1 how bad of a problem was unemployment in the Weimar republic?
Over 4% of the total possible workforce was unemployed. However, there were gradual improvement in 1926, 2 million people were unemployed contrasted with 1928s 1,3 million.
2How were the unemployed helped?
The unemployment insurance act of 1927 charged 16,400,000 workers, 3% of the wages in tern provided an average of 60 marks per week on unemployment and sickness benefits if they fell out of work .
3 How were work conditions improved?
- The length of the working week with shortened from an average of 50 hours in 1925 to an average of 46 hours in 1927
- wages rose by, 25% from 1925 to 1928
4 how is housing improved?
- in 1923, there was a shortage of 1 million homes in Germany. However, in 1925, a 15% rent tax which introduced to help fund building associations.
- from 1925 to 1929, private companies built 37,000 new homes, while the new building associations built 64,000 homes there was still a housing shortage, but it had eased by 1928
5 How War veterens helped?
under the 1920, right pension law, pensioners were paid throughout the 1920s to 750,000 war veterans 400,000 widows and 200,000 parents of dead servicemen.
6 how was education, improved?
The students in higher education for the First World War was 70,000 1928 this had increased to 110,000
7 what were the changes for women in politics?
- in November 1918, women were given the right to stand for elections
- in Weimar elections, the turnout of women voters was 90% by 1932, 12 women had been elected at the Reichstag and, almost 10% of the members were female