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How much were the reparations that Germany had to pay?
£6,600 million
What was the treaty of Versailles?
The treaty at the end of WW1
What does ‘diktat’ mean?
The treaty was dictated to them
What size was the German army allowed to be after the treaty?
100,000 men
What happened to West Prussia in the treaty?
Given to Poland
Who became known as the ‘November Criminals’?
The politicians who signed the treaty of Versailles
Why was the new Government of Germany called the Weimar Republic?
It was created in the town of Weimar because Berlin was too dangerous
Who was the first president of Weimar Germany?
Ebert
What was the name of the main House of Parliament?
Reichstag
What was the title of the person who ran Germany on a day-to-day basis?
Chancellor
What was article 48?
Gave the President power in an emergency to rule by decree
Which voting system meant that many small particles got seats in parliament?
Proportional representation
Why did the French occupy the Ruhr in 1923?
Germany stopped paying reparations
What did the Weimar government do to bring about hyperinflation
Print more money
Were the Sparticists right wing or left wing?
Left wing
Who did the Weimar government ask for help to stop the Sparticists?
The Freikorps
Were the supporters of the Kapp Putsch right-wing or left-wing?
Right wing
Who did the government ask for help to stop the Kapp Putsch?
They asked the workers to go on strike
Which chancellor helped Germany to recover from hyperinflation?
Stresemann
What were the two key points of the Dawes plan?
Reduced annual reparations payments and got US banks to invest in Gemany
How did the Young plan help Germany?
Reduced reparations further
Allowed lower taxes and boosted German economy
What was the name of the Pact in 1925 which saw Germany beginning to be treated as an equal internationally?
The Locarno pact
What did the Kellogg-Briand pact promise?
States promised not to use war to achieve their aims
Give on way that the 1929 Great Depression affected German industry
German and American banks stopped and recalled loans leading to companies collapsing
