life in nazi germany: how did hilter and the nazi party rise to significance? Flashcards
when was the weimar republic created?
1918.
what structure did the weimar republic have?
democracy.
what did the weimar republics democracy have?
president.
chancellor.
elected parilament.
article 48.
when was the treaty of versailles?
1919.
in 1919 what were the germans forced to take the blame for and what did they loose?
blame for the first world war.
£6.6 billion.
loose areas of their land and their armed forces.
when was the spartacist uprising?
1919.
who were the spartacists and what was their goal?
communists.
overthrow the new weimar government.
who were the spartacists put down by and who were they?
freikorps.
ex army employed by the government.
when was the kapp putsch?
1920.
what was the kapp putsch, who were they led by and what were the consequences?
freikops led by wolfgang kapp tries to overthrow the weimar government.
governemtn in repsonse tells people to go on strike which fails.
when did gustav stresemann become the new chancellor of germany?
1923.
what did gustav stresemann end and why?
passive resistance in the ruhr to stabilise the economy.
what did gustav stresemann introduce and what was the result?
new currency to sort out hyperinflation.
german economy begins to improve.
when was the munich putsch?
1923.
who was the munich putsch a fail for what was its intended goal and what were the consequences?
hitler.
tried to take control of the governemnt.
fails and sentenced to 5 years in prision but is released after 9 months.
when was the hyperinflation crisis?
1923.
what caused the hyperinflation crisis and what did the governemnt try to do which hightend it?
germany tells their workers to go on strike in the ruhr but they continue paying them.
germany prints more money menaing the value goes down and money becomes worthless.
when was the invasion of the ruhr?
1923.
what was the invasion of the ruhr caused by, who invaded it and why?
germany couldn’t afford to pay the reparations imposed by the treaty of versailles.
french and belgium invade an industrial area (ruhr) to take goods to the amount of payment.
when were the golden years?
1924.
what were the golden years?
weimar culture starts to see radical changes in the cinema,a rts and theatre in germany. culture starts to become liberated.
when was the wall street crash?
1929.
what was the wall street crash, were did it happen and where did it affect/ what was the affect?
amercias economy collapses.
america had loaned money to germany and had to recall all of their loans- germany couln’t affoard to pay them off.
