Democracy & Dictatotship Flashcards
When did Kaiser Wilhelm II become Emperor?
1888
When did Germany begin to expand its navy?
1898
When did the Kaiser abdicate?
1918
When did WW1 start?
1914
When did the Spartacus League Revolt?
January 1919
When was the TofV signed?
June 1919
When was the Weimar Constitution established?
August 1919
When did American Jazz music come to Germany?
January 1920
When was the Nazi party founded?
February 1920
When was the Kapp Putsch?
March 1920
When did French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr?
January 1923
When did hyperinflation make money worthless?
January 1923
When was the Munich Putsch?
November 1923
When was the Dawes Plan?
August 1924
When did Hindenburg become President?
February 1925
When was Hitler Youth established?
March 1922
When did Germany join the LofN?
January 1926
When is the Young Plan proposed?
February 1929
When was the Wall Street Crash?
October 1929
When did the Depression hit Germany?
1930
When was Hitler named Chancellor?
1933
When did Hindenburg die and Hitler become Fuhrer?
1934
Kristallnacht
When and what?
November 1938
Jewish businesses, homes and synagogues attacked
100 Jews killed
200,000 sent to concentration camps
Night of the Long Knives
When and what?
June 1934
SA and political opponents arrested and shot
Over 400
Impact of the Night if the Long Knives
Many people close to Hitler who were a threat were dead
SS we’re now Hitlers security
They and Gestapo formed the ‘police state’
Hitler was open, he literally got away with murder
Army swore oath of loyalty, no longer suspicious of SA
Who was the leader of the SA?
Ernst Rohm
Who was the leader of the SS?
Heinrich Himmler
When was the Volkswagen car company formed?
1937
When did Germany invade Poland?
September 1939
Wannsee Conference
When and what?
January 1942
Plan created for the extermination of Europe’s Jews
‘Final Solution’
Death camps set up in German occupied areas
When did Hitler commit suicide?
April 1945
When did Germany surrender in WW2?
May 1945
What is Militarism?
Belief that a country should have strong armed forces
Who were the SPD and what did they believe in?
Social Democratic Party
Socialism- power and wealth should be shared equally
Wanted Kaiser to allow Reichstag to make more social reforms to improve work
Some extremists wanted to rebel
When were the new Naval Laws created?
1898-1913
Protest against WW1
1915- 500 women gathered in front of parliament building and demanded their husbands back
1916- 10,000 workers assembled in Berlin to shout ‘Down with war, down with the government!’
Impact of WW1
Borrowed money from USA during war
Lent money to allies
60,000 widows and 2 million kids fatherless
Factories exhausted, were making weaponry not goods
Dived society- factory workers got rich and workers wages cut; women worked in factories and this ruined traditional family values
Had been a rich, stable nation and now there was mutiny and revolution
Many felt they could’ve won
When did German sailors refuse to follow orders because they no longer wanted to fight?
28th October 1918
Who took the Kaisers place?
Friedrich Ebert leader of SPD
What did the Spartacus League believe in?
Communism
Wanted Germany run by small councils of soldiers
When did the Spartacists try to take Berlin?
January 1919
How did Ebert respond to the Spartacist revolt?
2000 Free Corps
After 3 days of brutal street attack Berlin buildings retaken and leaders murdered
When was the first election of the New Democratic republic?
What was the result?
January 1919
SPD won and Ebert became President
When and why did politicians meet in Weimar to form the Weimar Republic?
February 1919
Recent violence
Who were the Free Corps?
Ex-soldiers from WW1
Hated communism
Blamed Spartacists for stirring up trouble at end of war and blamed them for losing
2 communist uprisings in Germany
Bavaria May 1919
Ruhr March 1920
What is proportional representation?
Lots of parties could win seats
Difficult to make decisions and laws
Between 1919 and 1933 no party won more than 50% of votes
With no majority deals had to be made between parties that made things even slower
Structure of Weimar Constitution
President > Chancellor > Reichstag > German people
What groups opposed new democratic republic?
Older army generals Judges Upper-class Rich factory owners University professors
President of Weimar Constitution
Elected every 7yrs
Controlled military
Could rule on his own during a crisis
Stayed out of day-to-day running
Chancellor of Weimar Constitution
Chosen by President
Day-to-day running
Law and order, taxation, schooling, healthcare
Must have support of at least half MPs to introduce new laws
Reichstag of Weimar Constitution
Discussed and introduced laws
MPs elected every 4yrs
Voting system- proportional representation
German people of Weimar Constitution
All men and women over 20
Guaranteed basic freedoms
Elected President and politicians
Communist Party:
Supporters
Attitude to Weimar Republic
Policies
Working class Anti-Republic country should be run by workers councils
SPD:
Supporters
Attitude to Weimar Republic
Policies
Mostly working class
Pro-Republic
Every equal, wanted democracy and reforms to help workers
German Democratic Party:
Supporters
Attitude to Weimar Republic
Policies
Middle class, eg lawyers
Pro-republic
Individual freedom, free of speech, right to hold peaceful meeting
Centre Party:
Supporters
Attitude to Weimar Republic
Policies
Catholics (mostly from south)
Pro-republic
Supported interests and beliefs of Catholic Church
People’s Party :
Supporters
Attitude to Weimar Republic
Policies
Middle class, mainly businessmen
Pro-republic, but would like a Kaiser in future
Supported policy that supported trade and industry to make money
National People’s Party:
Supporters
Attitude to Weimar Republic
Policies
Middle and upper, some ex-soldiers
Anti-republic
Wanted string government led by strong politician or Kaiser
National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazis):
Supporters
Attitude to Weimar Republic
Policies
Unemployed, mainly ex-soldiers, some support form middle and upper class who feared communism
Anti-republic
Wanted Germany to be a great nation with a great military power again
Strong government ruled by one man
Hated communism because Nazis thought some races and nations were better than others
3 mains reasons Germans hated TofV
1) Too harsh- took away large areas of land which mean losing people, factories, farms and mines
Pay large amount of money
Humiliated and angry
2) Diktat
3) felt they hadn’t lost war, betrayed by November Criminals
When did Germany first fail to pay reparations and what did this lead to?
1922 the second instalment
Jam 1923 60,000 French and Belgian soldiers invaded the Ruhr
How did Germany deal with the invasion of the Ruhr?
Why did this cause Hyperinflation?
Payed workers to strike
Printed lots of money
Already lost profits from Ruhr
Money became worthless as the more money printed the higher prices got
How much was a loaf of bread in 1918 and the in 1923?
0.6 marks
201 billion marks
Impact of hyperinflation
Savings were worthless
Elderly who lived on fixed pensions had too low an income
Small businesses collapsed
Debts paid easily
Kapp Putsch
When and what?
March 1920 Wolfgang Kapp led 5000 Free Corps Took over Berlin Politicians fled Workers striked and after 100hrs Kapp fled
Red Rising in Ruhr
When and what?
March-April 1920
Left-wing workers stayed on strike
Government sent Free Corps
Over 1000 workers killed
When was Matthias Erzberget shot?
August 1921
When was Karl Gereis murdered?
June 1921
Key changes Hitler made to Nazi Party
Designed new flag and symbol
Set up private army- SA
Changed name to Nazis
Members of Nazi Party:
1920
1921
3000
5000
Munich Putsch
When and what?
8th November 1923
Interrupted meeting in beer hall where Gustav Von Kahr was speaking
Fired bullet into ceiling and announced he was taking over Bavaria and then Berlin
Locked Karhr and companions in room
Ludendorff negotiates with Kahr who went back on his word and called the police
Lundendorff and Hitler arrested
16 Nazis dead
How long was Hitler’s sentence and what could he have been sentenced to?
5yrs in prison
Execution
How long did Hitler actually spend in prison?
9 months
Impact of Munich Putsch on Hitler
Valuable lesson
Changed tactics
Would have to win Germany democratically
During what years was Streseman Foreign Minister?
1924-1929
What year was Streseman Chancellor?
1923
Stresemann’s solution to hyperinflation Crisis
Stop printmaking
Replaced currency with temporary Rentenmark
In 1924 replaced by Reichsmark
Stresemann’s solution to invasion of the Ruhr
Met with US Vice President and borrowed money for reparations ‘Dawes Plan’