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1
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when did WW1 start and finish?

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started 1914 and ended 1918

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2
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when did Germany sign the armistice?

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November 11th 1918

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3
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why did Germany loose the war?

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Germany lost the war because she couldn’t supply her troops so she had to surrender

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4
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how many German soldiers died,became permanent disabled and injured.

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2 million died
2.7 million became permanently disabled
4.3 millions were injured

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what were the problems in Germany after the war?
(5 things)

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  • food shortages - allies set up naval blockades (prevented imports of essential goods and food)
  • children orphaned
  • war costed 38 billion which tripled Germany debt
  • price of goods rose
  • industrial output dropped by 40%
  • to fund the war Germany printed more money so there was inflation in the economy
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6
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why did the germans want kaiser willhelm do resign?

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  • to obtain better terms with allies
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who was kaiser willhelm?

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he was the ruling Germany monarch until he was forced to abdicate in 1918.

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8
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who were the november criminals?

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Ebert and other politicians who negotiated peace

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9
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what is a republic

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a country ruled without a monarch

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10
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what was the council of people represntatives

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a temporary goverment

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what was the treaty of versailles

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it was a peace treaty imposed on germany

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who came up with the terms of the treaty of versailles

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  • david loyd george - britian
  • georges Clemenceau - france
  • Woodrow Wilson - USA
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13
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was the german government invited to the peace conference

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no and they had no say in the treaty of versailles

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14
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why did Germany have no choice but to sign the treaty of Versailles

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Germany was too weak to risk restating conflict so they have to accept

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when was the terms of the treaty of Versailles accepted

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june 1919

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16
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what were the terms of the treaty of versailles

5 main things

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  • had to take blame for cause of war - war guilt
  • army reduced to 100,000 men
  • no aircraft,submarines only 6 warships
  • forced to pay 660 mllion in reparations
  • lost its empire
  • banned from rhine land
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17
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how dod the treaty of versailles affect the weimer republic

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  • harmed its popularity
  • created ecconmic and political unrest
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18
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who were blamed for loosing the war

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  • november criminals
  • communists
  • jews
19
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what was the sparatacists revolut

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Januray 1919 communist revolution led by rosa luxembug and karl liebknecht

20
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what happend in the sparatacists revolut

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  • tried to take over berlin
  • took control of important buildings like newpaper head quaters
  • 50,000 workers went on strike
  • erbert asked for help from freikorps to stop rebellion - violence
21
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are communists left wing or right wing

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extreme left

22
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what was the kapp putsch

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in march 1920 a revolt by the freikorps led by wolfgang kapp

23
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what hapenned in the kapp putch

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  • wanted to create right wing goverment
  • marched into berlin to overthrow weimer regime
  • german workers opposed the putch so the kapp was forced to give up
24
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what happend when germany couldnt afford to pay the reperations

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france and belgium deciced to take germanys rescources and occupied the ruhr - gave them access to coal and iron reserves

25
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what did rhur workers do in retaliation of france occupin gthe rhur and why was the an issue

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the went on strike and the german goverment supported this strike by paying the workers more money by printing more money.
this plunged the econmoy into hyperinflation

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what were the consequences of germanys hyperinflation

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  • currency became worthless
  • bank savings became worthless
  • the hardest hit was middle class
27
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who was stressman

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1923 chancellor of weimer republic

28
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what did stressman do to help germanys economic crisis

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  • ended the strike to realse tension between france and germany
  • introduced rentenmark to stabilise currency
  • introduced great coaliation - made decisions in parliment to be quicker
29
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when did stressman become forgein minister

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november 1923

30
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what is dawes plan and when was it signed

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1924
secured frances and belgoums withdrawl from the rhur and agreed on mor realistic payment dates of reperations
america also lent germany 40 million to pay off other debts

31
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what was the locarno pact and when was it signed

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october 1925
germany france and belgoum agreed to respect joint borders

32
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when was germany allowed to join the league of nations

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1926
this meant germany was reastablished as an international power

33
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what was the kellogg briand pact and when was t signed

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1928
signed by germany and 65 other countries
promsied to not to use violence to settle disputes

34
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what was the young plan and when was it signed

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1929
allies agreed to reduce reparations to a quater of orginal amounts and germany was given 59 years to pay

35
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what was the wall street crash

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a massive stock market crash in the USA which started a massive global econmic depression

36
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when did stressman die

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october 1929

37
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how did living standards improve for teh working class in the 1920s

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  • unemployment insurance - workers would pay into scheme and get cash benefits
  • wages for industrial workers rose
  • goverment launched hosuing projects
38
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even though the living standards imporved for working class in 1920s what problems still remained

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  • high standards of living could only be maintained with a strong economy and germanys was fragile
  • the middle class couldnt access the welfare benefits for the working class
39
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give two reasons why there was a high lack of support for democracy 1918-29

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  • army openly disliked republic
    • army had alsot of respect
40
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what was article 231 of the treaty of versailles

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war guilt clause

41
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how many assassinations were there from 1919 to 21

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376

42
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who are the freikorp

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  • right wing ex- soilders
  • they ahte treaty
  • feel that they never lost WW1
43
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why did the kapp putsch happen

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freikorps hated weimar republic

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