history weimer and nazi germany Flashcards
what nickname did hitler give the people that signed the ToV?
november criminals
who wanted to punish germany the most (after ww1) and why?
france, because a high majority of battles were fought thrre, and wanted the reperations to fix their land
what is the weimar constititution?
president
chancellor
riechstag
reichstrat
local governments
all german people over the age of 20
what is a coalition government?
when parties work together beacsue they are in fear
of war
is the right wing and left wing demorcratic or a dichtatorship?
dictatorship
how much did germany have to pay in reparations after there loss?
£6.6 million
what does NOP stand for?
nature origin and purpose
who where the leaders of the sparticist uprise?
karl liebkenct and rosa luxemburg
who was the leader of the kapp putsch?
Dr wolfgang kapp
what where the millitary terms in the treaty of versailles?
navy was limited too-6 battle ships, 6 cruisers
no airforce was aloud
army limited to 100,000 men
what year did ww1 end?
1918
who was the first ever president of the weimar republic?
friedrich ebert
what was the name of the left-wing uprising?
spartisist uprising
who wsa gustave stressemann?
the foreign secutary of weimar germany
name three countrys who germany returned land to as part of the treaty?
france belgium and poland
give two reasons why germany suffered from hyperinflation in 1923?
workers on strike
reperations of the ToV
what year , and in which city, was the kapp putsch?
1920s berlin
what is the rentenmark?
what problems did it solve?
where germanys happy or unhappy about it?
what problems might rise in the future?
new currency issued to replace worthless money in 1923
it stopped hyperinflation and stablaised currency
most where happy they had proper monay again
not based on gold based on property values which could flactuate
what is the dawes plan?
what problems did it solve?
where germans happy or unhappy about this?
what porblems could this cause?
in august 1924 an agreement that germany payed 1 billion reperations and over 4 years it became 2.5billion and the US would send loans to germany
solved some of germanys economic issues
happu bevause it payed off debt
germany had to pay loans in the future
what was the young plan?
what problems did it solve?
where germanys happy with it?
what problems might it cause in the future?
us banker Ernan Young came up with a new payment plan reperations went down from 6.6 billion to 1.8 billion and germany would pay 2.05 million per year until 1988
meant germany had to pay less in reperatons so it was better for the econamy
it was mostly succsefull but adolf hitler didnt like it and critisised it
far right and far left could cause the governmant to change meaning the loan agreements could change
in what year did all women over the age of 20 get the right to vote?
1919
in 1928 how much did germans wages go up making germany the highest inome country in europe?
12%
three ways to judge standard of living are…
- income-wages
- profession
- education
evidence that suggests wiemar germany recovered during 1924-29
- gender equality
- wages increased by 12%
- art,theatre and cinema was introduced to the culture
- new currency - retenmark
- industrail production rises (1926-29)
