Weimar 1919-1933

Question 0

When was the Dawes plan put into place?

Answer 0

1924

Question 1

What was the Ruhr invasion?

Answer 1

The French sent troops into the industrial area of Germany to attempt to take what was owed to them

Question 2

How much reparations did the Weimar government owe after ww1?

Answer 2

6,600,000,000

Question 3

What was the Locarno treaty?

Answer 3

The agreement by the Weimar government to stick to the borders set out by the TOV

Question 4

What was the main problem that the Weimar government faced from within Germany.

Answer 4

Political animosity at the supposed betrayal by the Weimar government regarding the signing of the TOV

Question 5

What were the ‘golden years stressemann’?

Answer 5

The years that stressemann ran the Weimar government and looked to be fixing things for the country.

Question 6

We’re the Weimar years good years for the nazis?

Answer 6

To a certain extent they were not. Although membership for the party we it up, the votes for the party were extremely low and very few seats in the reichstag were won by the party

Question 7

We’re the uprisings during the Weimar years left or right wing?

Answer 7

There were 2 right wing uprisings and 2 left wing uprisings

Question 8

Who were the ‘November criminals’?

Answer 8

The people that signed the treaty of Versailles who went on to become the leaders of the Weimar government

Question 9

When was the French invasion of the Ruhr?

Answer 9

The end of 1922 going through 1923

Question 10

What was hyperinflation?

Answer 10

The continuous printing of money until the value of it became worthless

Question 11

How did the Weimar government try top pay back the reparations?

Answer 11

By printing more money

Question 12

What did Germany’s solution to the reparations lead to?

Answer 12

Hyperinflation

Question 13

Who solved hyperinflation?

Answer 13

Stressemann

Question 14

How did stressemann solve hyperinflation?

Answer 14

By taking in the old money and getting rid of it. He then created a new, strong currency.

Question 15

What. Did the signing of the Locarno treaty lead to?

Answer 15

Germany’s acceptance into the league of nations

Question 16

How did the Weimar government attempt to deal with the Ruhr invasion?

Answer 16

Ebert asked the workers in the Ruhr to strike

Question 17

Who was the first leader of the Weimar government?

Answer 17

Ebert

Question 18

What eventually allowed Germany to restart paying back the reparations?

Answer 18

The Dawes plan

Question 19

When was the Wall Street crash?

Answer 19

1929

Question 20

What did the Wall Street crash lead to?

Answer 20

The withdrawal of US loans and the revocation of the Dawes plan leading to economic collapse in Germany

Question 21

What was the Munich putsch?

Answer 21

The attempt to over throw the government by the nazi party

Question 22

Was the Munich putsch a failure?

Answer 22

Yes and no. Although the actual putsch failed and left 16 nazis dead and Adolf Hitler in jail, General Ludendorff, one of the leaders of the putsch, was let off and Hitler served only 9 months of a 5 year sentence. He also got loads of publicity and wrote his book, ‘Mein Kampf’.

Question 23

How were members of the reichstag chosen under the Weimar system?

Answer 23

Proportional representation