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What were Reichfeinde?

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Enemies of the state

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How many votes did Prussia have in the Bundesrat vs how many required for a veto?

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17 vs 14

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Who could vote in the Rechistag elections?

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Men over 25

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What % of the vote did the National Liberals win in 1871 and 1878?

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30.1% down to 23.1%

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5
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What proportion of the population were Catholics during the Kaiserreich?

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30%

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What does Kulturkampf mean?

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Culture struggle - Bismarck vs Catholocism

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By 1879, how many priests had been jailed or exiled as part of the Prussian May Laws of 1873?

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1800

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Why did Bismarck implement the Kulturkampf?

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Challenge the power of the Catholics Centre Party, unite Germany against a common enemy

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Why did Bismark adopt tariff reform in 1879?

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Economic issues in Germany, Kulturkampf was over so he didn’t need the National Liberals anymore

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What did anti-socialist legislation of the 1880s do?

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Banned socialist meetings, powers to arrest socialist politicians, ban socialist newspapers

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What was the word for unity in government at the start of the war?

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Burgfriede

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Who came up with the Peace Resolution in July 1917?

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Erzberger

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How many people were on strike in April 1917 and January 1918?

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200,000 and 1 million

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What was the Kreuznach Programme?

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Military plan for annexation at the end of the war

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What did Woodrow Wilson demand as part of his Fourteen Points?

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Germany to be democratic

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Why did Ludendorff sanction political changes?

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To be able to blame the politicians for taking a settlement at the end of the war

17
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Who led the Spartacists after being part of the USPD?

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Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebnecht

18
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What changes did Max of Baden make when he bacame Chancellor in October 1918?

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Army answerable to the Reichstag, got rid of Prussian three tier system

19
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Where did naval soldiers mutiny?

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Kiel

20
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What was the Ebert-Groener Pact, November 1918?

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Ebert agreeing not to interfere with the army if they didn’t interfere with the new Republic

21
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What was the Stinnes-Liegen agreement, 1918?

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Agreement between trade unions and industrialists

22
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What was Article 48?

A

Emergency powers of the President

23
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What was Proporcional Representation?

A

60,000 votes to get a seat in the Reichstag

24
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What did the Reichstag Fire Decrees, 28th Feb 1933 enable Hitler to do?

A

Arrest without warrant, freedom of speech and assembly suspended

25
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What did the Enabling Act, March 1933 enable Hitler to do?

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Pass laws without going through the Reichstag

26
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What was Kopenick Blood Week?

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Suppression of socialists in June 1933

27
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What was the Night of the Long Knives, June 1934?

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Hitler killing SA leaders to remove internal opposition from SA (3million members)

28
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What were Gauleiters?

A

Regional Nazi Officials

29
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Give one example of state-party dualism

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Operation Todt and Minister of Transport, DAF and Ministry of Economics

30
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What is Gleichschaltung?

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Gradually making Germany Nazi

31
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How did Hitler get rid of the threat of local governments?

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SA caused disorder in the local governments, Hitler took control of them

32
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How did Hitler deal with trade unions?

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Smashed up offices, banned them, coordinated 169 of them into the DAF, under Robert Ley

33
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What was the Volksgemeicschaft?

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Hitler’s ideal people’s community

34
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What was included in the Nuremberg Laws, 1935?

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Jews couldn’t be citizens, Aryans and non-Aryans couldn’t be married

35
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One strength of the new constitution in 1949?

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No more Article 48, no Prussia, contructive vote of no confidence

36
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What % of the population in the FRG was Catholic?

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45%

37
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In what way did the CDU and SPD differ in terms of economic policy?

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CDU wanted market economy, SPD wanted more control

38
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What was the Godesberg Programme, 1959?

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SPD agreeing to be in coalitions with CDU

39
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What was the Hallstein Doctrine?

A

FRG not recognising GDR or allies

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