Pre hitler germany Flashcards
when was germany formed
1871
what was and what was the influence of prussia
-largest out of the 25 german states, -controlled the army
-had enough seats in the bundustrat to form laws 17/14 needed
- controlled legal and diplomatic areas by noble prussians known as junkers
what was the SPD
the socialist party
why did the SPD gain support
-all men could vote and the workers in industrial areas made the majority in germnay
what was the oposition to the SPD
-it threatened the riches power so the chansellor and the kaiser tried to pass laws reducing and banning the SPD support, but they couldnt pass it
-industrialists needed the workers to be loyal to the gov
what was world politics
expansion of the navy and trade to become a world power
pros of world politics
kaiser wanted garmanys place under the sun so supported
increased sensse of patriotism are peopke were united
won reistag support
cons of world politics
gov majority didnt last
they spent all of their budget on colonies and the army and were hugely in debt
became a huge rival to britain and made other countries angry
impact of ww1 on germany
-income hugely decreased as they had no money, mass poverty
-lots if families had lost their breadwinner
- brittish naval blockade lead to huge deaths from starvation and hypothermia
- the blockade and the war meant getmany couldn’t trade and lost its industries
- German money was losing value and inflation rising
four main impacts of the treaty of versailles
B– blame for war, had to fully take responsibility which angered germans and embarrassed them
R- repartation, had to pay 6.6 billion pounds they didnt have, poverty rises
A- armies limited to 100,000, navy to 15k and no tanks or submarines
T- terretory, they lost 13% of their land and all their colonies
who is friedrich elbert and the november criminals
ebert was the weimars first chancellor who signed the peace treaty two days after the kaiser abdicated, the germans had not anticipated the loss at war so soon and so saw the politicians who gave up as criminals
main basis of the weimar republic
they were a democratic constitution, the % of votes your party got was the number of seats- everyone could vote
there was a chcnacellor who was in charge of daily gov and a president who could take control using article 48 but usually stayed out
Bill of rights guaranteed every citizens could vote freely
cons of the weimar gov
article 48 was unspecific meaning the president could deem anything an emergency in order to get power
becuase germany was so unstable and divided the amount of small radical parties getting seats meant it was hard to find a majority for any laws
all the events that made hyperinflation
when germnay was completely drained after the first repartation they failed t pay for the second, but france didnt believe they were actually broke so they invaded germanies idustrial capital- the Ruhr. This was germanies main source of income so they toldthe worker to perfirm a ‘passive resistence’- if they peacefully refused to comply with the french they would still pay the. france mass expelled workers and slowed business so the money made wasnt enough to pay the workers, so te gov printed more more. but the more money the higher the prices and it kept rising until it was out of control
winners of hyperinflation
people who had loans could now pay it bacm with ease
farmers and physical sellerz products were still in demand
