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1
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What was the post world war one government in Germany called?

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The Weimar republic

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What is a constitution?

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A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organisation is governed.

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Who was at the top of the Weimar hierarchy?

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The president

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Who was the chancellor?

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Someone appointed from the Reichstag by the president (had to be approved by the Reichstag)

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What was the Reichstag?

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The government and parliament equivelant

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What was proportional voting?

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Where everyones vote counted proportionally for seats in the Reichstag

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What was article 48?

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Emergency powers that allow the president to make laws without going through the Reichstag

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When was the Weimar constitution approved by the national assembly?

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July 1919

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9
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What was a key weakness of the Weimar constitution?

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Article 48

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10
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What was the stab in the back myth?

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The german people felt that they had been stabbed in the back by the new government as they had signed the armistice and given in to other countries

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11
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When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

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June 1919

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12
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What major political figures were present?

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Lloyd George (UK PM)
Woodrow Wilson (USA Pres)
Georges Clemenceau (France PM)
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What were the main political threats to the Weimar republic?

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Communists (Far left)
Social democrats (centre-left)
Nationalists (right/far right)

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14
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What was the Spartacist uprising?

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A communist uprising

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15
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When was the spartacist uprising?

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1919

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16
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How many were involved in the spartacist uprising?

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5,000

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17
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What stopped the spartacist uprising seizing power?

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Being crushed by the Freikorps and their leaders being killed (Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg)

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18
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What was the red rising?

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A communist uprising

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19
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When was the red rising?

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1920

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20
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How many were involved in the red rising?

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50,000

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21
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What did the spartacist uprising achieve?

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Control of the media

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22
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What stopped the red rising seizing power?

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Being crushed by the Freikorps

23
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What did the red rising achieve?

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control of the Ruhr valley (industrial heartland)

24
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What was the Kapp Putsch?

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A Freikorp uprising (Freikorp had been disbanded and they were not happy)

25
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When was the Kapp putsch?

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1920

26
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How many were involved in the kapp putsch?

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12,000

27
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What did the kapp putsch achieve?

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control of the government

28
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Why did the kapp establishment lose power?

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no support from the people, government ordered a general strike and crippled kapp establishment

29
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What happened as a result of Kapp losing power?

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Wolfgang kapp and other high rankers fled after 4 days

30
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What was the Munich putsch?

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Nazi+Hitler+Ludendorf led uprising

31
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Who was Ludendorf?

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German WW1 hero, a puppet face of the uprising

32
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How many were involved in the munich putsch?

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55,000 + private nazi army-SA

33
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What did the munich putsch do to attempt to gain power?

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Burst in on officials and forced (need name) to pledge loyalty to nazis

34
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What stopped the Nazis seizing power?

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Hitler fled

(need name) turned on the nazis and didn’t stay faithful

35
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What happened to Hitler as a result of the Putsch?

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Sentenced to 5 years in prison

36
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how long did hitler serve in prison?

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9 months

37
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What did hitler do whilst he was in prison?

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Wrote his book, Mein Kampf.

38
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What does Mein Kampf mean?

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My struggle

39
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What did hitler talk about in his book?

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not a lot really, it was simply a massive rant with some anti semitism thrown in.

40
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Who was Gustav Streseman?

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The saviour of of post WW1 germany

41
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What did Stresemann do for Germany?

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Dawes Plan
New currency
Young plan
Locarno Pact
League of Nations
42
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What was the Wall Street Crash

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October 1929, share prices began to fall on the Wall Street Stock exchange. This meant that stock brokers lost their money.

43
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What was the cause of the Wall Street Crash

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Minor fluctuation on stock prices, worried about losing their money Stock brokers rushed to sell their shares before the value fell any further. The Panic selling made things worse and sent prices even lower.

44
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What was Black Thursday

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24 October 1929, was when 13 million shares were sold

45
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What effects did the Wall Street have on Germany

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  • 40% of all factory workers (social)
  • The government cut unemployment benefit to savemoney (Economic)
  • The Weimar Government was proven to be too weak to deal with a crisis (Political)
  • Loans were recalled from U.S
46
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What was the Dawes plan?

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Extended the time to pay back raparations, lowered reparations and loans from US

47
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What was the new currency?

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The Rentenmark

48
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What was the Young plan?

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Even more time to pay back money ($$$$$)

49
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What was the Locarno pact?

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A bunch of treaties recognising borders in European countries

50
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What does Germany joining the LON symbolise?

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They’ve come off the naughty step and can now play with the other big countries

51
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When was the Dawes plan introduced?

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1924

52
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When was the Rentenmark introduced?

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1923

53
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When did Germany Sign the Locarno pact?

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1925

54
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When did Germany join the LON?

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1926

History (Alistair Mitchell) (4 decks)

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