Germany brain buster!!! Questions

Germany – Questions

1. When was the Kiel mutiny which precipitated Germany’s defeat in World War I?
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2. When and where was the Weimar Republic declared?
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3. Who became President of the Weimar Republic in 1919?
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4. List FIVE differences in the Constitution, 1914 versus 1919.
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5. What was the Reichstag?
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6. What did the Weimar’s Bill of Rights promise?
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7. Name FIVE problems the Weimar government faced, 1919-1923
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8. Which article of the Constitution gave emergency powers to the President?
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9. What is ‘proportional voting’ and how did it damage the Weimar Republic?
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10. Who was leader of the army in the 1920s, and how did he damage the Republic?
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11. Who led the Spartacist Revolt in 1919?
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12. Where did a Communist ‘People’s Government’ come to power in 1919?
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13. What Communist group rebelled in the Ruhr in 1920?
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14. Who led a Freikorps brigade to rebel against the Versailles Treaty, March 1920?
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15. Which SPD foreign minister was assassinated in 1922, and why?
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16. Why did many right-wing troublemakers get away with their crimes?
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17. Where did the French invade in January 1923?
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18. What was ‘hyperinflation’, and what caused it?
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19. What did Bruno Buchrucker do?
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20. Who founded the Nazi party?
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21. Which FOUR groups of people did Hitler blame for Germany’s problems?
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22. Give SEVEN causes of the Weimar government’s problems
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23. How many of the 25-points of the programme of the Nazi Party can you remember?
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24. What were the Four principles of Mein Kampf?
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25. Who were the thugs of the Nazi party who terrorised opponents?
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26. Which FIVE groups supplied most supporters of the Nazis?
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27. Give FIVE causes of the Munich Putsch
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28. Which right-wing group rebelled in Berlin in 1923?
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29. What three Bavarian leaders did Hitler try to get to join the Munich Putsch?
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30. List FOUR results of the Munich Putsch
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31. Suggest FOUR reasons the Weimar republic survived
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32. List SIX things Stresemann achieved
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33. For what were the following famous: Gropius, Marlene Dietrich, Otto Dix and Erich Maria Remarque?
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34. What modern film was set in 1930 Berlin?
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35. Explain FIVE ways Hitler reorganised the Nazi Party, 1924–1928.
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36. How did Hitler appeal to German businessmen?
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37. Name FOUR German firms or individuals who financed Hitler.
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38. Name TWO non-German firms or individuals who financed Hitler.
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39. Who drew the Nazi posters?
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40.    What were the NINE reasons Hitler came to power in 1933

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41.    How many unemployed were there in Germany in 1928 and in 1932?

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42.    How many seats did the Nazi party have in the Reichstag in 1928 and in 1933?

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43.    Suggest FOUR personal qualities which helped Hitler come to power.

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44.    What caused the economic depression in 1929?

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45.    Who was Chancellor in 1932?

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46.    Who was President in 1932?

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47.    What date did Hitler become Chancellor?

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48.    List the EIGHT steps by which Hitler turned his position as Chancellor into that of Fuhrer?

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49.    List SEVEN ways the Nazis kept control of the German people?

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50.    List SIX German social groups affected by the Nazi regime.

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