 13

March 1920, Freikorp troops fearing unemployment, marched into Berlin with the leader Wolfgang Kapp in charge.

Question 14

what was hyperinflation?

Answer 14

when the price of goods increased rapidly

Question 15

negative effects of hyperinflation:

Answer 15

• some people couldn’t afford the essentials like bread
• wages rose but bot as quickly as prices
• some businesses went bankrupt

Question 16

positive effects of hyperinflation:

Answer 16

• farmers benefited, as they were paid more for food
• some people and businesses could pay of loans and mortgages
• fixed rents for rooms or shops became very cheap

Question 17

what was the new currency that Stresemann set up?

Answer 17

the Rentenmark

Question 18

when was the new currency set up?

Answer 18

November, 1923

Question 19

when was the Dawes plan?

Answer 19

1924

Question 20

improvements of the Dawes:

Answer 20

• instalments were temporarily reduced to £50 million a year.
• US banks agreed to make loans to German industry which made the allies more confident they would pay the reparations.

Question 21

when was the Young plan?

Answer 21

1929

Question 22

improvements of the young plan:

Answer 22

• reduced the total reparations debt from 6.6 billion to 2 billion.
• the payments could be payed until 1988.