General Flashcards
When did ww1 end
1918
What happens to the kiaserafter ww1
He abdicated
Name the WR three strengths
MPs were elected by the public, woman and men >20 could vote and the bill of rights meant citizen freedom
What was the voting system for the reichstag
Proportional representation
What was the weakness of the proportional representation system
Coalitions had to be formed for laws to pass
What was article 48
In an emergency all power can be given to the president
Why didn’t the public like the WR
suspicion of a new democracy
What is Bolshevism
Communism
Poverty is the breeding ground for ….
Communism
Are the spartacists left or right wing
Left
Was the NSDAP left or right wing
right
What political party supported the Wr the most
SPD
What party was Gustave streesmann in
DVP
What year was the spartacist uprising
1919
Who took down the spartacist uprising
The Freikcorps
How many Friekcorp groups were there in Germany
200
What happend to Luxembourg and leibnetch after being captured
Interrogation and then killed
Who led the Kapp Putsch
Wolfgang Kapp
How was the Kapp Putsch stopped
Workers going on strike caused putsch to collapse
Why wouldn’t the army fight the freikcorps
Beicase they were exsoliders
What year was the Kapp putsch
1920
Why did the French pass through the Rhineland
Becuase it was demilitarised meaning less needed conflict
When was the Ruhr invaded
1923
What did the German workers do in retaliation to the occupation of the Ruhr
A Passive strike or sabotaged machines
When did hyperinflation drastically increase in Germany
1923
What was the marks largest bank note
100 trillion