Unit 1 : Weimar Recovery Essential Knowledge Quiz

Who ruled Germany before the revolution?

Kaiser Wilhelm

Which article stated that the president could make any law he wanted without asking the Reichstag?

Article 48

How much reparations has to be paid at the Treaty of Versailles?

£6.6 billion

What % of land did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles?

13%

Which article stated Germany has to take the blame for WW1?

Article 231

Who were the Spartacists?

Communist group who tried uprising against Weimar.

Who did the Weimar government use to put down the revolt from the Spartacists?

Freikorps

Why was the Kapp Putsch a greater threat to the government?

They has the support of the army

Who occupied the Ruhr in 1923?

France and Belgium

Why did the Occupation of the Ruhr lead to hyperinflation?

Government told workers to passively resist and then had to print more money.

What was the new currency, introduced by Stressemann called?

Rentenmark

How much money did the US lend Germany in the Dawes plan?

800 million marks

Name one other important agreement in the Dawes plan

France and Belgium would leave the Ruhr.

How many years did Germany now have to pay off reparations in the Young Plan?

59 years

What was the Locarno Pact?

Secured the borders of Germany with France and Belgium.

When was Germany allowed to join the League of Nations?

1926

How many countries were involved in the Kellogg-Briand Peace Treaty?

62

By what % did homelessness reduce by under Stressemann?

60%

What German book became famous world wide in the Gold Age of Stressemann?

All quiet on the western front

What was the new era of women in the Stressemann era?

Wore more revealing clothes, vote, went out unaccompanied.