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Quiz by Chris Clayton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Chris Clayton
almost 11 years ago
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Question 1
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Who was the first president of Weimar Germany
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Ebert
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Hindenburg
Question 2
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What did the Nationalists call those who signed the armistice in 1918?
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The November Criminals
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The traitors of Versailles
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The scapegoats
Question 3
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Who tried to seize power in Berlin in January 1919?
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Wolfgang Kapp
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The Spartacists
Question 4
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Who were the leaders of the Spartacists?
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Kapp and Ludendorf
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Luxemburg and Liebknecht
Question 5
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Who were the Friekorps?
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The German police
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Mercenaries made up of ex-soldiers
Question 6
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Which of these statements are correct about the Weimar constitution? (6 correct answers)
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Men and women aged over 18 could vote
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Men and women aged over 21 could vote
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voting was to be based on the system of proportional representation
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voting was to be based on the British system of first past the post
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The parliament was the Reichstag
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The head of the government was the chancellor
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The head of state was the president
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The president had emergency powers known as article 231
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The president had emergency powers known as article 48
Question 7
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What was the key weakness of the new constitution?
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not everyone could vote
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the system of p.r. led to coallitions
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