early challenges of the weimar republic 1919-23

Question 1

what were the 4 main requirements from the treaty were:

Answer 1

land, army, money and blame

Question 2

how much was reparations at the beginning and how much was it lowered to (dawes plan)

Answer 2

$6.6 billion at the start and $2.5 billion later

Question 3

what did the treaty have to do with their army

Answer 3

had it limited to 10000 me, no heavy artillary, nevy limited to 6 battleships, no subs, most of fleet destroyed, no air force, rhineland demiliterised

Question 4

what article stated that germany had to take all the blame for the war

Answer 4

231

Question 5

what land was lost to france

Answer 5

alsace lorraine

Question 6

who were the big 3

Answer 6

david lloyed george (britain)
georges clemenceau (france)
woodrow wilson (america)

Question 7

what was the stab in the back theory

Answer 7

the leaders were known as the november criminals because they got germany into the mess of war and then made no negotiations in the treaty of versailles which meant germany suffered greatly

Question 8

date of the spartacist uprising

Answer 8

5th january 1919

Question 9

key figures of the spartacist uprising

Answer 9

rosa luxenburg and karl leibknecht

Question 10

what motivated the spartacist uprising

Answer 10

not happy with the weimar republic
wanted a communist state
Russian revolution
weren't happy with the treaty
roman slaves spartans

Question 11

what did they do in the spartacist uprising

Answer 11

attempted to overthrow ebert and the weimar republic
seized HQ of government
strikes

Question 12

what was eberts response to the spartacist uprising

Answer 12

captured and killed leaders
killed many spartacists
crushed the risings

Question 13

date of the kapp putsch

Answer 13

13th-17th march 1920

Question 14

leaders of kapp putsch

Answer 14

dr wolfgang kapp and freikorps ehrhardt

Question 15

what inspired the kapp putsch

Answer 15

• weren’t happy with the treaty

- defence minister disbanded 12000 friekorps (due to treaty) even though they helped stop the other uprisings #rude

Question 16

what di the kapp putsch do

Answer 16

went on stirike
marched and took berlin
enstated a leader

Question 17

ebert’s (president) response to the kapp putsch

Answer 17

imprisioned wolfgang

Question 18

when did the french leave the ruhr

Answer 18

25th august 1925

Question 19

why did the french invade the ruhr on 11th jan 1923

Answer 19

fed up with germans defulting on their reparation payments they simply took what they are owed rather than wait around

Question 20

how many french and belgium troops march into the industrial rurh

Answer 20

60000

Question 21

what was the ruhr used for

Answer 21

50% of germany’s coal iron and steel reserves

Question 22

what did the germans do in response to france taking the ruhr

Answer 22

passive resistance- went on strike, set factories on fire, flodded the mines ect

Question 23

why did germany start printing more money

Answer 23

because they thought it would be a good idea in order to pay off the money quickly which didn’t work and money became worthless

Question 24

5 impacts of hyperinflation

Answer 24

1) people had to shop with wheel barrows of money
2) barting became common
3) pensions and savings became worthless
4) in resturants the price of food became higher by the time food arrived
5) the poor became even poorer and winter of 1923 meant that many lived in freezing conditions and burnt furniture for heat

Question 25

3 negatives of hyperinflation

Answer 25

wages rose but not as quickly as prices
money became worthless
effected all classes and meant people couldn’t afford anything so living conditions were terrible

Question 26

3 positives of hyperinflation

Answer 26

people who had buisness in germany but were in other countries succeded
farmers benefitted-paid more for food
foreign visitors could buy more for their money