The treaty of vesrailles and germany after ww1

Question 1

when was the treaty of versailles signed

Answer 1

June 28 1919

Question 2

What was some of the terms of the treaty

Answer 2

• Loss of territory
• military power was weakened through the abolition of conscription
• the army was limited to 100 000
• the navy was reduced to 36 ships and no submarines were allowed
• germany was not allowed any aviation military or heavy weapons
• germany had to read at large amounts of money to the allies

Question 3

how much land did germany lose

Answer 3

it lost 13% of its territory

16% of coal production
( 15% of agriculture production)
( 48% of iron production)

Question 4

how many german citizens left overnight

Answer 4

6 million

Question 5

Who was the weimar republic

Answer 5

the government that was created in germany after WW1 founded in a small town of Weimar Republic as there were riots and uprisings

Question 6

Who became new the new chancellor of the weimar republic

Answer 6

Frederich Ebert and announced a democratic government (which lies upon the principal of majority rule and individual rights)

Question 7

The government was met with a string of problems what were they?

Answer 7

• The Treaty
• Many different Political Parties
• Proportional Representation
• Vast emergency powers
• The army that grew into the privelaged elite

Question 8

Summarise the treaty

Answer 8

• harsh and poorly received
• the weimar was blamed
• and it was believed that germany could’ve one so on so forth
• these accusations weakened the government

Question 9

Summarise different political parties

Answer 9

• weakened democracy and caused parliament to divide

- made it less likely for them to take action

Question 10

Summarise Vast emergency powers

Answer 10

• President had all the power and was able to;
• suspend civil liberties
• declare states of emergency
• people became used to living under dictatorial authority

Question 11

Summarise the army as a privileged elite

Answer 11

The army won a vote of confidence saying that even tho they lost the politicians were to blame not the military
- the army became a law unto themselves

Question 12

civil liberties

Answer 12

a persons right to be subject only to laws for the good of humanity

Question 13

Dictatorship

Answer 13

one ruler with total power over country

Question 14

Attempts to overthrow the government

Answer 14

• 2;
• first a communist movement (spartacits) troops suppressed the uprising and both leaders were murdered
• an army group led by wolfgang kapp tried to re-establish monarchy - the uprising was put down by thr teppps but took longer as they were afraid to shoot their own men

Question 15

End of 1922

Answer 15

Germany was unable to pay her reparations to france

- france and belgian troops invaded the Ruhr which led to an economic collapse

Question 16

A successful politician

Answer 16

was Gustave Stesemann and succeeded by negotiating a new system of reparations
- he created hope and everything was improving until 2 hits

Question 17

The two blows were

Answer 17

• The death of stresemann

- and the collapse of the new york stock exchange

Question 18

Hitler used the collapsing economy to his advantage

Answer 18

he made empty promises
and so the 3 chancellors (Bruning Van Papen and Van Schleicher) failed
and in Jan 1933
Von hindenburg elected hitler as the new chancellor which led to the death of the weimar republic

Question 19

Why did the weimar republic fail

Answer 19

• it never overcame it’s early problems of the treaty
• not the suspicions against democracy and the uprising against
• the economic crisis
• the belief that the government was weak
• The rise of Hitler