the Wiemar republic

Question 1

when did WW1 start and finish?

Answer 1

started 1914 and ended 1918

Question 2

when did Germany sign the armistice?

Answer 2

November 11th 1918

Question 3

why did Germany loose the war?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

• 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

Question 6

why did the germans want kaiser willhelm do resign?

Answer 6

• to obtain better terms with allies

Question 7

who was kaiser willhelm?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

who were the november criminals?

Answer 8

Ebert and other politicians who negotiated peace

Question 9

what is a republic

Answer 9

a country ruled without a monarch

Question 10

what was the council of people represntatives

Answer 10

a temporary goverment

Question 11

what was the treaty of versailles

Answer 11

it was a peace treaty imposed on germany

Question 12

who came up with the terms of the treaty of versailles

Answer 12

• david loyd george - britian
• georges Clemenceau - france
• Woodrow Wilson - USA

Question 13

was the german government invited to the peace conference

Answer 13

no and they had no say in the treaty of versailles

Question 14

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

Answer 14

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

Question 15

when was the terms of the treaty of Versailles accepted

Answer 15

june 1919

Question 16

what were the terms of the treaty of versailles

5 main things

Answer 16

• 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

Question 17

how dod the treaty of versailles affect the weimer republic

Answer 17

• harmed its popularity
• created ecconmic and political unrest

Question 18

who were blamed for loosing the war

Answer 18

• november criminals
• communists
• jews

Question 19

what was the sparatacists revolut

Answer 19

Januray 1919 communist revolution led by rosa luxembug and karl liebknecht

Question 20

what happend in the sparatacists revolut

Answer 20

• 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

Question 21

are communists left wing or right wing

Answer 21

extreme left

Question 22

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what was the kapp putsch

Answer 22

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

Question 23

what hapenned in the kapp putch

Answer 23

• 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

Question 24

what happend when germany couldnt afford to pay the reperations

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

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

Question 26

what were the consequences of germanys hyperinflation

Answer 26

- currency became worthless - bank savings became worthless - the hardest hit was middle class

Question 27

who was stressman

Answer 27

1923 chancellor of weimer republic

Question 28

what did stressman do to help germanys economic crisis

Answer 28

- 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

Question 29

when did stressman become forgein minister

Answer 29

november 1923

Question 30

what is dawes plan and when was it signed

Answer 30

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

Question 31

what was the locarno pact and when was it signed

Answer 31

october 1925 germany france and belgoum agreed to respect joint borders

Question 32

when was germany allowed to join the league of nations

Answer 32

1926 this meant germany was reastablished as an international power

Question 33

what was the kellogg briand pact and when was t signed

Answer 33

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

Question 34

what was the young plan and when was it signed

Answer 34

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

Question 35

what was the wall street crash

Answer 35

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

Question 36

when did stressman die

Answer 36

october 1929

Question 37

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

Answer 37

- unemployment insurance - workers would pay into scheme and get cash benefits - wages for industrial workers rose - goverment launched hosuing projects

Question 38

even though the living standards imporved for working class in 1920s what problems still remained

Answer 38

- 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

Question 39

give two reasons why there was a high lack of support for democracy 1918-29

Answer 39

- army openly disliked republic - - army had alsot of respect

Question 40

what was article 231 of the treaty of versailles

Answer 40

war guilt clause

Question 41

how many assassinations were there from 1919 to 21

Answer 41

376

Question 42

who are the freikorp

Answer 42

- right wing ex- soilders - they ahte treaty - feel that they never lost WW1

Question 43

why did the kapp putsch happen

Answer 43

freikorps hated weimar republic