Weekly Review 1

Question 1

When was the Weimar Republic’s first General Election?

Answer 1

19 January 1919

Question 2

What percentage of people voted in the Weimar Republic’s first General Election?

Answer 2

82.7%

Question 3

Who led the Spartacists?

Answer 3

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

Question 4

When was the Spartacist uprising in Berlin?

Answer 4

January 1919

Question 5

How many politicians were killed from 1919 to 1922?

Answer 5

376

Question 6

How many politicians were killed by right wing extremists from 1919 to 1922?

Answer 6

356

Question 7

Which political parties was the first coalition in the
Weimar Republic between?

Answer 7

SPD, Centre Party and German Democratic Party

Question 8

What emergency power could the President have?

Answer 8

Article 48 with the chancellor’s permission

Question 9

How was the Reichstag chosen?

Answer 9

secret ballot election every 4 years, 1 seat per 60,000 votes

Question 10

How many different Laender were there?

Answer 10

18 regions

Question 11

How was the Reichsrat chosen?

Answer 11

members sent by Laender, 1 for every 70,000 people

Question 12

What circumstance means the Reichsrat cannot veto a law?

Answer 12

if the Reichstag gets a majority greater than 2/3

Question 13

What proportion of the votes did the first President Ebert get?

Answer 13

277 to 51

Question 14

When was the Weimar Constitution passed?

Answer 14

July 31 1919

Question 15

How many different political parties were there?

Answer 15

29

Question 16

How many coalitions were there from 1919-23?

Answer 16

9

Question 17

Between what years were there no political assassinations?

Answer 17

1924-29

Question 18

How many different coalitions were there from 1924-29?

Answer 18

6

Question 19

When did Hindenburg become President?

Answer 19

1929

Question 20

What year was the Daws Plan?

Answer 20

1924

Question 21

What year was the Locarno Treaty?

Answer 21

1925

Question 22

What year did Germany join the League of Nations?

Answer 22

1926

Question 23

What year was the Treaty of Berlin?

Answer 23

1926

Question 24

What year was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

Answer 24

1928

Question 25

What year was the Young Plan?

Answer 25

1929