Germany after the War

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
Germany afterthe War
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1) What was Germany called after the war?

• The
• Weimar
• Republic

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2) Explain why it got this new name? 2

• WEIMAR Because Germanys capital (Berlin) was
  too unsafe to meet in, so they met in Weimar
  instead.
• REPUBLIC Because it now had an elected leader
  (a President) instead of a King or KAISER.
• The Kaiser had run off to Holland at the end of
  the war!

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3) When did the war end?

• 11th
• NOVEMBER 1918

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4) Which word is used for the official end of the
war?

• ARMISTICE

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5) What did many Germans believe their leaders
had done to them by ending the war?

• STABBED THEM IN
• THE BACK!!

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6) What nickname was given to Germanys leaders
who had agreed to end the war (the armistice)?

• THE NOVEMBER CRIMINALS

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7) What was the Reichstag?

• German Parliament

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8) What does democracy mean?

• One person
• One vote

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
The Treatyof Versailles
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9) When was this treaty signed?

• July
• 1919

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10) What kind of treaty were the Germans hoping
for?

• A fair treaty

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11) Why did they expect this kind of treaty?

• The American President had been talking about how
  important it was to be fair.
• Hed been talking about PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY,
  a treaty that looked forward not back.

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11A) Whats a good way of remembering the key
terms of the treaty?

• L A M B
• LAND
• ARMY
• MONEY
• BLAME

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12) In terms of land, list two of the key terms.

• Germany lost 13 of its land (and about 6 million
  people who lived there).
• Germany was split in two to give Poland access to
  the sea (the Polish Corridor).

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13) What size of army was Germany allowed?

• 100,000
• soldiers

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14) Who did the treaty blame for starting the war?

• Germany

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15) What was the name of the massive fines
Germany had to pay as a result?

• REPARATIONS

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16) How much did Germany have to pay in total?

• 6,600 million!!

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17) Why did Germany have no choice but to accept
the treaty?

• She would be invaded if she didnt accept the
  terms.

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
Politics inWeimar Germany
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18) What do LEFT-WING people want to happen?

• They want CHANGE!!!
• They want the gap between rich and poor to be
  made much smaller workers should be looked
  after better and paid more.

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19) What do RIGHT-WING people want?

• They want things to
• stay the SAME!!!
• Basically theyre happy to keep things as they
  are allow rich people to stay rich, and keep
  paying the workers the same.

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20) Communism is a left-wing idea true or false?

• TRUE
• Communism is the most extreme left-wing idea
  EVERYBODY SHOULD BE EQUAL!!
• This will happen through a REVOLUTION!!!

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21) Who were the Freikorps?

• Soldiers who had fought in the First World War,
  who now joined together.
• They hated the new democratic Weimar Republic
  they saw democracy as weak.
• BUT THEY HATED COMMUNISM MORE!

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22) Were they left-wing or right-wing?

• RIGHT-WING!!!
• They hated democracy, and wanted the
• strong leadership of the Kaiser back

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23) Which group tried to take power in 1919?
Were they extreme left-wing or extreme right-wing?

• SPARTACISTS
• They were a LEFT-WING, COMMUNIST group.

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24) Which group stopped them? Were they extreme
left-wing or extreme right-wing?

• THE FREIKORPS!!!
• They were RIGHT-WING
• They hated democracy, and wanted the
• strong leadership of the Kaiser back

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25) Was the Red Rising of the Ruhr in 1920
started by the Communists or the right-wing?

• COMMUNISTS!!!

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26) Which group tried to take power in the 1920
Kapp Putsch?

• THE FREIKORPS!!!
• They thought that the Weimar Republic was so weak
  that it would be easy to take over.
• Led by Dr Kapp.

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27) How was the Kapp Putsch by the Freikorps
stopped?

• A strike by Berlins workers.

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
1923- The yearof crisis
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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!28) Why did the French
invade the Ruhr in 1923?

• Because Germany had not paid any reparations in
  1922, and under the terms of Versailles France
  was allowed to invade and help herself to what
  she wanted from Germany.

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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!29) How did the Germans
react to the French invasion?

• PASSIVE RESISTANCE
• The Germans couldnt fight the French small
  army and too weak after the war, so they everyone
  in the Ruhr went on strike instead Passive
  Resistance.

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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!30) What economic problem
did Passive Resistance lead to?

• 1923!!! - HYPERINFLATION!!! 1923!!!
• The German government had told all its workers to
  stop working, but it still had to pay them! It
  did this by printing loads of money, but this
  meant that money lost all its value!!

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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!31) Give examples of how
Hyperinflation made life difficult for Germans.

• Money lost all its value at one stage an egg
  cost 80 million marks.
• People had to carry money around in wheelbarrows.
• By the time you got to the front of a queue the
  price of what you were buying had doubled.

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1923 YEAROF CRISIS!32) Give two groups of
people who really suffered from Hyperinflation?

• 1) Pensioners they were on a fixed income.
  There was no way this could keep up with the
  crazy prices.
• 2) People with savings in the bank. Their savings
  had lost all their value.

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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!33) Which man solved
Hyperinflation, and how did he do it? 2 key
measures

• STRESEMANN
• Ended Passive Resistance
• Introduced a new currency the Rentenmark

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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!34) Why was ending
Passive Resistance so unpopular with right-wing
extremists like the Nazis?

• It was like giving in to the French.
• It was as if Stresemann was saying the Treaty of
  Versailles was fair, and that Germany should be
  paying reparations.

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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!35) What did the Nazis do
at the end of 1923 which showed how angry they
were?

• The Munich Putsch
• Hitler and the Nazis tried to start a national
  revolution in Munich. It failed.

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1923 - YEAR OF CRISIS!36) Why did the Munich
Putsch fail?

• Hitler had assumed the army and police would
  support him and join in.
• They did not.

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1923- YEAR OF CRISIS!37) What important lesson
did Hitler learn from the failure of the Munich
Putsch?

• That he would have to take power legally, and GET
  VOTED IN TO POWER.
• He had tried a violent revolution and it had
  failed.

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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!38) What is the correct
order of the following 5 events of 1923?

• Ending of Passive Resistance
• Hyperinflation
• Munich Putsch
• Invasion of the Ruhr
• Passive Resistance

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1923 YEAR OF CRISIS!Correct order of events

• 1) Invasion of the Ruhr
• 2) Passive Resistance
• 3) Hyperinflation
• 4) Ending of Passive Resistance
• 5) Munich Putsch

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
Stresemann the golden years
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39) Name the two jobs that Stresemann did in the
German government.

• Chancellor
• Foreign Minister

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40) What two things did Stresemann do to end the
crisis of hyperinflation?

• Introduce a new currency the RENTENMARK
• Called off passive resistance

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41) What is the name of the policy linked with
Stresemann?

• FULFILMENT!

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42) Explain how this theory was meant to work.

• Germany would fulfil, or agree to, the terms
• of the Treaty of Versailles

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43) What happened in 1924 that showed that the
theory was working. How did it help Germany?

• The DAWES PLAN gave Germany longer to pay the
  Allies and the US lent them 800 million marks!
• It helped Germany because they could then
• improve housing, hospitals, schools and
• roads

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44) What was decided at the Locarno Pact of 1925?

• Germany, France, Belgium Italy agreed
• not to invade one another

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45) Which organisation was Germany allowed to
join in 1926?

• The LEAGUE OF NATIONS!

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46) Why was Stresemann unpopular with right-wing
extremists?

• They thought he was weak because he
• had given in to the French over the Ruhr
  crisis
• he had agreed to fulfil the terms of Versailles

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47) What happened in 1929 which helped Germany?

• The YOUNG PLAN lowered the reparations that
  Germany had to pay

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47a) Which event in 1929 brought the Golden Years
to an end?

• The Wall Street Crash

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BGS History GCSE Revision Tests
Hitlers riseto power
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48) Did Hitler take power by force?

• NO NO NO!!!

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49) What lesson had the failure of the Munich
Putsch taught Hitler?

• To take power legally!

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50) Which event in 1929 played a key role in
helping Hitler come to power?

• The Wall Street Crash

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51) As one thing in Germany got worse and worse,
more and more people voted for the Nazis. What
was that thing and how big was the problem by
1932?

• Unemployment
• 6 million unemployed by
• 1932!!!

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52) The Nazis twisted the truth and told lies to
win peoples support. Whats the word for this?

• Propaganda!

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53) Give an example of a key Nazi slogan used in
the elections.

• Hitler our last
• hope!

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54) Why did the fact that the Communists were
getting stronger actually help the Nazis?

• Because many people really FEARED that
• the Communists would take over the
• country. So they turned to the Nazis instead!

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55) Who was the President of Germany both before
after Hitler came to power?

• HINDENBURG!

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56) What were the names of the 3 chancellors who
failed to solve the problems of the Great
Depression?

• Bruning
• Papen
• 3) Schleicher

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57) What percentage voted for Nazis in 1928?

• 2
• (the year before the Wall Street Crash!)

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58) What percentage voted for Nazis in 1932?

• 37 !!!
• (After the Wall Street Crash by 1932 6 million
  people were unemployed.)

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59) Why did Hindenburg have no choice but to ask
Hitler to become Chancellor?

• 3 Chancellors had come and gone in three years
  (B,P,S) and all failed Hindenburg chose Hitler
  because he was the most popular figure

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60) When did Hitler become Chancellor?

• 30th
• January 1933

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61) 1923 KEY ECONOMIC PROBLEM ?

• HYPERINFLATION

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62) 1924 MASSIVE FINANACIAL BOOST ?

• DAWES PLAN

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63) 1929 AMERICAS ECONOMY COLLAPSES ?

• Wall Street Crash

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64) 1929-32 KEY ECONOMIC PROBLEM IN GERMANY ?

• UNEMPLOYMENT !!!
• 6 million in 1932