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What is reichstag?

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The German parliamentary

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what is authoritarian?

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enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom

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what is kaiser?

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the German emperor

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what is trade unions?

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association of workers formed to protect their interest.

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what is chancellor?

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the chief minister

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what is militarism?

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belief that a country should maintain a strong armed force

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what is weltpolitik?

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world policy

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what is SPD?

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social democratic party

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what is naval laws and when where they made?

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The Naval Laws were five separate laws passed by the German Empire, from 1898 to 1918

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what is patriotic?

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supporting and having love for ones country

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what is mutiny?

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rebellion by soldiers or sailors by refusing to follow order

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what is abdicate?

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give up a throne of a country

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what is november criminals?

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nickname given to the German politics who ended the first world war.

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what is spartacus league?

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German communists who tried to start a revolution

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what is free korps?

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right - wing German parliamentary group who put down communist revolutions before trying their own.

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what is putsch?

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attempt to seize power to take control by force.

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what is red rising?

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left - wing voters revolt in the ruhr 1920

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what is reperations?

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payment made by germany to some of the winning nations

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what is diktat?

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name given by many germans who hated the TOV (treaty of versailles)

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what is hyper inflation?

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sudden, dramatic rise in prices

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what is passive resistance?

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protesting by using non - violent acid

22
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when was kaiser abdicated?

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1918

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what is weimar republic?

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germanys government from 1919 to 1933

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what is storm troopers?

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hitlers brown - shirted supporters who were employed

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what is swastika?

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the cooked cross symbol

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what is stresemann?

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german foriegn minister

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what is dawes plan?

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US loans to germany

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what is young plan?

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1929 reperations reduced

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what is proportional representation?

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political system in which the number of politicians for a particular part is in proportion with the number of votes

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what is coalition?

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government made up of different political partys

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