German History- Key Factors Flashcards
Factors relating to the social impacts of the first world war
Food shortages Starvation Infant mortality Spanish flu Casualties
Economic impacts of the first world war- factors
Inflation
War economy
Impact of the treaty of Versailles- factors
Blame- Germany held responsible
Reparations- 6600 million
Armed forces- 100,000
Territory- demilitarised Rhineland , lost Alsace Lorraine
The Weimar constitution-factors
Proportional representation- no major parties , coalitions
President- article 48
Spartacist rising- factors
Aims- take over and establish a Soviet republic
Events- street fighting , outnumbered , leaders were executed
Context- whilst Bavaria was controlled by communists , workers councils controlled factories
Consequences of the spartacist rising
Eberts deal with the army
Continued political influence of the army
Freikorps
Extra judicial executions
Views of extreme right wing groups
Authoritarian
Nationalistic
Anti-marxist
Volkish- reject modern life
Kapp putsch
Friekorps
General strike
Weak response from judiciary
Munich putsch
Easily stopped
Weak nazi party
Hitler’s celebrity status
Weak judicial response
Invasion of the Ruhr
Invasion of French and Belgian troops
Passive resistance- strike
Welfare- government issued welfare payments to striking workers
Hyperinflation
Legacy of ww1
War economy
Printing more money
Ruhr crisis
Who benefitted from hyperinflation
Mortgage holders
Investors
Who benefitted from hyperinflation
Mortgage holders
Investors
Who was negatively impacted by hyperinflation?
Middle class Pensioners Working class
Dawes plan
Realistic reparations
Rentenmark
US loans
Reduction of reparations- 3/4
