Weimar Republic 1919-1929

Why did the Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicate on 9th November 1918?
1. Kaiser could not take the pressure anymore and quit.
2. He was afraid that he would end up executed like his cousin the Tsar of Russia.
3. His star sign predicted a bad week for him.
4. Sailors mutinied refusing to leave port of Kiel, soldiers and workers began striking, risings and strikes spread over Germany. The German people were starving.
When was the Armistice signed?
1. 11th November 1919
2. 11th November 1918
3. 28th June 1919
4. 28th June 1914
The new government appointed the leader of the Social Democratic Party to take over in Nov 1918. This was?
1. Karl Libeknecht
2. Rosa Luxemburg
3. Friedrich Ebert
4. Adolf Hitler
The Spartacists Uprising (Communists) organised a general strike and occupied public buildings in 1919. They were led by?
1. Friedrich Ebert
2. Karl Libeknecht & Rosa Luxemburg.
3. Free Corps
4. Kaiser Wilhelm II
How did Ebert deal with the Spartacists Uprising?
1. He used the Free Corps to put down the rebellion. Karl Libeknecht & Rosa Luxemburg were both shot.
2. He did nothing.
3. He negotiated a deal with them.
Elections held on 19th January 1919, the new political system was called?
1. Third Reich
2. German Empire
3. Prussian Republic
4. Weimar Republic
In spring of 1919 the Free Corps crushed the Communist Revolts in?
1. Bonn & Cologne
2. Berlin & Weimar
3. Weimar & Bavaria
4. Berlin & Bavaria
The politicians that signed the Armistice ending the First World War became known as?
1. ‘Christmas idiots’
2. ‘The November Criminals’
3. ‘Mad March Hares’
4. ‘April Fools’
Why was the new Weimar Constitution introduced in August 1919 weak?
1. Proportional representation meant that the lack of political consensus was reflected closely in elected parties.
2. There were many political parties and frequent changes of government.
3. It was very difficult to establish stability or even get laws passed.
4. All of the above.
What was the Free Corps?
1. Angry young women with free shopping coupons.
2. A rare German bird.
3. Ex-army soldiers, thugs who hated Communists. They loved violence.
4. Communist soldiers who hated the Weimar government.
In 1920 the Free Corps and the police led by Wolfgang Kapp marched into Berlin to seize power – the Kapp Putsch. Why was it defeated?
1. Ebert pleaded with them to stop.
2. The workers supported the government and organised a general strike – within a day, no water, gas, coal, and transport in Berlin. Putsch collapsed.
3. Kapp Putsch collapsed because the leaders argued.
4. Communists supported Weimar Government and helped them out.
When Germany did not pay the reparations in 1922. How did the French react in January 1923?
1. They moaned to League of Nations.
2. They sought legal advice.
3. They took 60,000 French & Belgium soldiers and occupied the Ruhr – taking control of every mine, factory, steelworks and railway.
4. Doubled the reparations and added interest.
The Weimar Government ordered the workers of the Ruhr to:
1. Fight back.
2. Carry out passive resistance – strike, refuses to work – production ground to a halt.
3. Work like slaves for French.
4. Be rude & aggressive to the French.
How did the French react to passive resistance?
1. In 8 months they shot 132 Germans dead, including a 7-year-old boy. Expelled 150,000 people from the region.
2. Negotiated with the workers.
3. Did nothing.
4. Moan to the League of Nations.
Hyperinflation in 1923 was caused by?
1. The government printed more money. The value of the money went down, prices go up…More money printed, prices soar higher..money becomes worthless – Hyperinflation.
2. Someone in the bank did their sums wrong.
3. Communists caused the Hyperinflation.
4. Wall Street Crash happened in 1929.
What was the effect of Hyperinflation in Germany?
1. Wages rose – workers collected money in wheelbarrows. Price of goods rose faster than wages – people did not have enough money to live on.
2. People on fixed incomes (wages) suffered. Pensioners starved.
3. Those with debts could pay them off with ease.
4. All of these.
Under Gustav Stresemann the Weimar Republic recovered. He stabilised the economy by introducing new currency called?
1. Rentenmark
2. Weimarmark
3. Stesemannmark
4. Euromark
Stresemann ordered the striking Ruhr workers back to work and agreed to start repaying reparations. He negotiated lower repayments and organised loans from America in 1924 with the:
1. Locarno Pact
2. Dawes Plan
3. Kellogg-Briand Pact
4. Loan Sharks
In 1925 Stresemann restored international relations with Germany and France by agreeing never to change the border between them. They signed:
1. Locarno Pact
2. Dawes Plan
3. Kellogg-Briand Pact
4. Treaty of Versailles
In 1926 Germany was allowed to join?
1. The League of Numbers
2. The European Union
3. The League of Nations
4. The League of Europe
In 1928 60 countries (including Germany) signed which Treaty promising never to go to war against one another
1. Locarno Pact
2. Dawes Plan
3. Kellogg-Briand Pact
4. Treaty of Versailles
Why did Germany fall into a Depression?
1. Stresemann died in October 1929 (most able politician of his generation).
2. German economy depended on loans from America. Wall Street Crash 1929: American banks recalled their loans to Germany.
3. German economy plunged back into crisis. Businesses closed, unemployed shot up to 6 million by 1932.
4. All of these answers.
The Great Depression of 1929-33? – The most important point is?
1. Ended the recovery of Germany from the 1923 depression.
2. It was blamed on the Weimar Republic and increased its unpopularity.
3. It increased the support of extreme parties who promised to end it.
4. I would argue all of them.
5. Brought unemployment and hardship to the German people
6. Caused by Germany’s dependence of American loans.