Why The Republic Was Unpopular

Question 1

How much reparations did Germany have to pay?

Answer 1

£6600 million in yearly instalments to allies

Question 2

What was the army limited to?

Answer 2

100,000 men

Question 3

What was the navy limited to?

Answer 3

• 6 battleships
• 6 cruisers
• 12 destroyers
• 12 torpedo boats

Question 4

What happened to the planes and air force as per the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 4

• planes destroyed

- no air force allowed

Question 5

What did the Treaty of Versailles say regarding the Rhineland?

Answer 5

no military allowed in the Rhineland

Question 6

Who were the November Criminals?

Answer 6

• politicians who signed the Treaty

- seen as traitors

Question 7

What was the war guilt clause?

Answer 7

Germans accepting blame for the war

Question 8

Why did the war guilt clause make the German people resentful?

Answer 8

they believed they fought the war in self defence & other countries were to blame

Question 9

Which countries was land lost to?

Answer 9

• Denmark
• Belgium
• France
• Lithuania
• Poland

Question 10

How much European territory did Germany lose? (%)

Answer 10

13%

Question 11

How many colonies did Germany lose?

Answer 11

11

Question 12

What was the ‘stab in the back’ theory?

Answer 12

• belief that army was never defeated in the war

- German politicians who signed Treaty stabbed Germany in the back