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Kaiser Wilhelm Factual Recall (Germany) Flashcards

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1
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Germany united in which year?

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1871

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Most powerful state in Germany?

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Prussia

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What could the Kaiser do?

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Could make all the military and foreign policy decisions and could ignore advice from the Chancellor

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What could the Chancellor do?

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They could officer advice to the Kaiser and was the “chief minister”

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5
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What where the Bundesrat?

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They were representatives from each state

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What were the Reichstag?

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They were a parliament elected by men over 25 which could debate laws drawn up by the Kaiser

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Give 2 things that could show Germany was successful at this time.

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-Building and empire
-Industrialising and double production of iron and coal
-Became 2nd largest economy in the world

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8
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What does Weltpolitik mean?

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World Politics and becoming a world power and building an empire

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9
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Give 2 groups that did not like Wilhelm II in Germany.

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-Communist
-SDP
-Trade Unions

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10
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What was the result of the Naval laws?

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Between1898 and 1912 huge amounts of money were spent on expanding the navy

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Why did the Kaiser want a large navy?

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To protect the county and the empire

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How was the navy paid for?

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Tax and borrowing which left them in debt

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How did Germans react to the outbreak of World War One?

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They were very enthusiastic about the war

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What was the economic impact of the war on Germany?

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Owed vast amounts of money that it had borrowed to pay for the war

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What was the political impact of the war on Germany?

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Mutiny and revolution all over Germany. Many felt betrayed by the government.

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What was the social impact of the war on Germany?

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Some factory owners made a fortune while workers had restrictions on their wages. Many woman worked.

17
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What happened to the Kaiser at the end of the war?

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He abdicated (resigned) and left the country

18
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What was the Weimar Republic?

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A new democratic Germany with no monarch and in which those over the age of 21 could vote

19
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The name of the first President of the Republic who was from the SDP.

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Friedrich Ebert

20
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What is a constitution?

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A legal agreement about how a country should be run. A set of rules and responsibilities.

21
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What is meant by proportional representation?

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One person/One vote.

Parties allocated seats based on % of votes received. Lots of different parties were able to win some seats in the Reichstag but it was hard for one party to win a majority of seats and form a government.

22
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What was Article 48?

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Article 48 was the part of the Weimar Constitution which enabled the president to take emergency powers if he believed there was a crisis

23
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What and when was the Sparticist uprising?

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January 1919- An uprising of communists, led by Rosa Luxenbourg, which aimed to overthrow the new Weimar Republic

24
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Treaty of Versailles- what were the military terms?

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Massive reduction in size of army, no tanks or aircraft or submarines

25
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Treaty of Versailles- what were the financial terms?

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Pat £6.6 billion in reparations

26
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Treaty of Versailles- What were the terms in relation to land?

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Loss of land to France (Alsace Lorraine) , loss of Empire and no Anschluss with Austria

27
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Explain what it is meant by the stab in back myth.

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Belief of many Germans that they had been sold out by the politicians who had signed the peace treaty and that they didn’t really lost the war

28
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Who were the Freikorps?

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Ex-soldiers who wanted to overthrow the Weimar Republic and bring back a monarchy

29
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What was the French reaction to the Germans failing to pay reparations in 1923?

A

They occupied the industrial area of the Ruhr

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