Weimar Republic

Question 1

What date was the armistice signed?

Answer 1

11th November 1918

Question 2

What happened to the Kaiser?

Answer 2

He fled

Question 3

Who were the ‘November Criminals’?

Answer 3

The Weimar Republic

Question 4

Who did many Germans blame for the loss of the First World War?

Answer 4

The Weimar Republic

Question 5

What was signed on 28th June 1919?

Answer 5

The Treaty of Versailles

Question 6

What does L.A.M.B stand for?

Answer 6

Land, Army, Money, Blame

Question 7

What was the ‘stab in the back’ myth?

Answer 7

German soldiers thought they were winning the war, they felt betrayed when the Weimar Republic betrayed them and signed the armistice

Question 8

What percentage of land did Germany have to give up?

Answer 8

13%

Question 9

How many men was the German army reduced to?

Answer 9

100,000

Question 10

How much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

Answer 10

£6.6 billion

Question 11

What was the war guilt clause?

Answer 11

That Germany had to take the blame for the First World War

Question 12

What was proportional representation?

Answer 12

Parties gain seats in proportion to how many votes they got

Question 13

When did the Spartacist revolution take place?

Answer 13

1919

Question 14

Is the Spartacist uprising an example of a left or right wing uprising?

Answer 14

Left wing

Question 15

Who were the Friekorps?

Answer 15

Ex-soldiers

Question 16

What is a Putsch?

Answer 16

A revolution

Question 17

When was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 17

1923

Question 18

Who occupied the Ruhr in 1923?

Answer 18

The French

Question 19

What was hyperinflation?

Answer 19

The government repaid thier debt by printing more money - but this meant it became worthless, so much so that it is cheaper to use the money as fire fuel rather than the actual value it used to be worth.

Question 20

What is the period 1924 - 29 known as?

Answer 20

The Golden Era

Question 21

Why did the French occupy the Ruhr?

Answer 21

To get the reparations which Germany owed them

Question 22

Who took advantage of hyperinflation?

Answer 22

Hitler

Question 23

What currency replaced the DM (old currency)?

Answer 23

Rentenmark

Question 24

When was the Dawes Plan negotiated?

Answer 24

1924

Question 25

Name the treaty that improved international relationships in 1925.

Answer 25

Locarno Pact

Question 26

What did the Stressemann solve?

Answer 26

International relations, hyperinflation crisis, Ruhr strikes, increased time to repay reparations