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In what year was the Weimar Republic created?

1919

Why are the Weimar politicians called the “November Criminals”?

They signed the armistice in November

What was the main law making house of the Weimar Republic?

Reichstag

How often would the Reichstag be elected?

Every 4 years

What was the upper legislative house in the Weimar Republic?

Reichsrat

What is the name given to a state in Germany?

Lander

When did women get the vote in Weimar Germany?

1918

When did women get the vote in Weimar Germany?

28th June 1919

What was Article 231?

War Guilt Clause

What was Article 232?

Reparations

What was the figure set for reparations?

132 billion gold marks

By what name was the ToV known in Germany?

Diktat

What was the percentage of female turnout at the first election of the Weimar Republic?

98%

What system of voting did the Weimar Republic use?

Proportional Representation

How many votes would a single party need to enter the Reichstag?

60,000

How many parties were there in the Reichstag (usually)?

29

What did Article 48 do?

Allowed the President to rule by decree

What was defined as a “state of emergency” in the Weimar Constitution?

It was not defined

How often would a new President be elected?

Every 7 years

Who could appoint new Chancellors? (1)

President

Who could dismiss Chancellors? (2)

The President, the Reichstag via a vote of no confidence

Who was the first President of the Weimar Republic?

Ebert

What was the Ebert-Groener Pact?

The army would support the Republic against left wing militancy

What was the Steinnes-Legion agreement?

Protected workers rights such as 8 hours days

Why did many women and workers support the Weimar Republic?

Better rights

Until what age was education free in the Weimar Republic?

10

Did the Weimar Republic want more or less confessional education (church endorsed)?

Less

What is the name given to junior schools in Weimar?

Grundshule

What is the name given to middle schools in Weimar?

Mittelschule 

What is the name given to the traditional higher education school in Weimar?

Gymnasium

What is the name given to the technical education school in Weimar?

Realschule

What is the name given to the mixed traditional and technical education school in Weimar?

Realgymnasium

What obstacles were there to reforms to education in Weimar?

Lander wanted control of education, hard to standardise

What kind of jobs did women do in Weimar Germany?

White blouse jobs

How many nightclubs in Germany (Berlin) catered for transsexual patrons in the Weimar period?

5

What famous Weimar watercolour showed a gender ambiguous subject?

The Journalist

What were the motivations for the Spartacists Revolt?

Wanted communism in style of Russia

Give the date of the Spartacist Uprising.

5th to 12th January 1919

Name the two leaders of the Spartacist Uprising. (2)

Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg

How many workers were killed in the Spartacist Uprising?

100

Which paramilitary group put down the Spartacist Uprising?

Freikorps

How many members did the Freikorps have by 1920?

300,000 approx

The government fled to which town during the Spartacist Uprising?

Weimar

Which General accompanied Kapp on the Kapp Putsch?

Luttwitz

Which Freikorps unit took part in the Kapp Putsch?

Marine Brigade Erhard

For how long did the Kapp government occupy Berlin?

4 days, 5 nights

How was the Kapp Putsch solved?

Ebert urged unions for general strike

How many workers took part in the Ruhr Rising, which followed the Kapp Putsch?

50,000

 What did the striking workers in the Ruhr call themselves?

Ruhr Red Army

What ended the Ruhr Uprising?

Freikorps

How many workers were killed in the Ruhr Rising?

1000

Which states declared themselves a separate a communist government in Germany in the early 1920s?

Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia

Name the most right wing party in the Weimar Republic, before the NSDAP?

DNVP

How many disabled veterans did the government provide for in the aftermath of the war?

1,537,000

How many orphans and widows did the state provide for after the war?

420,000 widows, 1 million children

What was the NSDAP called before 1920?

DAP

Who was the leader of the original group (DAP)?

Anton Drexler

How many points were in Hitler’s Party Programme?

25

Why do we call the NSDAP “a catch-all party of protest”?

Both left and right wing features, better defined by what they are against than what they are for

When was the Munich Putsch?

8th-9th November 1923

How many Nazis died in the Munich Putsch?

16

How many police died in the Munich Putsch

4

How long did Hitler serve in prison after the Munich Putsch?

5 months

What book did Hitler write in prison?

Mein Kampf

How many political assassinations were carried out between 1919 and 1924?

354

Who was the first high profile assassination?

Mathias Erzberger - signed armistice

Who was the last high profile assassination?

Walter Rathenau

Why did the Ruhr crisis occur?

Germany defaulted on reparation payments

Which European nation did not join in on the Ruhr crisis?

GB

What did workers do during the Ruhr crisis?

Passive Resistance

For how long was Stresemann Chancellor?

100 days

Which party did Stresemann belong to?

DVP

How did Stresemann solve the Ruhr Crisis? (International treaty)

Locarno Treaty 1925

Give an example of a price change to illustrate hyperinflation

Bread 700,000,000 marks, eggs 80,000,000 marks

Name the new currency implemented by Schacht to solve hyperinflation

Rentenmark and Reichsmark

Who was affected most by the hyperinflation (class)?

Middle class

Which class benefited from hyperinflation and how?

Working class could pay back loans easily

What was Stresemann’s position from 1924-29?

Foreign minister

During the Golden Years, what percentage of the popular vote went to pro-Republic Parties?

around 70%

How many changes of government were there in the Golden Years?

7

How many of the 7 changes in Weimar government were without an election?

4

Who served as Chancellor twice in the Golden Years? (2)

Luther and Marx

Which party was involved in only one coalition of the Golden Years?

DNVP

Which party served in every coalition of the Golden Years?

Zentrum/Centre

What were the terms of the Dawes Plan?

Reduce reparation payments and increase time to repay

One of the terms of the Dawes plan was a loan. How much did Germany get from the USA?

200,000 of a promised 800,000 billion marks

How was the money from the Dawes Plan loan spent?

Infrastructure egroad building, hospital building and forestry

In what year was Hindenburg elected President?

1925

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

Peace agreement signed by more than 60 nations

What was the Locarno Pact?

International treaty agreeing the western borders set at Versailles, and agreeing not to use conflict to solve issues in the future

In what year did Hitler reorganise the Nazi Party and establish the Fuhrerprinzip?

1926

What was the name of the meeting in which Hitler established the Fuhrerprinzip?

Bamberg

Who did Hitler gain as a lifetime ally at the Bamberg Conference?

Goebbels

Who was ousted from the Nazi leadership at the Bamberg Conference?

Gregor Strasser

What was the NSDAP share of the vote in 1928?

2\.6%

What were the terms of the Young Plan?

Extend payment time of reparations to 1989

Who led a coalition of the right against the passing of the Young Plan in the Reichstag?

Hitler

Why was the Young Plan not implemented?

The Wall Street Crash happened

By what year did Industrial production in Germany reach the same level as in 1913?

1928

 In what year did Stresemann die?

1929