The end of World War One 1918 - 1919

• What year did World War One end?


  1918
• What was the main reason for Germany's loss in World War One by autumn 1918?


  Germany's population was suffering and its economy was under great strain
• What caused severe food shortages in Germany during World War One?

  A British naval blockade
• How many Germans died from starvation and hypothermia in 1918?

  293,000
• How did the blockade affect Germany's economy?


  It restricted Germany’s ability to trade, collapsing its chemical industry
• What percentage of their pre-war salaries were German miners earning by 1918?


  60 percent
• What was happening to Germany's currency, the Mark, by 1918?


  It was losing value and inflation was rising rapidly
• What was the budget situation of the German government during World War One?


  The government was running a huge budget deficit
• Why was the German government unable to raise taxes on the rich?


  Due to the economic strain and political instability
• Who were the heads of the German army that advised the Kaiser to ask for an armistice?

  Generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff
• What event marked the beginning of the German Revolution?

  The Kiel Mutiny
• When did the Kiel Mutiny occur?


  3 November 1918
• What was the outcome of the sailors' mutiny in Kiel?


  It sparked rebellions all over Germany and led to the collapse of the German government
• Who was forced to abdicate on 9 November 1918?


  Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Who became Chancellor of Germany after the abdication of the Kaiser?

  Friedrich Ebert
• When did World War One officially end?


  11 November 1918
• What was agreed upon on 11 November 1918?


  An armistice was agreed with the Allies
• Where did Ebert and the National Assembly meet to draw up a new constitution?


  Weimar
• Why was Berlin deemed too unsafe for the National Assembly to meet there?

  Due to the Spartacist uprising earlier in January 1919
• When was the new constitution for the Weimar Republic agreed upon?


  August 1919
• When did the first elections of the Weimar Republic take place?


  June 1920
• Who was elected as Germany’s new President in the first elections of the Weimar Republic?

  Ebert