Interwar Germany Flashcards

1
Q

After WW1, Germany was punished by…

A

The Treaty of Versailles

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Name the 7 terms of the Treaty of Versailles

A

Germany had to accept blame, pay reparations to countries, had land taken from them, were stripped of their overseas colonies, had a limited army size, a limited navy size, and limited aircraft

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Define Reparations

A

Compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Define Communism

A

All property is owned by the community and each person contributes according to their ability or needs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

How much exactly did Germany have to pay in reparations?

A

£6.6 billion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

The Treaty of Versailles agreed Germany could only have how many troops in the army?

A

10,000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What was wrong with the Weimar Republic’s political position?

A

Hard to pass laws, german states had too much power and ignored government, extremist groups were not quashed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Every… years there was an election in Weimar Germany

A

4

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

For every seat a party got…

A

they had the same percentage of people in parliament

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Name 2 extremist groups that threatened the Weimar government

A

Spartacists and German Workers party

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Who lead the German Workers Party?

A

Adolf Hitler

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What were the spartacists political views?

A

They were an extreme communist party

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What was the aim of the German Workers Party?

A

To restore the dictatorial rule of the kaiser

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

When was the Young Plan introduced?

A

1929

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What was the Young Plan?

A

An agreement with America in which they would help Germany pay their reparations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Name 3 positives of Weimar Germany.

A

New Housing, Growing LGBTQ movement, New Schools and Tuition Schemes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Name 5 beliefs of the Nazi Party.

A

Nationalism, Racism, Antisemitism, Expansion of Germany’s borders, Dictatorial

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

How did the Nazis win people over to their cause?

A

Used people’s anger at unemployment to change ideals, Organised support for the unemployment, Had clear propaganda and messaging

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What could Weimar Germany have done to prevent Nazi rule(at least 4 things)?

A

Arrest brownshirts, show more opposition to the Nazis, show more decisive action, given Hitler a harsher sentence for the Munich Putsch

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Where was Adolf Hitler born?

A

Brauna an Imm, Austria

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

When did Hitler become Chancellor?

A

1933

22
Q

When did Hitler become “supreme ruler”?

A

1934

23
Q

In what year was membership of Nazi youth groups made compulsory?

A

1939

24
Q

Define Eugenics

A

A pseudo-science where particular characteristics can be eliminated, or bred, into race

25
Q

Define Indoctrination

A

The process of teaching people a set of beliefs so they were accepted without permission

26
Q

How did the Nazis use education to indoctrinate young people?

A

Schools were nazified, with students having lessons in nazi theory and separate schools being used for Jews

27
Q

What were boys taught to be in these youth groups?

A

Political Soldiers

28
Q

What were girls taught to be in these youth groups?

A

Wifes and Mothers

29
Q

Name 3 things young people enjoyed about Nazi youth groups.

A

Played sport, gave them importance, summer camps provided a holiday

30
Q

Name 3 groups of people who resisted Nazi Germany’s indoctrination of young people?

A

Edelweiss pirates, parents, communists

31
Q

What did Hitler believe the main purpose of women was?

A

To bear children

32
Q

Why might a schoolgirl have 5 hours of sport a day in their timetable?

A

They were fit, healthy and desirable to men

33
Q

True or False: Hitler believed men had higher staus than women

A

False

34
Q

True or False: Hitler believed men and women had separate spheres

A

True

35
Q

What does the eagle symbolise?

A

Power, Strength, Protection

36
Q

What did Hitler use propaganda to achieve(3 things)?

A

Support for his antisemitic beliefs, success in the polls, population growth of Nazi Germany

37
Q

Name 3 issues with Hitler’s views on women.

A

Were told to be housewives then called to do work in WW2, more starvation as women were pushed to have more children than they could afford, women couldn’t fetch money

38
Q

Define Extremism

A

The holding of extreme poloitical or religious views

39
Q

Define Colonies

A

A country under the political control of another country

40
Q

Why was Hitler able to establish a dictatorship?

A

Anger at communists, promised to fix problems, enabling act, great orator, dissolved reichstag

41
Q

Define Incentive

A

When you offer someone something

42
Q

What incentives did Nazi Germany offer citizens(5 things)?

A

Money, Cars, Cruises, Holidays, Mother’s Cross, Chance to sit in on Nazi meetings, Land, A scapegoat

43
Q

Who were the Gestapo?

A

Secret State Police, feared widely

44
Q

What is another term for the SA?

A

Brownshirts

45
Q

Summarize “The Night of the Long Knives”

A

Important leaders in the SA were murdered as Hitler thought they were threats to his power

46
Q

Summarize “Krystallnacht”

A

SS men destroyed Jewish industries and sent 20,000 to concentration camps

47
Q

How did the 1936 Olympics both help and hinder the Nazis cause?

A

Germany won, Black athletes such as Jesse Owens shone and fought against racist and antisemitic ideals and the belief of “Social Darwinism”

48
Q

Whose permission was required to publish a book in Nazi Germany?

A

Joseph Goebbels

49
Q

Who were the SS?

A

Hitler’s Police Force

50
Q

What else did Goebbels control?

A

Newspapers, Pro-nazi rallies, what music and art was allowed