Germany, The First World War And The Weimar Republic

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Quiz on the reading from Allan Todd textbook pg. 104-107

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1.

At the end of WWI, German people were fully aware that they were losing the war.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

The winter of 1916-1917 was known as the 'turnip winter' because of the food shortages and the fact that many survived on hardy turnips because the potato crop failed.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

An influenza epidemic killed many cilivilians and soldiers in Germany at the end of the war.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
4.

Negotiations for peace would have been much earlier if the Kaiser had been willing to share power with the Reichstag, but he was not.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

Mutiners in ___ were together imitating the Bolsheviks in Russia as workers striking.
- A.
  
  Bulgaria
- B.
  
  Berlin
- C.
  
  Kiel
6.

Check the box of the two matching party and leader who led the Center-left provisional government after the abducation of the throne by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
- A.
  
  Social Democratic Party, Stresemann
- B.
  
  Social Democratic PArty,Friedrich Ebert
- C.
  
  Social Democratic PArty, Count Brockdorff
7.

Who were the 'November Criminals'?
- A.
  
  The French politicians who signed the ToV
- B.
  
  The Italian politicians who signed the ToV
- C.
  
  The Austria-Hungarian politicians who signed the ToV
- D.
  
  The German politicians who signed the ToV
8.

Most Germans did not feel that the Treaty of Versailles was a diktat.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Among other things like loss of land, colonies, and denied rights of Germans' self-determination, Germany had to pay 6600 million pounds in reparations.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

The Weimar Constitution was set up to defy the ToV.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
11.

The Weimar Republic got its name from the food politiclans ate while setting up agreements.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

The Weimar was set up with proportional representation, giving small parties a place in the Reichstag.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
13.

Article 48 allowed for the Prime Minister, appointed by the President, to declare a state of emergency and rule by issuing decrees that did not have to be approved by the Reichstag.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

One of the small parties that won seats in the Reichstag was the Sparticists, a Bolshevik-type group. This greatly alarmed Ebert because it had extreme left-leanings and was revolting in Berlin.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
15.

The para-military group did little to stop the revolt, and many leaders of the Sparticists became leaders in the Reichstag.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
16.

The 'November Criminals' were eventually set free and held positions in the Reichstag.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

Captain Wolfgang Kapp led a coup, or a Putsch, to overthrow the government in Berlin. He had the sympathy of some of the police corps, and yet was defeated because of a general strike by the workers of Berlin.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
18.

The 'Red Rising' occured in the Ruhr Valley by the right-wing party.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
19.

French and Belgian troups invaded the Ruhr, Germany's richest industrial area, when Germany could not pay their second reparation fee.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
20.

Because the German government tried to fix the economic problems by printing more money, this led to rapid hyperinflation, making German money eventually worthless.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False