Key dates Flashcards

1
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Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes Emperor of Germany

A

1888

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2
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Naval race: Germany begins to expand its navy to compete with Britain’s navy

A

1898

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3
Q

WW1 begins

A

1914

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4
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Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates

A

1918

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5
Q

WW1 ends

A

1918

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6
Q

Spartacus League revolt

A

1919

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7
Q

Treaty of Versailles is signed

A

1919

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8
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Weimar constitution is established

A

1919

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9
Q

American jazz music comes to Germany

A

1920

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10
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Founding of the Nazi Party

A

1920

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11
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Kapp Putsch

A

1920

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12
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Foundation of the Hitler Youth

A

1922

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13
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French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr

A

1923

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14
Q

Hyperinflation crisis

A

1923

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15
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Munich Putsch

A

1923

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16
Q

Stresemann becomes Foreign Minister

A

1924

17
Q

Dawes Plan: US loans money to Germany

A

1924

18
Q

Hindenburg becomes president

A

1925

19
Q

Germany joins League of Nations

A

1926

20
Q

Young Plan is proposed

A

1929

21
Q

Wall Street Crash, leading to the Great Depression

A

1929

22
Q

The Depression takes hold in Germany

A

1930

23
Q

Hitler is named Chancellor

A

1933

24
Q

Hindenburg dies and Hitler becomes Germany’s dictator

A

1934

25
Q

Night of the Long Knives

A

1934

26
Q

Summer Olympics held in Berlin

A

1936

27
Q

Volkswagen car company is founded

A

1937

28
Q

Kristallnacht: Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues attacked

A

1938

29
Q

Germany invades Poland, WW2 begins

A

1939

30
Q

Wannsee conference: plan created for extermination of Europe’s Jews

A

1942

31
Q

Death camps are set up in German-occupied areas

A

1942

32
Q

Hitler commits suicide

A

1945

33
Q

Surrender of Germany to Allies in WW2

A

1945

34
Q

Red Rising in the Ruhr

A

1920