Unit 18: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Europe
Topic 18.14: Inter-war domestic developments in European states (1918–1939) Questions
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What event in January 1923 triggered the final descent into hyperinflation?
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Who led the failed 1920 putsch that was defeated by a general strike rather than by the army?
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Which coalition narrowly won the Spanish general election of February 1936, alarming the conservative right?
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In which town was the new German constitution drafted in 1919, giving the republic its name?
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Which event in 1934 allowed Hitler to destroy the leadership of the SA and secure the loyalty of the German army?
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Which agreement in 1924 rescheduled German reparations payments and opened the door to American loans?
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Which constitutional provision allowed the German President to rule by emergency decree, bypassing the Reichstag?
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What was the main purpose of the Four-Year Plan introduced in Germany in 1936?
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The bombing of Guernica in April 1937 during the Spanish Civil War was carried out by which force?
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The 1929 Lateran Accords between Mussolini's government and the Vatican resulted in which of the following?
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Evaluate the claim that the Weimar Republic's cultural achievements between 1924 and 1929 helped rather than harmed the stability of German democracy.
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Discuss the reasons for the polarisation of Spanish politics between 1931 and 1936.
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Examine the role of political violence and paramilitary organisations in undermining the stability of the Weimar Republic, 1919 to 1923.
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Compare and contrast the origins and early challenges faced by two authoritarian or fragile democratic states from different regions of Europe in the interwar period, using the Weimar Republic and Fascist Italy as your examples.
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Compare and contrast the methods used to suppress internal opposition in two authoritarian or fragile democratic states from different regions of Europe, using the Weimar Republic and Franco's Spain as your examples.
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Discuss the view that Weimar Germany's 'Golden Era' (1924-1929) was more apparent than real.
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Discuss the nature and effectiveness of resistance to the Nazi regime in Germany, 1933-1939.
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To what extent did the Weimar Republic achieve genuine diplomatic rehabilitation for Germany between 1923 and 1929?
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Discuss the social consequences of hyperinflation for different groups within German society in 1923.
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Compare and contrast the methods used by Franco and Hitler to establish authoritarian rule in their respective countries.
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