Ks4 Rev

KQ4 – How far did Western democratic structures (political, economic and social) succeed in the Federal Republic?

|KQ4 |Pages |

|Key terms |1 |

|The western zones 1945-49 |1-4 |

|The Basic Law (Constitution of FRG) |4-5 |

|The emergence of political parties |5 |

|Multiparty system into vanishing opposition |6 |

|Adenauer 1914-63 |6 |

|Wiedergutmachung - ‘Overcoming the Nazi past’ |7 |

|The Western economy |7-8 |

|Social changes |9 |

Key terms

West Germany

FRG Federal Republic of Germany

BRD Bundesrepublik Deutschland

East Germany

GDR German Democratic Republic

DDR Deutsche Demokratische

The western zones 1945-49

1) Basic problems and basic solutions

2) Economic revival

3) The Marshall plan

4) Currency reform – the Deutschemark

1) Basic Problems and Basic solutions

The soviets in the East had already set their own agenda, and so the immediate problem for the Western allies was to make sure that the German population could survive the next winder and restart economic life to sustain the millions of needy as well

Structure of the system of the occupied zones

o As each zone was administered individually, each occupying power had to take care of food, shelter, heating, medical service etc. this proved particularly difficult in the north and west of Germany under the British. As most heavily industrialised areas, they had the densest...