Germany Flashcards
Before the war, what proportion of people voted for the SDP?
1 in 3
What did Kaiser Wilhelm II pass between 1898 and 1912 and why?
Passed 5 separate naval laws to increase its size and challenge Britain’s navy
What problems did the Kaiser have?
Trade union popularity
Socialism
Money
International challenge
Three events of year of crisis were?
1923
Invasion of the Ruhr, Hyperinflation, Munich Putsch
Name one group badly affected by hyperinflation
Pensioners
Which group supported Wolfgang Kapp in 1920?
Frei Korps in the Kapp Putsch
What were the events of the Kapp Putsch?
Government attempted to disband freikorps- March 1920
Freikorps rebelled because of this
5000 marched on Berlin
Army refused orders to fight them
Freikorps took over Berlin and invited Kaiser back
People were encouraged to strike by Weimar
Government couldn’t function with strikes
Putsch ended in 4 days
Who did Hitler persuade to hold a plebiscite for Anschluss?
Schuschnigg
Why didn’t Bri or Fra stop Hitler from remilitarising Rhineland?
Buffer against communism
France refused to act without Britain’s support, didn’t know army size
Britain thought ToV was too harsh
-thought Germany had a right to do it
Who appointed Hitler as chancellor of Germany?
Hindenburg and von Papen in Jan 1933
When was ToV signed?
28th June 1919
When was the spartacist revolt?
Early 1919
What were the events of the spartacist revolt?
Karl Liebknecht and rosa Luxembourg
Jan 1919, Ebert Sacked head of Police
Strike was organised and over 100,000 workers involved
Government called freikorps to put down the rebellion
Karl and Rosa arrested and killed by Freikorps
When was the Kapp putsch?
March 1920
When was the Munich Putsch?
8th-9th November 1923
What happened in the Munich Putsch?
Hitler and the Nazis took over a beer hall meeting and took those present hostage.
Said they were going to take over Berlin and Germany
Had the support of the SA but not the army or the people.
Fighting went to the streets and they failed
Hitler initially escaped but was captured and imprisoned.
When was the Dawes plan agreed and how much was it?
800 million gold marks in 1924
From 1890 to 1913, how did trade union membership increase?
300,000 to 3,000,000
How did the war affect industrial output?
1/3 of what it had been in 1913
How did socialism create problems for the Kaiser?
SPD had over a third of the vote, contrasted his autocratic rule. Some radical socialists wanted to overthrow him
How much state budget was spent on German war pensions by 1925?
1/3 of budget
Who were the November criminals?
The leaders who signed the Armistice
What problems did passive resistance have?
Led to depreciation of value of money. Damaged the economy
How did stresemann solve Hyperinflation?
Introduced the Rentenmark and then the Reichsmark as a new currency which controlled inflation. Savings were lost :(
What did the Locarno treaty do?
1925
Agreed Germany’s borders. Signed by Britain France and Italy
What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact agree and when was it signed?
1928
62 countries agreed not to use war to solve conflict
