quiz 1

• What problem did WW1 create for ordinary Germans by 1918?

  Food shortages
• What term is used to describe when the Kaiser gave up his throne?

  Abdicate
• Where did the mutiny by German sailors take place in November 1918?

  Kiel
• What did workers set up to take control of Germany after the Kaiser gave up the throne?

  Workers councils
• What was the new German Republic called that replaced the Kaiser?

  Weimar Republic
• Who was the first President of the new German Republic?

  President Ebert
• What were Matthias Erzberger and others, who signed the armistice to end WW1, labeled as by angry Germans?

  November Criminals
• What was the theory called where ordinary Germany believed that their politicians had betrayed them by signing the armistice?

  Stab in the Back Theory
• What was the name of the largest political party in Weimar Germany in 1919?

  SDP (Social Democratic Party)
• What was one strength of the new constitution of the German Republic?

  Freedom of religion and speech, all men and women over 20 could vote, democratic, checks and balances on power
• What was one weakness of the new constitution of the German Republic?

  Article 48, Proportional Representation
• What type of government did the German Republic's new voting system often lead to?

  Coalition
• What were two punishments Germany had to face in the Treaty of Versailles?

  Loss of land, war guilt, reparations
• What was the reparation bill for Germany set at in pounds?

  6.6bn pounds
• Who were the leaders of the Spartacist Uprising in Jan 1919?

  Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
• What was the name of the right-wing paramilitary group used to end the Spartacist Uprising?

  Freikorps
• What political ideology did the Spartacists believe in?

  Communism
• Which revolution were the Spartacists inspired by that had taken place elsewhere in Europe?

  Russian Revolution
• What was the main cause of the Kapp Putsch start in 1920?

  Ebert tried to disarm the Freikorps
• How did Ebert bring an end to the Kapp Putsch in 1920?

  Encouraged passive resistance, strikes, disrupt supplies, isolate Berlin
• What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar Republic's constitution?

  Strengths:

  • Freedom of religion and speech
  • Universal suffrage for men and women over 20
  • Democratic with checks and balances on power

  
  

  Weaknesses:

  • Article 48 allowed the President to bypass the Reichstag
  • Proportional representation led to unstable coalition governments
• What were the key terms of the Treaty of Versailles that punished Germany?

  • Loss of territory
  • War guilt clause
  • Reparations of 6.6 billion pounds
  • Disarmament and military restrictions
• What were the causes and outcomes of the Spartacist Uprising and Kapp Putsch in the early Weimar Republic?

  Causes:

  • Spartacists (communists) inspired by Russian Revolution
  • Kapp Putsch by right-wing Freikorps paramilitary group

  
  

  Outcomes:

  • Spartacist Uprising crushed by Freikorps
  • Kapp Putsch failed due to Ebert's use of passive resistance