Quizlet Deck Flashcards

(64 cards)

1
Q

When did Kaiser Wilhelm II become Kaiser?

A

15th June 1888

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

How many people voted SPD in 1914?

A

1 in 3

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What was the effect of the 1917 Turnip Winter?

A

Average calorie intake was halved

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

When was the Spartacist’s Uprising?

A

5th January 1919

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

A

28th June 1919

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What were the terms of the ToV?

A

Article 231: War Guilt, Demilitarisation, Loss of 15% of resources and 13% of land

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

When was the Weimar Republic established?

A

9th November 1918

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Who was killed in the Spartacist’s Uprising?

A

Rosa Luxembourg, Karl Liebknecht, and 100 Communists

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Who started the Kapp Putsch, and when did it begin?

A

Wolfgang Kapp, and March 1920

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Why was the Ruhr occupied?

A

Because Germany couldn’t pay the reparations bill

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What was the effect of Hyperinflation in 1923?

A

Bread rose from being 0.63 marks in 1918 to 201 billion marks in November 1923

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

When did the Munich Putsch happen?

A

9th November 1923

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Who betrayed Hitler?

A

Von Karr, the head of the Bavarian Government

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What did Stresseman do in Nov 1923?

A

Introduced the Rentenmark

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What did he sign in 1924?

A

Dawes Plan

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What did he sign in 1929?

A

Young Plan, lowered reparations bill to £2 billion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What did he sign in 1925?

A

Locarno Pact

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What did he join in 1926?

A

League of Nations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What did he sign in 1928?

A

Kellogg-Briand Pact

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

When did the cultural Golden Age begin?

A

1924

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What was the name of the art movement in Weimar culture?

A

New Objectivity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

How many seats did the Nazis have in 1928?

A

12/441

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

How much did Nazi membership rise to in 1929?

A

178,000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

When was the Wall Street Crash?

A

29th October 1929

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
How many Germans were unemployed in 1932?
6 million
26
How many seats did the Nazis gain in 1933?
288, after promising 'Brot und Arbeit'
27
What was the name of the Nazis' army?
The SA
28
What was the problem with the President?
Hindenburg was old, influenced by army leaders, and could abuse Article 48
29
When was von Papen appointed Chancellor?
2nd June 1932
30
How many seats did the Nazis have in July 1932?
230, making them the largest party, so they passed a vote of no confidence in von Papen
31
What happened in the November 1932 election?
Nazis dropped seats to 196
32
When was von Schleicher appointed Chancellor?
5th December 1932
33
When did he resign?
28th January 1933
34
When was Hitler appointed Chancellor?
30th January 1933
35
When was the Reichstag Fire?
27th February 1933
36
What happened on 28th February 1933?
Only Nazis were allowed to campaign
37
When was the Enabling Act passed?
23rd March 1933
38
When was the Night of the Long Knives?
30th June 1934
39
Who was the leader of the 2 Million strong SA?
Ernst Röhm
40
When was the role of Führer established?
1st August 1934, a day before Hindenburg's death
41
What terms did the role of Führer break?
The Constitution and the Enabling Act
42
What did Schact create?
New Plan (1933-36) which established Public Work Schemes, the National Labour Service (RAD) and reduced unemployment
43
What did Goering pass?
Four Year Plan (1936-1939), which focussed on rearmament, conscription, and preparing for war
44
What was the German Labour Front?
Nazi led worker's group? Ran the Beauty of Labour (SdA) and Strength through Joy (KdF) campaigns
45
When did the Allies begin bombing Germany?
1942
46
How many refugees did Germany have in 1944?
7 million
47
What happened with Jews in April 1933?
A 1 day boycott of Jews
48
When were the Nuremberg Laws passed?
September 1935
49
When was Kristallnacht?
November 9-10, 1938
50
What triggered Kristallnacht?
Polish Jew Grynszpan had assassinated a German minister
51
What happened in July 1933?
Sterilisation Law, 350,000 victims
52
What happened in 1939?
T4 Program, euthanising mentally ill children
53
How many people died in the T4 Program?
6000 children, stopped by 1941
54
How many teachers joined the Nazi Teacher's Alliance?
97%
55
When was the Holocaust decided on?
1942 Wansee Conference
56
How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
6 million
57
What did the Nazis do to control religion?
Joined the Protestant Church to make a Reich Church, signed a concordat with the Catholic Church, and set up their own Sun Church
58
What did the Nazis do to control women?
Encouraged the ideal mother role and set up the Honorary Cross of the German Mother Award
59
How did the Nazis get women back into the workforce?
Introduced a 'duty year' in 1937
60
What youth movements were there?
Hitler Youth and the Band of German Maidens, which were both made compulsory in 1936
61
Who was the leader of the police?
Himmler
62
How many Gestapo were there?
40,000
63
How did Nazis control the judges?
National social league of jurists
64
Who ran the death camps?
SS -Death Heads unit