Topic 1: The Impact Of World War One Flashcards
On which year did WW1 end ?
1918
What was article 48 ?
President could suspend the constitution in an emergency and could make new rules without the support of the Reichstag
What was the Reichstag ?
A place were laws were made
Who could vote ?
Me and women over 20
Strengths of the Reichstag ?
Democracy
Proportional representation
What was proportional representation ?
Number of seats a party got in the Reichstag was dependent on how many votes they got
Weaknesses of article 48 ?
Proportional representation
Article 48
{Gave power to the president in a state of emergency}
What were the terms of the treaty of Versailles ?
Lost 13% of land
Lost 48% of iron production
6 million citizens absorbed into other countries
Article 231- guilt cause- had to accept blame for the cause of the war
Had to pay compensation for damage
Denied entry of League of Nations
What does the German word DOLCHSTOSS mean ?
Stabbed in the back
Why did the army feel that they were stabbed in the back by the politician ?
Because they signed the armistice
What 3 main party’s hated Weimar ?
Communists
Socialists
Nationalists
Which 2 people led the spartacist league ?
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
The spartacists formed which German party ?
German communist party
What were freikorps ?
Demobilised soldiers who refused to give up weapons and uniforms
Who was the first chancellor of the Weimar Republic ?
Ebert
What year and month did the sparticists attempt to overthrow Weimar ?
January 1919
Did the sparticist attempt of overthrowing Weimar fail or succeed ?
Fail {liebernacht and Luxembourg were both captured and killed}
We’re the sparticists left or right wing ?
Left wing
Why did the Kapp Putsch collapse ?
Because of little support
What was the reparations figure ?
£6,600 million
Why did german currency start to rapidly fall ?
Because they printed more money
What did France do because no reparations were paid ?
Sent troops into Ruhr [germanys main industrial area] and Ruhr was In Rhineland were no troops were operated so they were not stopped
What did France and Belgium take from germany because no reparations were being made ?
Goods from Ruhr
How did Germany resist France and Belgium from taking goods from Ruhr ?
Many workers went on strike
What turned inflation into hyperinflation ?
Extra strike money
Collapse in production
In nov 1923 what was the German currency worth compared to the pound ?
£1= 1,680,800,000,000,000 marks
People with savings or fixed income were left …
Penniless
Who benefited from inflation ?
Businessmen who borrowed money from banks could pay of debts
Food shortages, farmers benefited from demand
Foreigners who were in Germany
Who became the new chancellor in 1923 ?
Gustav Stressemann
