Unit 5 Flashcards

1
Q

When did the Reichstag accept the Dawes plan?

A

August 1924

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2
Q

When did president ebert die?

A

February 1925

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3
Q

When was Hindenburg elected as president?

A

April 1925

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4
Q

How many people supported pro Weimar parties by the 1928 election?

A

76%

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5
Q

When was the grand coalition created?

A

1928, was a coalition of the left right and centre, commanded a secure majority

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6
Q

Why did luthers administration collapse in 1926?

A

Disagreements over the appearance of the German flag

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7
Q

How many governments were there between 1923-1929?

A

7

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8
Q

Who was Hindenburg hostile about working with before 1928?

A

The SPD

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9
Q

When did production finally equal that of 1913?

A

1928

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10
Q

How much higher was national income in 1928 than 1913?

A

12%

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11
Q

Which German company became the largest chemicals manufacturer in Europe during the golden years?

A

IG Farben

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12
Q

What rose by 40% between 1925 and 1929?

A

Exports

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13
Q

How much did the international community loan Germany between 1924 and 1930?

A

25.5 million marks

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14
Q

What rose every year between 1924 and 1930?

A

Wages

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15
Q

When did agriculture begin to go in to a recession?

A

1927

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16
Q

What did a dependence on American loans mean for Germany?

A

They were vulnerable to us economic problems

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17
Q

When did France and Belgium leave the Ruhr?

A

1925

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18
Q

What policy did stressemann pursue when trying to pay reparations?

A

A policy of fulfilment

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19
Q

When was the Dawes plan?

A

1924

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20
Q

When was the young plan?

A

1929

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21
Q

When was Germany admitted to the League of Nations?

A

1926

22
Q

Which borders did stressemann agree to as part of the 1925 Locarno pact?

A

Post war borders with France

23
Q

What did the young payment do?

A

Increased the repayment term to 59 years, which reduced annual payments

24
Q

Who opposed the Young plan?

A

The nationalist right

25
Q

How many people supported the right wing coalition in the young plan referendum?

A

13.9%

26
Q

What did the cultural changes cause German people to associate with the Weimar system?

A

Decadence and experimentation

27
Q

Where did gay life flourish in the 1920s?

A

Berlin

28
Q

Who produced works reflecting on the impact of the First World War and the satirisation of the junker class?

A

George Grosz and Otto Dix

29
Q

What architectural movement flourished during the 1920s?

A

The Bauhaus movement

30
Q

How many state employees were sacked under Stresemann?

A

700,000

31
Q

What was the main problem with the Dawes plan?

A

It involved Germany accepting that it would have to continue to pay reparations

32
Q

Why did the SPD resist becoming involved in forming coalition governments between 1924 and June 1928?

A

They believed working with the bourgeois parties would lead to a compromise of the parties ideals

33
Q

How many votes did Hindenburg win in the 1925 election

A

14.6 million

34
Q

Which party did Hindenburg work hard to exclude from coalitions?

A

The SPD

35
Q

What did Hindenburg block from passing in 1926?

A

A draft law which would define the use of article 48

36
Q

Why did Hindenburg block the law defining article 48?

A

He thought the presidents powers should be unrestrained, he did not believe in democracy

37
Q

When was the lambach article published?

A

1928, urged DNVP to accept the republic and move on from monarchism

38
Q

What did the lambach article cause?

A

The DNVP to move to the right

39
Q

When did the French promise to evacuate the Rhineland?

A

June 1930, five years ahead of schedule

40
Q

What article of the constitution made it possible to petition for referendum?

A

Article 73

41
Q

How many people were unemployed by 1927?

A

1.3 million

42
Q

How many people were unemployed by 1929?

A

3.6 million

43
Q

When was the collapse in food prices?

A

1922

44
Q

How many workers did the ironworks owners lock out in the Ruhr in 1928?

A

210,000

45
Q

When were the reich relief law and the serious disabilities laws published?

A

1920

46
Q

When did the labour exchanges and unemployment insurance law pass?

A

1927

47
Q

When did the state spend 33 times more on public housing than it did in 1913?

A

1929

48
Q

What did the number of deaths by typhus per 10,000 fall to by the late 1920’s?

A

1913=143

1928=87

49
Q

What did the reich youth law of 1922 claim?

A

All children were entitled to a decent upbringing

50
Q

What did the 1926 treaty of Berlin secure?

A

Good relations between Russia and Germany, both agreed neutrality in the event of attack by a third power

51
Q

When did the allies withdraw the Inter Allied military control commission which had been set up to oversee German disarmament?

A

January 1927

52
Q

What was an economic benefit to the improved international relations?

A

A commercial treaty was signed between France and Germany in August 1927