Lesson 2O.1.1

2O.1.1 The Weimar Republic, 1918–1933 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 25

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Lesson 2O.1.1, The Weimar Republic, 1918–1933: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA History (7042), Unit 25: 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which group of leaders announced the establishment of a republic in Germany in November 1918?

    • The Nazi Party led by Adolf Hitler
    • Social Democrat leader Friedrich Ebert
    • The Spartacists led by Karl Liebknecht
    • The Kaiser's General Staff under Ludendorff

  2. Which system of voting was adopted in the Weimar constitution and contributed to frequent coalition governments?

    • First-past-the-post
    • Indirect election by regional assemblies
    • Proportional representation
    • A two-round presidential system

  3. Which clause of the Weimar constitution allowed the president to rule by emergency decree?

    • Article 48
    • Article 231
    • Article 1
    • Article 16 of the Treaty of Versailles

  4. Which left-wing rising in January 1919 in Berlin was crushed by the Freikorps?

    • The Spartacist uprising
    • The Kapp Putsch
    • The Munich Putsch
    • The Ruhr occupation

  5. Which right-wing attempt to seize power in Berlin in March 1920 failed after a general strike?

    • The Kapp Putsch
    • The Spartacist uprising
    • The Hitler Putsch of 1923
    • The Rapallo Treaty

  6. Which event in January 1923 caused a hyperinflation crisis in Germany?

    • The Dawes Plan
    • The Wall Street Crash
    • The Locarno Conference
    • The French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr

  7. Which post did Gustav Stresemann hold in 1923 before shaping German foreign policy?

    • Chancellor
    • President of the Reichstag
    • Governor of the Reichsbank
    • Minister of Defence

  8. Which November 1923 attempt by Hitler and Ludendorff to seize power in Bavaria failed?

    • The Kapp Putsch
    • The Spartacist uprising
    • The Munich Putsch
    • The Kronstadt rising

  9. Which Plan of 1924 reorganised reparations payments and provided American loans to Germany?

    • The Schlieffen Plan
    • The Dawes Plan
    • The Young Plan
    • The Marshall Plan

  10. Which 1925 agreement is associated with the 'Spirit of Locarno' and German acceptance of its western borders?

    • The Kellogg-Briand Pact
    • The Locarno Treaties
    • The Treaty of Rapallo
    • The Treaty of Berlin

  11. Which plan of 1929 reduced the total reparations Germany had to pay?

    • The Dawes Plan
    • The Hoover Moratorium
    • The Schlieffen Plan
    • The Young Plan

  12. Which event in October 1929 triggered a depression that devastated the German economy?

    • The Reichstag fire
    • The Wall Street Crash
    • The Munich Putsch
    • The Locarno Conference

  13. Which chancellor's deflationary policies after 1930 and reliance on Article 48 deepened the crisis of Weimar democracy?

    • Franz von Papen
    • Gustav Stresemann
    • Heinrich Brüning
    • Kurt von Schleicher

  14. Which Nazi Party result in the July 1932 Reichstag election showed the party's rise?

    • The Social Democrats gained an outright majority
    • The Communists formed a majority government
    • The Nazis won the largest share of seats
    • The Nazis lost all their seats

  15. Which group of political figures engaged in backstairs intrigue leading to Hitler's appointment as chancellor in January 1933?

    • Liebknecht, Luxemburg and Thälmann
    • Stresemann, Brüning and Luther
    • Ebert, Scheidemann and Noske
    • Hindenburg, Papen and Schleicher

  16. Which fire in February 1933 was used by the Nazis to justify emergency decrees against the Communists?

    • The Kristallnacht fire
    • The Dresden firestorm
    • The Hamburg fire
    • The Reichstag fire

  17. Which law of 23 March 1933 gave Hitler's government the power to make laws without the Reichstag?

    • The Law for the Restoration of the Civil Service
    • The Nuremberg Laws
    • The Enabling Act
    • The Anti-Comintern Law

  18. Which factor best explains the collapse of Weimar democracy by 1933?

    • A decision by the League of Nations to remove German sovereignty
    • Full support for democracy from the Communists and the Nazis
    • A military coup led by the Freikorps in 1929
    • Depression, failure of moderate parties and emergency decrees

  19. Which statement best describes the 'Golden Age' of Weimar from 1924 to 1928?

    • A period of continuous hyperinflation and mass unemployment
    • Complete political stability with no coalition governments
    • Full economic independence with no foreign loans or reparations
    • Economic and cultural recovery, funded by foreign loans

  20. Which statement best summarises Weimar Germany by 1933?

    • Democratic institutions weakened by crises and emergency powers
    • Germany had become a stable democracy with a majority of moderate parties
    • The Weimar constitution had been replaced by a monarchy in 1930
    • The Reichstag had strengthened its control over the army and the economy

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