1L.1.1 Empire to democracy in Germany, 1871–1929 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 11

The 20 questions

1. Which body was elected by universal male suffrage under the 1871 German constitution?

   • Landtag
   • Bundesrat
   • Reichstag
   • Reichsrat

2. Which group was the primary target of Bismarck's Kulturkampf from 1871?

   • Judaism
   • Social Democratic Party
   • Protestant Church
   • Catholic Church

3. Who dismissed Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany in 1890?

   • The Reichstag
   • Kaiser Wilhelm I
   • Kaiser Friedrich III
   • Kaiser Wilhelm II

4. Which party became the largest in the Reichstag following the 1912 election?

   • Social Democratic Party
   • German People's Party
   • Centre Party
   • National Liberal Party

5. Who held the sole power to appoint the German Chancellor before 1918?

   • The Bundesrat
   • The Reichstag
   • The Kaiser
   • The electorate

6. Which voting system was used for Reichstag elections under the Weimar constitution?

   • Proportional representation
   • Alternative vote
   • First-past-the-post
   • Two-round system

7. What key power did Article 48 of the Weimar constitution grant the president?

   • Veto legislation
   • Declare war independently
   • Dissolve parliament permanently
   • Rule by decree

8. Which two nations occupied the Ruhr in January 1923 over defaulted reparations?

   • Britain and Belgium
   • France and America
   • France and Belgium
   • France and Britain

9. Which action by the German government directly caused hyperinflation during 1923?

   • Defaulting on loans
   • Cancelling trade tariffs
   • Raising tax rates
   • Printing paper money

10. Which group suffered the greatest financial damage during the 1923 German hyperinflation?

    • Middle-class savers
    • Industrial workers
    • Foreign investors
    • Landowning elites

11. What was the primary purpose of the 1924 Dawes Plan?

    • Banning foreign loans
    • Restructuring reparations
    • Rebuilding the military
    • Cancelling all debts

12. Which 1925 treaty saw Germany accept its western borders with France and Belgium?

    • Rapallo Treaty
    • Treaty of Versailles
    • Kellogg-Briand Pact
    • Locarno Pact

13. What action primarily caused the collapse of the 1920 Kapp Putsch?

    • A military defeat
    • A naval mutiny
    • A general strike
    • Foreign intervention

14. Which two Spartacist leaders were murdered following their failed January 1919 uprising?

    • Liebknecht and Luxemburg
    • Noske and Groener
    • Ebert and Scheidemann
    • Kapp and Lüttwitz

15. Which event directly triggered the German revolution in November 1918?

    • Kiel naval mutiny
    • Erzberger assassination
    • Kapp Putsch
    • Spartacist Uprising

16. Which social group dominated landowning and the army officer corps in the Kaiserreich?

    • The bourgeoisie
    • The Mittelstand
    • The Junkers
    • The proletariat

17. Which traditional elite maintained political dominance in Germany despite rapid pre-1914 industrialisation?

    • Junker landowners
    • Trade unionists
    • Urban workers
    • Industrial leaders

18. Which electoral system led to fragile coalition governments in the Weimar Republic?

    • Majoritarian voting
    • First-past-the-post
    • Single transferable vote
    • Proportional representation

19. Which 1924 agreement restructured German reparations and provided vital American loans?

    • Treaty of Rapallo
    • Young Plan
    • Locarno Pact
    • Dawes Plan

20. Which country provided the loans that funded Weimar economic recovery before 1929?

    • Soviet Union
    • Great Britain
    • France
    • United States

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