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The Ruhr Crisis
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iGCSE History Quiz on The Ruhr Crisis, created by Drew Bott on 26/10/2019.
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Question 1
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What 'prompted' the Ruhr crisis?
Answer
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
Germany defaulting on reparation payments
The announcement of the reparations figure in 1921
Question 2
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What was the French and Belgian response to Germany defaulting on reparations?
Answer
The took it to the League of Nations
They gave Germany a stern warning
They carried out a military occupation of the Ruhr
Question 3
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Why the Ruhr?
Answer
It was Germany's region of culture
It was valuable agricultural land
It was the heartland of Germany's coal and steel industry
Question 4
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In 1921 the Germans made a reparations payment of 50 million
Answer
True
False
Question 5
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What did Ebert's Government ask the Ruhr workers to do?
Answer
To take up arms to resist the occupation
To co-operate with the invaders
To resist 'passively' i.e strike
Question 6
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Which of the following are 'true' of the French and Belgian actions in the Ruhr?
Answer
They treated the German population with respect
They brought in their own workers
They had resistance leaders arrested
They shot 132 German workers
They expelled 150,000 Germans from the region
Question 7
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How did the Weimar Government support the striking German workers?
Answer
It continued to pay their wages
It provided them with food supplies
It provided them with weapons to defend themselves
Question 8
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What was the main consequence of paying the striking workers for the German economy?
Answer
It meant the workers could feed themselves
It led to hyper-inflation
The USA stepped in to provide loans to support the German economy
Question 9
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Describe the effects of hyper-inflation - select all that apply
Answer
Paper money became diluted and worthless
Those with savings saw them increase in value
Prices spiralled out of control
A loaf of bread went from 250 marks in January 1923 to 200,000 marks in November
Farmers 'coped' as there products remained in demand
People who had borrowed money could repay their debts
Question 10
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What were the 'political' consequences of the hyper-inflation?
Answer
Communists took control of Saxony and the Rhineland
The Freikorps attempted a Putsch in Berlin
The Nazis attempted a Putsch in Munich
The Army attempted a military coup
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