Weimar Germany

Question 1

Kaiser overthrown

Answer 1

1918

Question 2

Spartacist leader names?

Answer 2

Carl Liebnecht and Rosa Luxemburg

Question 3

Spartacists launched first bid for power by setting up soviets/workers councils in many towns

Answer 3

1919

Question 4

Socialist state leader Eisner murdered by political opponents - Ebert uses Freikorps

Answer 4

February 1919

Question 5

Over __ communists killed by Freikorps with over ___ casualties

Answer 5

May 1919, 600 deaths, 200 casualties

Question 6

Communist agitation in the Ruhr industrial area met with police, army, and Freikorps

Answer 6

1920

Question 7

Kapp Putsch lead by __ with __ Freikorps in __

Met with German workers calling a strike bc army would not fight back

Answer 7

Dr. Wolgang Kapp, 500, 1920

Question 8

Ebert’s foreign minister, Walter Rathenau murdered by extremists

Answer 8

Summer 1922

Question 9

Bankrupt economy after WW1 - left __ widows and __ children without fathers

Answer 9

600000, 2 million

Question 10

By ___ state spending __ of budget on war pensions

Answer 10

1925, 1/3

Question 11

In the early 1920s, income is __ of what it was in ___

and industrial production is ___ of what it was in __

Answer 11

1/3,1913,2/3,1913

Question 12

When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 12

28th June 1919

Question 13

5 Main points of the constitution of Weimar Gov?

Answer 13

1) most democratic system in the world
2) all Germans over 20 could vote
3) system of proportional representation
3) chancellor responsible for day to day gov but needed support of 1/2 of Reichstag
4) Head of state called president - stayed out of everyday gov but could rule country in a crisis and emergency powers meant he didn’t have to consult Reichstag

Question 14

Treaty of Versailles, 5 conditions

Answer 14

1)Had to accept war guilt
2)Germans overseas empire was taken
Britain and France controlled Germany’s former colonies and treaty forbid Germany to join with former ally Austria
3)Germany had to pay reparations of 6600million
4)Wasn’t allowed armoured vehicles, navy could only build 6 battleships, no military was allowed in Rhineland and they could only have 100000 men in the army without conscription
5) LON-Like an international police force and Germany wasn’t allowed to join until it proved it was a peace loving country

Question 15

The first installment of treaty paid in ___ and how much?

Answer 15

1921,50million

Question 16

Year of the French invasion of the Ruhr and why?

Answer 16

1922, French had war debts to pay to America and were impatient because Germany didn’t pay their reparations that year

Question 17

How did French react to Gov ordering workers to go on strike?

Answer 17

Killed over 100 workers and expelled over 100000 protesters

Question 18

Hyperinflation - m/y 1 billion mark bank note buys ___ loaves of bread and in m/y buys ___ loaves of bread

Answer 18

July 1923 buys 208 million loaves of bread, November 1923 buys 5 loaves of bread

Question 19

How much debt did the gov manage to pay off in worthless marks during hyperinflation

Answer 19

over £2,200 million

Question 20

When was hyperinflation stopped and why?

Answer 20

August 1923, new gov under Stresseman burned worthless marks, created Rentenmark and negotiated Dawes plan to receive loans of 800mill marks - also renegotiated reparations