DEPTH STUDY- instability up to 1923

Question 1

When was the spartacist putsch?

Answer 1

January 1919

Question 2

Who was the spartacist leader?

Answer 2

Rosa Luxemburg

Question 3

What was the spartacist plot?

Answer 3

To overthrow the Weimar government

Question 4

What did the spartacists want to achieve?

Answer 4

create a new German comunist government

Question 5

What did the spartacists cause? (2)

Answer 5

revolution in Berlin- took over German newspapers and headquarters

Question 6

Who were the spartacists brutally crushed by?

Answer 6

Freikorps

Question 7

When was the Kapp putsch?

Answer 7

March 1920

Question 8

Who led the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 8

Wolfgang Kapp

Question 9

What was the Kapp plot?

Answer 9

to overthrow the weimar government

Question 10

Waht did the Kapp putsch aim to achieve?

Answer 10

creation of a right wing military dictatorship

Question 11

What did Kapp declare?

Answer 11

he declared a right wing government

Question 12

What did the Kapp cause? (2)

Answer 12

• Revolution in Berlin

- Ebert and government ran away

Question 13

When was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 13

November 1923

Question 14

Who led the Munich putsch?

Answer 14

Adolf Hitler

Question 15

Where was the Munich putsch?

Answer 15

Munich beer hall

Question 16

What waas the Munich putsch trying to achieve?

Answer 16

For Kahr to support Hitler

Question 17

What did force tried to take over Germany?

Answer 17

Bavarian Army

Question 18

What was the sum of the reparations bill?

Answer 18

£6.6 billion

Question 19

What did the reparations require? (2)

Answer 19

• annual instalments

- Money and tradable goods

Question 20

Why were the reparations unfair on civillians? (2)

Answer 20

• higher taxes

- they didn’t even fight/want the war

Question 21

Why did the reparations seem like an impossible figure?

Answer 21

Germany wouldn’t be able to pay it off until 1984

Question 22

What did Tov cause for the Weimar government?

Answer 22

People hated the Weimar Government for it

Question 23

How much land did Germany loose in the Tov?

Answer 23

13% land loss, 10% industrial, 15% acricultural - caused huge money problems

Question 24

Which country were Germany not allowed to join with?

Answer 24

Austria

Question 25

What else did the other terms of the Tov cause?

Answer 25

Loss of German people

Question 26

What was the army reduced to?

Answer 26

100,000 men

Question 27

millions of the unemployed joined what?

Answer 27

The Freikorps

Question 28

What was demilitarised?

Answer 28

Rhineland

Question 29

What did the demilitarisation mean?

Answer 29

Couldn’t defend against the Ruhr crisis

Question 30

what was the war guilt article

Answer 30

article 231

Question 31

Who were the “November criminals”?

Answer 31

Evil allies and weak politicians who signed the Tov

Question 32

What myth was curated after Tov?

Answer 32

Stab-in-the-back myth

Question 33

When was the French invasion of the Ruhr?

Answer 33

1923

Question 34

Why did the French invade the Ruhr?

Answer 34

Because Germany couldn’t keep up with reparation payments

Question 35

What did the French take as substitute for reparations?

Answer 35

steel -80% steel production

Question 36

What did the Weimar call for?

Answer 36

Passive resistance

Question 37

What did the German workers do during passive resistance?

Answer 37

went on strike

Question 38

What did passive resistance mean for the economy?

Answer 38

Very bad, no money

Question 39

How did the Weimar government respond to passive resistance?

Answer 39

Printed more money

Question 40

What did printing more money cause?

Answer 40

Hyperinflation

Question 41

What happned to German currency?

Answer 41

Devailled

Question 42

How often did prices increase during the hyperinflation?

Answer 42

almost increased every hour

Question 43

What was the price transfer?

Answer 43

1 billion Marks - 1 loaf of bread

Question 44

What were the social consequences of the Hyperinflation?

Answer 44

Decline in Law in order, increase in crime