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Unit 2 - The Weimar Republic: People Flashcards

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Who were the Allies?

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Great Britain - David Lloyd George
France - Georges Clemenceau
Russia - Nicholas II
America - Woodrow Wilson

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Who became the 1st Chancellor of the Weimar Republic?

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Friedrich Ebert, a Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader

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Who signed the armistice on the 11th November 1918?

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Matthias Erzberger

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Who were the ‘November Criminals’?

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The politics who signed the Treaty of Versailles

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Who was the leader of Germany during WW1?

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Kaiser Wilhelm

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What were the two parts of the German Parliament?

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The Reichstag - controlled tax

The Reichsrat - could delay laws

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What were the 2 leadership roles in Germany?

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Chancellor - head of government: ran country

President - head of state: chose Chancellor & could suspend constitution

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Who was appointed Chancellor in September 1923?

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Gustav Stressemann

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What were the two extreme right-wing movements?

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Fascism and Nazism

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What was an extreme left-wing movement?

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Communism

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Who was the communist party in Germany?

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The KPD

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Who were the SPD?

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The social Democratic Party

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Who were the Democratic Party?

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DDP

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Who were the ZP?

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The centre party

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Who were the DVP?

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The people’s party

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Who was the national party?

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The DNVP

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Who were the NSDAP?

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The Nazi party

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Who were the left-wing private army?

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Rotfronkamper (Red Front Fighters)

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Who were the right-wing private army?

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Stahlhelm (Steel Helmets)

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Who were the Sozi force?

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The moderates’ private army

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Who was the Spartacist League?

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An influential left-wing movement who led uprisings during 1918-1919

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Who were the leaders of the Spartacist League?

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Rosa Luxemburg

Karl Liebknecht

23
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What was the name given to demilitarised soldiers who refused to give up their arms?

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Freikorps

24
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Who led the Kapp Putsch in 1920?

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Dr Wolfgang Kapp

25
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Who established the German Workers’ Party (DAP) in 1919?

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Anton Drexler

26
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What did the DAP become on 7th August 1920?

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National Socialist German Workers’ Party / NSDAP / Nazi Party

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Who was in charge of the SA?

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Ernst Röhm

28
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Who was Hermann Goering?

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A wealthy hero of the German Air Force

29
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Who became Hitler’s secretary?

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Rudolf Hess

30
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Who established the Nazi paper, Der Sturmer?

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Julius Streicher

31
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Who was Hitler’s private army?

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The Sturmabteilung (SA) / storm troopers / brownshirts

32
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Who did Hitler believe were the superior race?

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Aryans - pure, strong, athletic Germans

33
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What was established in 1925?

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The Schutzstaffel / SS / Protection Squad

34
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Who ran the SS?

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Julius Schreck & Heinrich Himmler

35
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Who helped with nazi propaganda?

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Dr Joseph Goebbels

36
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Who became President in 1925?

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Hindenburg

37
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Who was Chancellor from 1930 to 1932?

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Heinrich Bruning

38
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Who formed a coalition of right-wing groups in an attempt to remove Chancellor Bruning?

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General Kurt von Schleicher

39
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Who was chosen as the figurehead for the new coalition?

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General Franz von Papen

40
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Who confessed to setting the 1933 Reichstag Fire?

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Marinus van der Lubbe

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Who did Hitler appoint as the Chief of Police?

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Hermann Goering

42
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Who set the Gestapo (the secret police) in 1933?

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Hermann Goering

43
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Who led the Gestapo?

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Reinhard Heydrich

44
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Who was Jesse Owens?

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An African American athlete who won 9 medals in 1936 Berlin Olympics but Hitler refused to present the medals

45
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Who reached a concordat (agreement) in July 1933?

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Pope

46
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Who led the German Christian Movement?

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Ludwig

47
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Who established the Pastors’ Emergency League (PEL)?

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Pastor Martin Niemoller

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What did Hitler set up instead of Trade Unions?

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The DAF (German Labour Front)

49
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What was set up in 1933 to aid employment?

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RAD (National Labour Service)

50
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Who shot Ernst von Rath in Paris in 1938?

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Herschel Grynszpan - Polish Jew

51
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Who led the Communist rising in Munich in 1918?

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Kurt Eisner

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