AQA A-level History Weimar & Nazi Germany Questions and Answers

AQA A-level History Weimar & Nazi
Germany Questions and Answers
WhatAwasAGermanyAlikeAbeforeAWWI?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
-Av.AhighApopulationAdueAtoAnationalisticAideologies
-Av.AstrongAeconomyAafterA1870
-AWeakAdemocracyAwithAaAkaiser
WhoAhadAtheAmostApowerAduringAWWI?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
LudendorffAandAHindenburg
WhatAmadeAitAclearAtoALudendorffAwasAonAtheAbrinkAofAdefeat?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AlthoughAtheAAlliedAforcesAhadAnotAenteredAGermanAterritory,AtheyAwereAinAretreatAalongAt
heAWesternAFront.
WhyAdidALudendorffAchooseAtheArouteAofApartialAdemocratisationAofAtheApoliticalAsystem?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-

BecauseAWilson'sAfourteenApointsAofferedAaApotentialAbasisAforAaAnegotiatedApeaceAsettle
mentAbutAtheAautocraticApoliticalAsystemAwouldAbeAanAobstacleAtoAthis.
WhoApersuadedAtheAkaiserAtoAcreateAaAdemocracyAandAaskAforAanAarmistice?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ludendorff

WhatAwereAtheA3AkeyA'octoberAreforms'?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
PrinceAMaxAofABadenAwasAappointedAasAchancellor
TheAchancellorAwasAresponsibleAtoAtheAReichstag
TheAarmedAforcedAwereAputAunderAcontrolAofAtheAcivilAgovernment
WhoAwereAtheAfirstApresidentAandAchancellor?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
EbertAasApresidentAandAPrinceAMaxAasAchancellor
WhenAdidAEbertAbecomeAchancellor?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-NovemberA1918
WhatAwasAtheAfirstAthingAEbertAdid?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
HoldAelectionsAforAtheAconstituentAassembly
WhatAstartedAtheArevolutionAfromAbelow?

WhenAdidAthisAoccur?

WhatApartyAcalledAthis?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-WorkersAstrikedAagainstAtheAKaiser

9ANovA1918

SPD
HowAdidAtheASPDAalsoAposeAaAthreat?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheyAthreatenedAtoAwithdrawAsupportAunlessAtheAKaiserAabdicated.
WhatAdidAthisAcauseAMaxAtoAdo?AWhatAcausedAit?

WhatAhappenedAinAtheAsameAday?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
HeAannouncedAtheAKaiser'sAabdicationAinAaApressAstatement.A

,PrinceAMaxAresignedAandAgaveAitAtoAEbert,AleaderAofAtheASPD.
WhereAandAwhenAdidAnavalAmutinyAoccur?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
WilhemshavenAintoAKielAinAOctoberA1918
WhatAhappenedAonAtheAfollowingAday?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheArevoltAspreadAtoAtheAcityAandAworkers'AandAsoldiers'AcouncilsAwereAformed.
WhatAhappenedAtoAtheArevolt?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ItAspreadAquicklyAtoAotherAportsAandAcities.AdespiteAtheAgovernmentAtryingAtoAmeetAtheirAde
mands
WhoAwereAtheAmembersAofAtheseArevolts?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
PatrioticAGermansAwhoAwantedAtheAKaiserAtoAabdicateAandAforAtheAcreationAofAaAdemocrat
icAgovernment.
WhatAhappenedAonA8ANovember?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AArepublicAwasAproclaimedAinABavariaAandAtheABavarianAmonarchyAwasAdeposed.
WhoAalsoAannouncedAtheAabdication?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-PhillipAScheidemann
WhatAfinallyAcausedAtheAKaiserAtoArealiseAheAhadAlostAcontrolAandAabdicate?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-

HeAwasAtoldAbyAGeneralAGroenerAthatAtheAarmyAwouldAnoAlongerAfightAforAhim.
WhoAwasAaApeaceAnoteAsentAto?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
WoodrowAWilsonAinANovemberA1918
WhatAwasAtheApeaceAnoteAaskingAfor?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-AnAarmistice
WhyAdidAheAtakeA3AweeksAtoAreply?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
BecauseAheAwasAsuspiciousAthatAtheyAwereAusingAtheArequestAtoAbuyAtimeAandAregroupAa
ndAprepareAforAaAnewAoffensive.
WhatAdidAWilsonAdemand?

DidALudendorffAaccept?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--AEndAofAsubmarineAwarfare
-AFullAdemocratisationAofAtheApoliticalAsystem
-AReturningAofAallAterritoryAgained.A

ItAwasAtooAmuchAforALudendorffAtoAaccept.
WhatAdidALudendorffAtryAtoAraiseAinstead?

WhatAdidAheAeventuallyAdoAafterAthisAfailed?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AAlastAditchAmilitaryAeffortAtoAresist.A

HeAresignedAandAfledAtoASweden.
HowAbigAwasAtheAReichsrat?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
67ArepresentativesAfromA17Astates,AproportionateAtoApopulation
WhatAdidAtheApresidentAdo?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
appointAministers,AdissolveAtheAreichstagAandAcallAelections
WhatAwereAtheAstrengthsAofAtheAconstitution?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
AWiderArightAtoAvote

WomenAallowedAtoAvoteAandAbecomeAdeputies

-AProportionalArepresentationAallowedAevenAsmallerApartiesAtoAwinAseatsAinAtheAReichstag

,-AFullAdemocracyAinAlocalAandAcentralAgovernment.A
PrussiaAcouldAdominateAtheArestAofAGermany.A

-AClearlyAsetAoutAtheAtermsAofArightsAofAtheAindividual
"allAequalAbeforeAtheAlaw"
"censorshipAisAforbidden"

-AReferendumsAcouldAbeAcalledAforAbyAtheApresident,AReichsratAorAbyApeople'sArequest.
WhatAwereAtheAweaknessesAofAtheAconstitution?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
AProportionalARepresentationA

SmallerApartiesA(anti-
republican)AwereAableAtoAexploitAtheAsystemAtoAgainApublicity,AemphasisedAdivisionsAinAso
ciety.A

-ACoalitionAgovernments
BecauseAofAtheAsmallerApartiesAandAPR,AnoAoneAcouldAgainAaAmajority,AjustAshortAlivedAcoa
litions.
WhatAdidAtheAChancellorAhaveAtoAhaveAandAwhatAdidAtheyAdo?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
ASupportAofAhalf AtheAReichstagAatAleast

-AProposeAnewAlawsAtoAReichstag.
WhatAdidAtheAReichstagAdo?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-VoteAonAtheAbudget.A
NewAlawsAhadAtoAoriginateAthroughAthem.
WhatAwasAtheAnationalAdebtAinA1919?

HowAwouldAthisAusuallyAbeApaidAback?

WhyAcouldn'tAthisAbeAusedAhere?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-1.44AbillionAmarks

ByAincreasingAtaxesAorAcuttingAdownAexpenditure

RISK!
riseAtaxes:AalienatingApublicAawayAfromAgovAasAtheyAwouldAsayAitAwasAgoingAtoArepApayme
nts.A
cutAexpen:AcivilAservantsAneededApaymentAtoAkeepAtheirAsupport.
WhenAwasAtheAtreatyAofAVersaillesAsigned?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-JuneA1919
HowAmuchAlandAdidAGermanyAlose?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
13%AandA60AmillionApeople
WhatAwasAtheAGermanAwordAforAtheAannexationAofAanotherAcountry?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Anschluss

WhatAarticleAwasAtheAwarAguiltAclause?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-231
CoalAproductionAinAtheASaarAwasAgivenAtoAwhichAcountry?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
France
WhyAdidAPhillipAScheidermanAresign?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAGermanAcabinetAmembersAhadAdecidedAthatAGermanyAhadAnoAoptionAbutAtoAsignAit,Ac
ausingAScheidemannAtoAresign.
WhatAdidAtheASPDAaskAtheirAmainAopponentsAtoAdo?

, Why?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ToAstateAtoAtheirAmembersAthatAsigningAitAwouldAbeAunpatriotic.A

BecauseAtheyAwereAsoAconcernedAaboutAtheAbacklashAitAwouldAhaveAonAthem.
WhatAdidAtheAtreatyAcauseAinAtheAgovernment?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
PoliticalAdemoralisationAinAtheAcentreAofAtheAgovernment.
WhatAdidAmanyArightAsupportersAdoAasAaAresultAofAtheAsigningAofAtheAtreaty?

WhatAdidAtheyAcallAthoseAwhoAsignedAit?
WhatAwereAtheirAactionsAofAbetrayalAcalled?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheyAfeltAitAwasAtheAlastAstrawAafterAtheAmilitaryAdefeatAandAtheAcreationAofAaArepublicAandAi
tAledAthemAtoAjoinAextremistApartiesAcommittedAtoAoverthrowingAtheArepublic.A

NovemberAcriminals
'theAstabAinAtheAback'
WhatAdidAtheyAalsoAthinkAwouldAbeAtheAbestAwayAtoAgoAaboutAtheAterms?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-AApolicyAofAfulfilmentA-

AoutwardlyAcomplyAwithAtheAtermsAwhilstAnegotiatingAmodificationsAtoAit.

WhenAdidAtheAKaiserAhaveAtoAabdicate?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-9thANovember
WhenAdidAtheyAmeetAtoAcreateAtheAtreaty?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-JanA1919
WhatAwereAsomeAofAtheA14ApointsA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
Decolonisation,AselfAdetermination,
WhatAdoesAselfAdeterminationAmeanA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
CountriesAshouldAbeAinAchargeAofAthemselves
WhatApiecesAofAlandAdidAFranceAgain?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-AlsaceALorraine
WhichAlandAmadeAupAtheAPolishAcorridor?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
WestAPrussia,APosen,AupperASilesia
WhatAhappenedAtoAtheARhinelandA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Demilitarised
WhatAdoesAAnschlussAmean?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-UnionAwithAAustria
WhoAcontrolsADanzig?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-LeagueAofAnations
HowAmanyAmenAwereAtheAarmyAallowed?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-100,000
HowAmanyAshipsAwereAtheyAallowed?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-6
WhatAmilitaryAequipmentAwasAbanned?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
Submarines,Atanks,AlargeAbattleships,Aaircraft
WhatAwasAtheAamountAofAreparations?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-£6.6Abillion
WhenAwasAtheAamountAofAreparationsAset?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-JuneA1921
DifficultyApayingAreparations

Gold:
Coal:
ManufacturedAgoods:A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA--
AGoldAreservesAinadequateAforAreparations

-ACoalAreservesAseizedAbyATOVAterms
-AAlliedAcountries'AjobsAandAbusinessesAfacedAthreat
HowAmuchAlandAwasAlost?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-13%