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Key Topic 1: The Weimar Republic, 1918-29 Flashcards

The origins of the Republic, Early challenges to the Weimar Republic (1919-23), The recovery of the Weimar Republic (1924-29), Changes to society (1924-9)

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who was the leader of Germany during ww1

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Define Weimar Republic

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the democratic system of German government 1918-33

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what does republic mean

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a country with no monarch

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name the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles (6 pts)

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German army limited to 100,000
6.6 bill reparation fee
war guilt
no air force/ restricted navy
Rhineland demiliterised
no teaming with austria-hungary

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what was article 231

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the fact that Germany had to accept all blame for the war

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Reich meaning

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Empire

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what did the Kaiser control

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the government, civil service, armed forces, king of Prussia

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how did democracy work when there was a Kaiser

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Reichstag voted on laws that the Kaiser drew up but that was it.

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what did communists want

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no democracy
gain power in revolution
equality
anti-capitalists
workers of the world unite
anti-religion

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what did socialists want (4 pts)

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mixed economy
share wealth
may tolerate some communist business
equality

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liberal democracy wants (5 pts)

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capitalists
level playing field
democracy
freedom
individuality

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what do fascists want (8 pts)

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nationalists
social darwinism
racist
military make the country great
strength and power
one leader
democracy
believe, obey and fight

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Germany WWI stats

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lost 1.8 mill soldiers
4 mill + injured
spent $39 bill

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when did the Kaiser lose control of Germany

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November 1918

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where did the Kaiser abdicate to and when

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Holland, Nov 9th 1918

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when did Germany surrender

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11 am, 11 Nov, 1918

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temporary ceasefire agreed between the allies and Germany on 11th Nov 1918

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armistice

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name all the presidents involved in the Treaty

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Woodrow Wilson- American
Georges Clemenceau- french
David Lloyd-George- english

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what were the 14 points?

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Woodrow Wilson’s plan to create peace that was rejected by the others

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Constitution definition

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rules on how a country should be governed

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define coalition government

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2 political parties working together

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when did the German revolution start?

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Nov 1918

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what did the German revolution involve?

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workers going on strike in the cities (Munich, Stuttgart)
soldiers refuse to control riots (Hanover)

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what was the abbreviation for the centre party?

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ZP

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who became the president and chancellor after the 1919 Reichstag election?
President: Friedrich Ebert Chancellor: Phillip Scheidemann
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what was the abbreviation for the German Democratic Party
DDP
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what were some negatives of the new Weimar system?
if the president was bad they had to stay for 7 years president chose the chancellor and they had a lot of power (article 48)
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what were the positives of the new Weimar system? (2 pts)
it was democratic and both men and women got a vote for the Reichstag and president at 20 years old fair- parties got seated based of off vote percentage
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all the parties
communists- KPD independent socialists-USPD social democratic party-SPD German democratic party-DDP centre party-ZPD people's party-DVP national party-DNVP national socialist German workers party-NSDAP
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when was the Spartacist Uprising?
1919
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when was the Kapp Putsch?
1920
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Spartacist uprising key figures
Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht
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Spartacist uprising motivation and political leaning
Left wing/ Communist wanted a revolution after Ebert sacked the chief of police (Emil Eichhorn)
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Spartacist uprising action and Ebert's response
strike on Berlin, took over newspapers and telegraph offices Ebert organised soldiers into Freikorp groups (250,000 ppl) and turns them on the rioters- the leaders were murdered
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how big of a threat was the Spsrtacist uprising?
not too big but not too small- made an impact but the freikorps immediately outnumbered them and won
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motivation and political leaning of Kapp Putsch
Right wing/ nationalists fear of unemployment because the treaty lost them their jobs
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Kapp Putsch action and Ebert's response
ex soldiers from the freikorps gained control/ marched on Berlin and declared they wanted a new government Ebert orders General Seeckt to fight freikorps and Ebert flees to Stuttgart where he tells the people back in Berlin to strike and not cooperate so the rebellion collapses and he can return to Berlin. Kapp is imprisoned.
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how big of a threat was the Kapp Putsch?
quite a big threat as it caused a huge revolt and Ebert was outnumbered but when they go on strike it makes it harder to revolt meaning it slowly failed
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What was the Ruhr crisis?
when Germany couldn't finish paying the reparation fees by the end of 1922 so 11 Jan 1923 French soldiers went to the Ruhr to force Germany to pay
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what is dolschtoss?
the stab in the back theory that Germans believed that they lost the war because they were betrayed by Jews and socialists in 1918
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who were the November criminals
the politicians who signed the armistice
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how did the Ruhr crisis end?
Gustav Stresseman who was the German Foreign Minister introduces the new currency "Rentenmark" and persuades thre French to leave 25th August 1925
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impacts of Ruhr crisis (7 pts)
passive resistance Germans see this as a Weimar fail Germany lose resources 80% Germany's economy negatively impacted Germans began to kill French soldiers 140 Germans killed in troop clashes more money printed to revive economy but this lead to hyperinflation
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impacts of hyperinflation (5 pts)
peoples life savings wiped out mortgages paid off a lot of worthless money August 1923, Stressemann launches the Rentenmark pensioners suffer
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when did Gustav Stressemann become chancellor?
1923
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How many Marks were 1 Rentenmark?
1000 Billion
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what was the Rentenmark's new name after a year?
Reichmarks
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when was Weimar's golden age
1924-1929
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why did Stresemann call off the passive resistance in the Ruhr?
because it wasn't working as well as he'd hoped and only caused them more economic problems as they weren't producing any materials
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why did some people not like that France had been persuaded to leave?
because people thought Germany showed weakness by giving in to France
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name of the area of land Germany had to give to France as a condition of the TofV
Alsace-Lorraine
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German army commander who believed strongly in the dolschtoss theory and said the army could have fought on for "Germany's honour"
General Lundendorff
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German word for the union between Germany and Austria
Anschluss
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industrial area of Germany that France took control of
the Saar (specific part of the Ruhr)
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evidence for a golden era (6 pts)
women had more freedom small drop in unemployment 2 mill+ new homes built homelessness reduced by 60% help for ill and old more employed women
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evidence against a golden era (4 pts)
bankrupted from hyperinflation high unemployment 1928- almost 84,000 workers seeking employment no unemployment benefits
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how did Stresemann begin to rebuild the economy
Dawes loans- began to receive big loans from the USA
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what does Stresemann achieve in the "Stresemann era"? (6 pts)
politically, Germany calms down less polarisation popularity hyper inflation ends less strikes- happy workers repairing relations with allies
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negatives in the "Stresemann era" (4 pts)
huge dependence on USA unemployment still high wages still not much higher than the cost of living farmers cant modernise equipment
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when was the Dawes plan
1924
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when was the Locarno Pact
1925
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when did Germany join the League of Nations
1926
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when was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
1928
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when was the Young Plan?
1929
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what did the Dawes plan involve
USA loans money to Germany who pays its reparations to France who pays its debts to the USA in a cycle so Germany can ppay all its reparations
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What was the Locarno Pact?
France, Belgium and Germany respect each other's boarders and not invade and Britain would support whichever county got invaded Stresemann won a noble peace prize for this
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what was the League of Nations and why was Germany joining significant?
international organisation to find peaceful solutions to problems. Germany joining was symbolic because it meant that other countries were finally beginning to accept it as a possible ally
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what was the Kellogg-Briand pact and why did some people not like it?
64 nations agreeing not to fight but some people thought this showed Germany's weaknesses
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what was the young plan and why did some Germans still not like it?
reparation fees were reduced from 6.6 to 1.8 billion (20%) and the time frame was extended to 59 years still hated by some Germans who felt they shouldn't have to pay
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what is a pessimistic but accurate summary of what the American loans to Germany created?
an artificial cycle of finance
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the bill of rights allowed all over the age of what to vote?
20
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what was the name of the system whereby the number of seats you got was reflected by the number of votes you had/
proportional representation
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what was the chancellor's job?
to run the government on a day to day basis
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ways women's lives changed in the Golden age
more females in the government freedom to go places without a male chaperone wear makeup had to give up jobs previously done by men
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cultural changes during the golden age
architecture flourished cinema had a golden age cabarets and jazz music literature encouraged from both left and right abstract art intellectuals from Germany winning prizes

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