Impact of the First World War Flashcards
When was the Weimar constitution finalised?
August 1919
What where the benefits of the Weimar constitution
Men and women had the vote at 20
What is proportional representation
The number of seats in parliament a party has was based on the amount of votes they got
What was article 48
Gave power to the president to suspend the constitution
When was the treaty of Versailles signed
June 1919
What were some of the terms of the treaty
Germany lost 13% of its land,48% of its iron forced to pay 6.6 billion
What was article 231
Germany has to accept the blame for starting the war
What where some military terms of the treaty of Versailles
Germanys army wars limited to 100,000 men
What is a diktat
Dictated peace
What does dolchtoss mean
Stabbed in the back
What where the politicians that signed the treaty known as
November criminals
Who led the sparticist league
Rosa Luxembourg,Karl liebknecht
Who put a stop to the spartacist uprising
The freikorps
Who led the kapp putsch
Kapp
What stopped the kapp putsch
Ebert encouraged the people of Berlin to go on strike and the putsch collapsed
What was the Ruhr considered
Industrial heartland of Germany
What happened in January 1923
Germany failed to pay reparations to France and Belgium
Where was the Ruhr situated
Demilitarised zone of the Rhineland
How did Germany respond to German workers going on strike in the Ruhr
Printed more money to pay them a wage
What did the extra money being printed and collapse in production lead to
Hyperinflation
What did hyperinflation do to the average person
Bankrupt them
Who did hyperinflation benefit
Businessman, people with dept, farmers
