Challenges facing the Weimar Republic (1918-23) Flashcards

1
Q

What year was the 2nd Reich (Empire) Created

A

1871

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2
Q

2 officers who led Germany in WW1

A

Paul von Hindenburg
Erich Ludendorff

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3
Q

1st Chancellor of Germany

A

Prince Max von Baden

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4
Q

When did Germany become a Constitutional Monarchy

A

26th October 1918

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5
Q

What event provoked the German Revolution

A

Kiel Mutiny
November 1918
Mutiny as Naval Command issued order to fight Royal Navy in English Channel

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6
Q

What happened on 28th November 1918

A

Kaiser Abdicated

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7
Q

Who was power transferred to after the Kaisers abdication

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Chancellor Friedruch Ebert
MSPD

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8
Q

After the Kasiers abdication who claimed a republic & a soviet state

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Republic declared by Schidenmann
Soviet state declared by Karl Leibkneckt

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9
Q

Leader of the Reichswehr that agreeded to support new republic

A

General Groener

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10
Q

Which party did Ebert belong to

A

MSPD

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11
Q

What was the spatacist rising

A

General strike turned armed Communist insurgency
Crushed by Friekops and Army
Extrajudicial killing of Karl Leibkneckt and Rosa Luxemberg

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12
Q

What was DIKTAT

A

Dictated peace
imposed by victors

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13
Q

What did the Treaty of Versailles limit the Military too

A

100,000 men
No Air Force
6 Battleships

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14
Q

What was reparations set at originally

A

£6.6billion

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15
Q

What voting system did weimar adopt

A

Proportional representaion

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16
Q

What granted the power to the President

A

Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution

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17
Q

Under the Weimar Constitution what % was required to call a referendum

A

10%

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18
Q

Soviet Republic in Bavaria

A

Raterepublik

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19
Q

Raterepublik

A

April 1919
Had its own Red Guard & Workers Councils
KPD Eguene Levine
took local elites hostage

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20
Q

How did the Raterepublik end

A

May 1919
German Army 9,000 + Friekops 30,000 entered Munich and crushed revolt

21
Q

Kapp Putsch

A

1920
5 Days
Led by Wolfgang Kapp
Right Wing
Firekops trooped seized Berlin
Government fled (Chancellor Bauer) as Army did not support the government

22
Q

Why did Kapp Putsch Fail

A

General Strike called by government
Civil Servants refused to obey Kapp Government

23
Q

How long did Raterepublik last for

A

April to May

24
Q

Political Assassinations ‘The White Terror’

A

1919-23
Assassination squads of right and left wing radials killed politicians

25
What ended the Political assassinations
Killing of Foreign Minister Rathenau by Consul Organsiation 700,000 people demonstrated against the murder Consul disbanded Murders on both sides stoped
26
Vienna Mayor who influenced Hitlers Antisemitism
Karl Lueger
27
What party and year did hitler join
German Workers Party DAP 1919
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Who founded the NSDAP
Anton Drexler
29
What was HItlers Membership number
555
30
What was the DAPs manifesto known as
25 point plan
31
Paramilitary wing of Nazi Party
Sturmabteilung (SA)
32
What Year was hitler first addressed as the Fuhrer
1921
33
Right Wing Leader of Bavaria
Gustav Von Kahr
34
What inspired the Munich Putsch
Mussolini's March on Rome
35
What was the date of the Munich Putsch
9/11/1923
36
How Many Nazis were killed in the Munich Putsch
14
37
How Many years was hitler sentenced to
5
38
How Long did Hitler serve in Prison
9 months
39
What book did he write in Prison
Mein Kampf
40
How many times did the Weimar Gov default on Coal in 3 years
34 times
41
When did French Troops enter the Ruhr
11 January 1923
42
How Many troops invaded the Ruhr
60,000
43
When did Hyper inflation last from
1921-1923
44
Which Chancellor Ended the Crisis
Gustav Stresseman
45
Who was appointed to the Reichsbank to help solve the crisis
Hjalmar Schacht
46
What was the Reichsmark replaced with
Rentenmark
47
What was the exchange rate between Reichsmark - Rentenmark
1,000billion RM - 1 RTNM
48
What crime increased and by what %
Theft 700%