Ds1- Was The Weimar Republic Doomed From The Start?

Question 1

Weimar Germany

Answer 1

Name for germany 1919-33, name came from the German town in which the gov was held

Question 2

Kiel Mutiny

Answer 2

3 nov 1918- At main german naval base in Kiel, German soldiers refused to follow orders to attack British royal army

Question 3

Abdication of the Kaiser

Answer 3

9 nov 1918- rebellions all over germany lead to the collapse of german gov and forced kaiser wilhelm 2 to abdicate

Question 4

Ebert

Answer 4

Chancellor of germany, leader socialist democratic party (SDP) after abdiation, first democratic leader

Question 5

November criminals

Answer 5

Whom Germans hated in the gov for signing the armastice

Question 6

Stab in the back theory

Answer 6

Many germans felt that the politicians who signed the TOV were stabbing the public in the back

Question 7

Democratic gov

Answer 7

A gov which has been voted in by the public

Question 8

Constitution

Answer 8

The set of laws by which a country is governed, rule book for the gov

Question 9

Coalitions

Answer 9

Whn two parties group together to form a majority

Question 10

Constituency

Answer 10

An area of land which holds one seat in parliament

Question 11

Proportional representation

Answer 11

A system in which the seats in parliament are awarded for a certain amount of votes for a party

Question 12

First past the post

Answer 12

Party with the most votes in a constituency gets one seat in parliament, party with most seats becomes the gov

Question 13

Spartacist uprising

Answer 13

• 1919
• lead by rosa luxemberg and liebknecht
• wanted a communist uprising like in russia
• wanted a germany rules by workers councils (soviet)- didnt want democracy
• 5th jan 1919-captured HQ of gov newspaper and telegram offices
• bitter street fighting against freikorps
• rosa luxemberg and liebknecht killed- no leader

Question 14

Kap putsch

Answer 14

• 1920
• friekorps
• lead by kapp
• hated army restrictions and terrioty loss from tov
• many freikorps were demobbed soldiers
• 10th jan- freikorps took over communist hq
• 15th jan- crushed spartacists
• march 1920- kpp lead 5000 freikorps in berlin march
• army ordered to fire on freikorps- refused
• politicians appealed to workers for general strike
• kapp left country and was never punished

Question 15

Hyperinflation

Answer 15

1923- gov printed too much money, became worthless

Question 16

Stresemann becomes chancellor

Answer 16

1923

Question 17

Streseman calls of general strike (in ruhr)

Answer 17

Aug 1923

Question 18

Introduced retenmark

Answer 18

Oct 1923

Question 19

Army crushed munich putsch

Answer 19

Nov 1923

-showed lack of response for democratic gob, hitler served 9 months but gained publicity

Question 20

Started to pay back reparations

Answer 20

End 1923

Question 21

Dawes plan

Answer 21

Apr 1924

• germany and usa
• germany pay back reparations over longer period of time
• german currency reorganised
• 800 mill marks us loan to german industry

Question 22

Joined lon

Answer 22

1926

Question 23

Locarno treaties

Answer 23

1925

• gave germany improved reputation
• fr, belgium and germany
• accept borders as drawn up by tov w/ fr and belgium
• rhineland remian remilitarised
• fr protect poland and czech if attacked by germany
• germany not to use force to settle disputes- through negotiation

Question 24

Young plan

Answer 24

1929

-pay reparations over 58y

Question 25

How maany spartacists killed during their uprising

Answer 25

150-200

Question 26

Unemployment 1924

Answer 26

4%

Question 27

Coalition gov failure

Answer 27

1930 centre-socialists

-forced bruning to use article 48

Question 28

Where did the spartacist uprising take place

Answer 28

Berlin

Question 29

Spartacist leaders

Answer 29

Karl liebknecht

Rosa luxemburg