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1
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Who was Gustav stresemann

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He became chancellor in 1923, he fixed Germanys financial situation. He Was chancellor for only 102
days!

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Who are nationalists?

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Nationalists believed in the strength of the individual. The weak deserved to die out, and the strong survive. By having strong individuals, a nation would also be strong.
They also believed in the purity of a nation’s race. Non-natives, such as immigrants, became increasingly unwelcome.

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What is the Weimar Republic

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A republic is a country without a hereditary ruler, such as a king or emperor. The new Government first met in the town of Weimar.

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What is the Reichstag?

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The German parliament. Refers to both the people who meet there (called deputies, and they are similar to our MPs) and the building.

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5
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What were the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic

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Article 48 and proportional representation

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6
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Are Spartacus nationalists or communists?

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Communists

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What was the treaty of Versailles?

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The formal agreement that ended WWI. The fighting had stopped in November 1918, but the formal peace deal was signed in summer 1919.

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Who did hyperinflation benefit?

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People who had borrowed money, because it was easy to pay off their debts.

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9
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What year did France invade the Ruhr valley?

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1923

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10
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What key event happened in 1923

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Hyperinflation and the invasion of the Ruhr

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Are Freikorps nationalists or communists

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Nationalists

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Who are communists?

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Communists believed that all human history had been leading up to the overthrow of the rich by the workers. After a revolution all workers would unite and live equally.

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13
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What new currency did stresemann introduce?

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The rentenmark

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14
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What year was the Dawes plan?

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1924

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15
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What year was the Locarno pact with France?

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1925

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16
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When did Germany join the League of Nations?

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1926

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17
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When was the golden age of Weimar?

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A period between 1924-29 that saw rapid and significant positive change for some.

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Who was Joseph goebbles

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He was the minister of propaganda

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19
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What forms of propaganda did the nazis use

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Cinema
Radio!
Rallies
Posters
Books
Newspapers
Music
Theatre
Architecture
Art

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What were the aims of Hitlers foreign policy

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To reverse the treaty of Versailles
To destroy communism
lebensraum
anschluss

21
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When was the gestapo created?

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In 1933

22
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Who set up the gestapo

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Goering

23
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which nazi foreign minister signed an agreement with the Russians in 1939?

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Von Ribben

24
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What year was the Nuremberg laws passed?

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1935

25
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What were the Nuremberg laws?

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Laws against Jews

26
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How did Hitler control the education system?

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  • All textbooks had to be approved by the ministry of education
  • Mein Kampf became a standard text
  • Teachers had to swear loyalty to Hitler and join the Nazi Teachers league
  • All lessons began and ended with the students
    saluting and saying ‘Heil Hitler’.
  • Nazi themes were presented through every
    subject.
27
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How many members did Hitler youth have by 1939?

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7million members

28
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When did it become compulsory to be a member of Hitler youth?

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1936

29
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What was the aim of the night of the long knives?

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To remove Nazi opposition within Germany

30
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Who set up the gestapo?

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Goering

31
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What was the purpose of the gestapo?

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It could arrest and imprison those suspected of opposing the state

32
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What was the SD?

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They were set up 1931 and acted as the intelligence body of the Nazi party. Their aim was to discover potential Nazi enemies and remove them

33
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When was KRISTALLNACHT?

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9/10th of November

34
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How many Jews were sent to concentration camps because of kristallnact?

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20,000

35
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What were the results of kristallnact?

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• About 100 Jews were killed, 20,000 were sent to concentration camps and 7,500 businesses were destroyed.
• Hitler officially blamed the Jews for provoking the attacks.
• The Jews were fined 1 billion Reichsmarks as compensation for the damage caused.
• Jew were no longer permitted to own businesses.
• In January 1939 the Reich Office for Jewish Emigration was established.
• The SS were responsible for removing Jews through forced emigration.
• From 30th April 1939 Jews were evicted from their homes and forced into designated ghettos.

36
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How many km of autobahns were built under the RAD schemes?

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7000 km

37
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What year was conscription reintroduced?

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1935

38
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By 1939 how big was the army?

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1.4million men

39
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How many people went on strength through joy (kdf) holidays in 1938

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10millin

40
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What were the impacts of beauty of work?

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It was set up by the kdf to improve working conditions, it organised the building of canteens, swimming pools and sports facilities

41
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How many people were unemployed in 1932?

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6million

42
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Who is Goebbles and who is goering?

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Goering is the head of the gestapo, he wanted to lead the armed forces and considered rohm an opponent
Whereas
Goebbles was the minister of propaganda

43
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When was the spartacists uprising?

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1919

44
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Who lead the spartacists uprising?

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Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Leibknecht

45
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Who shut down the spartacists uprising?

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Freikorps

46
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What did the spartacists want?

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They wanted to establish a communist state

47
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Who lead the Kapp putsch?

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Wolfgang Kapp

48
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Why did the Kapp putsch fail?

A

The workers of Berlin went on strike

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