Topic 1: The Impact Of World War One

Question 1

On which year did WW1 end ?

Answer 1

1918

Question 2

What was article 48 ?

Answer 2

President could suspend the constitution in an emergency and could make new rules without the support of the Reichstag

Question 3

What was the Reichstag ?

Answer 3

A place were laws were made

Question 4

Who could vote ?

Answer 4

Me and women over 20

Question 5

Strengths of the Reichstag ?

Answer 5

Democracy
Proportional representation

Question 6

What was proportional representation ?

Answer 6

Number of seats a party got in the Reichstag was dependent on how many votes they got

Question 7

Weaknesses of article 48 ?

Answer 7

Proportional representation
Article 48

{Gave power to the president in a state of emergency}

Question 8

What were the terms of the treaty of Versailles ?

Answer 8

Lost 13% of land
Lost 48% of iron production
6 million citizens absorbed into other countries
Article 231- guilt cause- had to accept blame for the cause of the war
Had to pay compensation for damage
Denied entry of League of Nations

Question 9

What does the German word DOLCHSTOSS mean ?

Answer 9

Stabbed in the back

Question 10

Why did the army feel that they were stabbed in the back by the politician ?

Answer 10

Because they signed the armistice

Question 11

What 3 main party’s hated Weimar ?

Answer 11

Communists
Socialists
Nationalists

Question 12

Which 2 people led the spartacist league ?

Answer 12

Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg

Question 13

The spartacists formed which German party ?

Answer 13

German communist party

Question 14

What were freikorps ?

Answer 14

Demobilised soldiers who refused to give up weapons and uniforms

Question 15

Who was the first chancellor of the Weimar Republic ?

Answer 15

Ebert

Question 16

What year and month did the sparticists attempt to overthrow Weimar ?

Answer 16

January 1919

Question 17

Did the sparticist attempt of overthrowing Weimar fail or succeed ?

Answer 17

Fail {liebernacht and Luxembourg were both captured and killed}

Question 18

We’re the sparticists left or right wing ?

Answer 18

Left wing

Question 19

Why did the Kapp Putsch collapse ?

Answer 19

Because of little support

Question 20

What was the reparations figure ?

Answer 20

£6,600 million

Question 21

Why did german currency start to rapidly fall ?

Answer 21

Because they printed more money

Question 22

What did France do because no reparations were paid ?

Answer 22

Sent troops into Ruhr [germanys main industrial area] and Ruhr was In Rhineland were no troops were operated so they were not stopped

Question 23

What did France and Belgium take from germany because no reparations were being made ?

Answer 23

Goods from Ruhr

Question 24

How did Germany resist France and Belgium from taking goods from Ruhr ?

Answer 24

Many workers went on strike

Question 25

What turned inflation into hyperinflation ?

Answer 25

Extra strike money
Collapse in production

Question 26

In nov 1923 what was the German currency worth compared to the pound ?

Answer 26

£1= 1,680,800,000,000,000 marks

Question 27

People with savings or fixed income were left …

Answer 27

Penniless

Question 28

Who benefited from inflation ?

Answer 28

Businessmen who borrowed money from banks could pay of debts
Food shortages, farmers benefited from demand
Foreigners who were in Germany

Question 29

Who became the new chancellor in 1923 ?

Answer 29

Gustav Stressemann