What was the major shift in SED policy regarding farmers?
Up until 1947 they handed large landed estates over to private smallholders, then after 1948 they began a process of collectivisation
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What were the collectivised farms called?
LPGs, Land production co-operatives
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What was the main problem with the collectivisation program?
The fact that it was compulsory, many farmers abandoned their farms and fled west
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Following the destalinisation speech of 1956 collectivisation slowed down, when was the second wave of collectivisation?
1960-1961
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What major social problem was caused in part by forced collectivisation?
The 1953 uprising
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The second wave of collectivisation also contributed to a major event in the GDR, name this event
The Berlin wall being built in 1961
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What percentage of land was unfarmed in 1953? What caused this?
13% of land unfarmed, Forced collectivisation made many farmers flee west
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What was COMECON? When did East Germany join? Can you name three things the USSR provided COMECON?
The USSR centered trade block, joined in 1951, they made engineering machinery, agricultural tools, ships and railway wagons
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Which products weren't produced in West Germany? What was this representative of?
High quality consumer goods, a communist society
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Which group's quality of life improved most dramatically? How did it improve?
The working classes, gained access to free health care, pensions, sickness insurance and employment was guaranteed
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Which non-economic demographic gained opportunities under the SED?
Women gained many social and job opportunities, particularly those women whose views on Marxist-Leninism fitted in with the government's
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Name three mass organisations and their functions
FDGB - Trade Union umbrella organisation, DSF - German Soviet Friendship society, DFB - Democratic women's league of Germany, KB - League of Culture, GST - Society for sport and technology
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What was the oath that all German schoolchildren had to take called? Why was it controversial?
The Jugendweihe, because it was the equivalent to a confirmation oath and required students to promise to "put all your power toward the great and honourable socialism"
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Card 2
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What were the collectivised farms called?
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LPGs, Land production co-operatives
Card 3
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What was the main problem with the collectivisation program?
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Card 4
Front
Following the destalinisation speech of 1956 collectivisation slowed down, when was the second wave of collectivisation?
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Card 5
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What major social problem was caused in part by forced collectivisation?
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