weimar

Question 1

What is a Republic?

Answer 1

A country not ruled by a king.

Question 2

Where was the new republic declared?

Answer 2

The new republic was declared in Weimar

Question 3

What guaranteed the German people freedom and equality

Answer 3

a Bill of Rights

Question 4

At what age were men and women given the vote

Answer 4

At 20, men and women given the vote

Question 5

Which of the following powers did the Reichstag not have

Answer 5

The power to elect a president

Question 6

Article 48 was

Answer 6

The right of the president to pass laws in an emergency

Question 7

Who was Germany’s leading politician after 1923

Answer 7

Gustav Stresemann was Germany’s leading politician after 1923.

Question 8

What was the name of the moderate, pro-democracy group of Reichstag deputies he organised

Answer 8

The Great Coalition was the name of the moderate, pro-democracy group of Reichstag deputies he organised

Question 9

What was his greatest achievement in foreign politics

Answer 9

Germany was admitted to the League of Nations in 1926

Question 10

Which of these social reforms was introduced in the period 1923-1929?

Answer 10

job centres

Question 11

Who was Charles Dawes

Answer 11

US budget director

Question 12

How did Dawes end the hyperinflation in 1923

Answer 12

By burning Germany’s money.

Question 13

The Dawes Plan of 1924 gave Germany longer to pay its reparations, reformed the Reichsbank and

Answer 13

Gave Germany 800 million marks in loans

Question 14

What was the greatest weakness of the Weimar Republic in the years 1923-1929?

Answer 14

that it was totally dependent on American money.

Question 15

What was the Nazi party first called

Answer 15

German Workers’ Party

Question 16

What was the book in which Hitler outlined his political ideas after the failure of the Munich Putsch in 1923

Answer 16

Mein Kampf was the book in which Hitler outlined his political ideas after the failure of the Munich Putsch in 1923.

Question 17

What name did Hitler use for the single leader with complete power whom he said should control the German state

Answer 17

Führer

Question 18

What was “lebensraum

Answer 18

Lebensraum” was a living space

Question 19

Which of these statements was not true of Germany in January 1919

Answer 19

The statement, ‘The government signed the armistice to end the war’ was not true of Germany in January 1919.

Question 20

Who were the November Criminals

Answer 20

Government ministers who signed the armistice.