Germany

• 1. what is the name of the german equivalent of parliament?

  reichstag
• 1. who was the first chancellor of the weimar republic?

  Friedrich Ebert
• 1. how often was a president elected in the weimar republic?

  every 7 years
• 1. which word describes how the social democratic party had to join with another party?

  coalition
• 1. when was the treaty of versailles signed?

  july 1919
• 1. how much did germany have to pay in reparations?

  £6.6 billion
• 1. which german word describes the 'stab in the back' theory?

  dolchstoss
• 1. what was the left wing rebellion in january 1919?

  spartacist uprising
• 1. what was the right wing rebellion in march 1920?

  Kapp Putsch
• 1. which area of germany was where most industrial production took place?

  the ruhr
• 1. what word describes the way that money became worthless in 1923?

  hyperinflation
• 1. who was appointed chancellor in 1926?

  gustav stresemann
• 1. what did the dawes plan say?

  reduce reparations

  loan of 800 million from USA
• 1. what organisation was germany admitted to in 1926?

  League of Nations
• 1. what unusual right did women have in the weimar republic?

  vote
• 1. what percentage had wages gone up by in 1928?

  25%
• 1. what was the new currency which stresemann introduced?

  rentenmark
• 1. which pact was signed in 1928 which enabled countries to resolve arguments peacefully?

  kellogg-briand
• 1. which country loaned germany most of its recovery money?

  USA
• 1. what did people call the politicians who signed the treaty of versailles?


  november criminals
• 2. which country was hitler born in?

  austria
• 2. what did hitler get awarded with, after the great war?

  iron cross
• 2. who was originally in charge of the DAP?

  anton drexler
• 2. how many points were in the NSDAP's 'plan' from 1920?

  25
• 2. which group did hitler create to intimidate political opposition?

  SA
• 2. when did the munich putsch take place?


  1923
• 2. name one of the three members of the bavarian goverment who were held by the nazis during the munich putsch?

  gustav von kahr
• 2. which italian dictator had inspired hitler to attempt a munich putsch?


  mussolini
• 2. what was the name of the book that hitler wrote whilst in prison?

  mein kampf
• 2. what name is given to the period between 1924-1928 when the nazi party went quiet?

  lean years
• 2. what happened in america in 1929?

  wall street crash
• 2. what nickname was chancellor bruning given?

  hunger chancellor
• 2. which piece of political legislation did hindenburg use to pass wars quickly?

  article 48
• 2. what abbreviation is given to the communist party?

  KPD
• 2. who was put in charge of propaganda for the nazi party?

  joseph goebbels
• 2. what word describes the anti-jewish sentiment behind lots of nazi propaganda?

  anti-semitism
• 2. in which year did the nazis become the biggest party in the reichstag?

  july 1932
• 2. who replaced von papen as chancellor?

  von schleicer
• 2. in which year was hitler finally made chancellor?

  january 1933
• 2. what title did hitler give himself, following the death of hindenburg in 1934?


  fuhrer