TOPIC 2 The Recovery Of Weimar

Question 1

1923 …… appointed as foreign secretary
From august to September he served as …..

Answer 1

Gustav Stresemann
Chancellor

Question 2

In …… Stresemann agrees the ……. Plan which changed the reparation payment terms

Answer 2

August 1924
Dawes

Question 3

As part of the Dawes Plan, the USA also ……

Answer 3

agreed to give Germany loans to help its economic recovery

Question 4

In the Dawes plan, US companies and banks …..

Answer 4

Loaned nearly $3,000 million to germany

Question 5

In …… Stresemann introduced a new currency called the ….

Answer 5

November 1923
Rentenmark

Question 6

The Young Plan of …… reduced the reparation payments from….. to …….

Answer 6

1929
£6.6 billion
£1.9 billion

Question 7

The young plan also …..

Answer 7

extended the length of time Germany had to pay the reparations to 59 years

Question 8

The economy …… over this period
Many questioned the …….. on loans from the USA

Answer 8

Prospered
Over-dependence

Question 9

In …… Germany signs the Locarno pact with B…. F…. And B….
The countries agreed to ……

Answer 9

1925
Britain
France
Belgium
Keep existing borders

Question 10

In ….. Germany was given a permanent place in the League of Nations

Answer 10

1926

Question 11

In …… the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed, agreeing that ……

Answer 11

1928
armies would be used only for self-defence

Question 12

The Golden Age of Weimar from …. to ….. saw greater …..

Answer 12

1924
1929
Political stability

Question 13

During golden age of Weimar, there was greater support for ….. and less support for ….

Answer 13

the Weimar Republic
Extreme its groups like the Nazis

Question 14

In …… Hindenburg elected as ….. which seemed to show that ….

Answer 14

1925
President
the old conservative order now accepted the republic

Question 15

Described as golden age because of ……

Answer 15

Significant changes in the standard of living, the position of women and culture

Question 16

During golden age German workers did to a certain degree ……
……. fell however remained high amongst those who worked in professions such as …..

Answer 16

benefit from increase in the value of real wages
Unemployment
lawyers, civil servants and teachers

Question 17

Weimar government attempted to deal with the ……. In many parts of Germany

Between 1924 and 1931, more than ……. new homes were built while more than …… were renovated

Answer 17

Critical shortage of housing

2 million
200,000

Question 18

Unemployment insurance law was introduced in ….. which required workers and employees to …..

Answer 18

1927
make contributions to a scheme for unemployment welfare

Question 19

In …. women over the age of ….. were given the vote

Answer 19

1919
20

Question 20

The government introduced ……. and equal pay in professions

Under Weimar, German women had some of the most …….. in Europe

Answer 20

equality for the sexes

Advanced legal rights

Question 21

By 1933, there were ….. women teachers and …… doctors

Answer 21

100,000
3,000

Question 22

Women also enjoyed more ….. than had been the case before the Weimar Republic

Answer 22

freedom socially

Question 23

Weimar artists tried to show ……
This was given the name …. meaning …..

Answer 23

Everyday life
Neue Sachlichkeit
New objectivity

Question 24

Weimar architecture also flourished, especially the ….. which meant ….

Answer 24

Bauhaus
‘School of building’

Question 25

The Weimar period encouraged …… from both left and right

Answer 25

Literature