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6. how much did a loaf of bread cost in 1923

  • 200,000 billion marks
  • 20,000 billion marks
  • 200,000 million marks
  • 20,000 million marks

7. Rentenmark(1923) was what

  • stresemanns new currency
  • a strike
  • a meeting between superpowers
  • a peace treaty

8. general at the start of the weimar constitution

  • hermann goering
  • friedrich ebert
  • paul von hindenburg
  • heimrich himmler

9. the rhineland was demilitarised, why was this a problem for germany

  • economic loss
  • humiliation
  • vulnerability
  • less control

10. what did ebert tell the workers to do in response of the occupation of the ruhr?

  • go on strike
  • attack
  • have an uprising

11. who was the first chancellor of the weimar republic

  • hindenburg
  • friedrich ebert
  • adolf hitler
  • prince max

12. what percent of land did germany lose(incluses west prussia and posen which meant that 1million people were lost to poland)

  • 10%
  • 11%
  • 13%
  • 15%

13. what were the "golden years"

  • 1924-1929
  • 1923-1930
  • 1925-1929
  • 1923-1929

14. 1929- reparations reduced to $2.2 billion and germany given an extra 59 years to pay it.

  • young plan
  • kellog briand pact
  • dawes plan
  • locarno pact

15. rovision of the Weimar Constitution: Allowed the President, under certain circumstances, to take emergency measures without the prior consent of the Reichstag.

  • article 43
  • article 48
  • article 38
  • article 23

16. 1928- agreement between 61 countries that war would not be used to achieve aims.

  • dawes plan
  • young plan
  • kellog briand pact
  • locarno pact

17. what was germanys army reduced to (this made them vulnerable)

  • 1000000 soldiers, no tanks or airforce
  • 100,000 soldiers, no tanks or no air force
  • 10000soldiers and no tanks or airforce
  • 200,000 soldiers no tanks and airforce

18. why did people say stresemanns golden policies papered over the cracks/dancing o a volcano

  • economy was never going to improve
  • economy was actually very good
  • economy depended on US loans
  • he was a communist

19. standard of living improved between 1924-29 - the working week went down from 50 to 48 hours and housing improved. How much did unemployment drop?

  • 2 million to 1.5 million
  • 2 million to 1.4 million
  • 2 million to 1.3 million
  • 2 million to 1 million

20. proportional reperesentation

  • even very small parties got seats in the reichstag(%of votes recieved=amount of seats)
  • ALSO CAUSED COALITIONS-small parties joining together which caused issues as they didnt always agree