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6. why did france and belgium occupy the ruhr in 9 January 1923

  • germany was too communist
  • germany missed reparations payment
  • germany was out of control
  • germany attacked them

7. 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

8. when did the first elections of the weimar constitution take place

  • 31st dec 1918
  • 8th jan 1919
  • 19th jan 1919
  • 21st jan 1919

9. Rentenmark(1923) was what

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

10. 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 1.4 million
  • 2 million to 1 million
  • 2 million to 1.3 million
  • 2 million to 1.5 million

11. why were middle and upper class most affected by hyperinflation

  • they had the most to lose: home,savings, investments
  • risk of death
  • loans
  • unemployment

12. when was the spartacist uprising

  • jan 1920
  • jan 1919
  • feb 1919
  • may 1920

13. what did germany lose that dented their pride as they had won it fairly

  • alsace lorraine
  • rhineland
  • france
  • poland

14. what were the "golden years"

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

15. led by WOLFGANG KAPP, the putsch was because freikorps feared communists, how did the gov deal with this

  • told the population to go on strike
  • made the army fire on the freikorps

16. when was the armistice signed

  • 11th dec 1918
  • 11th nov 1918
  • 12th nov 1918
  • 21st nov 1918

17. how did art change in the golden years

  • more female artists got famous
  • focused on artists perspective and showed struggles as well as romance
  • became more about war/military

18. German communist party.

  • kpd
  • dvp
  • dpv
  • kdp

19. 1928- agreement between 61 countries that war would not be used to achieve aims.

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

20. how many politicians were murdered by extremist right wings in the early years of the weimar republic

  • 366
  • 367
  • 376
  • 377