Weimar 1918-1933 dates Flashcards

1
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Formation of the Weimar constitution

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November 1918

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2
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Ebert-Groener Pact ensures support from the army for the Weimar system

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November 1918

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3
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Founding of the Bauhaus movement by Walter Gropius

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1919

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4
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Introduction of agitprop art (art which has a political message) which included artists such as Bertolt Brecht

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1919

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5
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Spartacist Revolt headed by Luxembourg and Liebknecht

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5-15 January 1919

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6
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First Weimar election. The SPD get 37.9% of the vote

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19 January 1919

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7
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Red Bavaria uprising

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April-May 1919

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8
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Treaty of Versailles settlement

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May 1919

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9
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Hindenburg calls the Treaty of Versailles a ‘Diktat’ and dubs the new government the ‘November Criminals’ in front of a National Assembly

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November 1919

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10
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Formation of the SA, the NSDAP paramilitary group

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1920

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11
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Kapp Putsch in Berlin

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March 1920

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12
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Collapse in food prices as a result of a lack of rural protection from foreign capital

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1922

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13
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Ruhr Crisis

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January 1923

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14
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Hyperinflation

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1923

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15
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Streseman and government in power. Streseman becomes chancellor and then foreign minister in the same year

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August-November 1923

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16
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Munich Putsch

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8-9 November 1923

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17
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The NSDAP win 3.0% of the vote in the election of this year

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December 1924

18
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The NSDAP change their structure including the introduction of a centralised bureaucracy as well as local Gauleiter

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1924

19
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Dawes Plan

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August 1924

20
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Hindenburg elected president with 48.3% of the vote

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March 1925

21
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In this year the SPD begin a noticeable shift to the left, rejecting viable and stable coalitions due to their potential for perpetuating a bourgeois image

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1925

22
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The Locarno treaties which included a French-German non-aggression pact

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December 1925

23
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Germany enter the League of Nations

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1926

24
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The Marx government fails and has to reform in response to faltering SPD support. This government had previously taken over from a Luther minority government.

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1926-1927

25
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Sickness Insurance Law

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1927

26
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The DNVP shift to the right in response to the publishing of the Lambach papers

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1928

27
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Ruhr iron works locks out 210,000 workers in response to trade union success in raising wages

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1928

28
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Collapse of the grand coalition following a falling out regarding unemployment benefits

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February 1929

29
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Young Plan

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1929

30
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Reich committee for a referendum to oppose the Young Plan is formed, with its leadership including Hitler

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1929

31
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Wall Street Crash

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October 1929

32
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The NSDAP vote rises to 18.3% in this year’s election

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September 1930

33
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5 major German banks close as a result of the depression, and this in turn causes the loss of 20,000 middle class businesses

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1931

34
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Presidential election sees Hindenburg win, though rivaled by Hitler

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March/April 1932

35
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The NSDAP become the largest party in the Reichstag with 37.3% of the vote

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July 1932

36
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Article 48 is used 66 times in this year, compared to just 5 times in 1930

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1932

37
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Von Papen made chancellor, taking over from Bruning

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July 1932

38
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Von Papen legalises the SA to respond to the socialist government in Prussia

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1932

39
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Von Schleicher made chancellor after Hindenburg sacked Von Papen

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December 1932

40
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The NSDAP votes to 33.1% of the votes in this election, though remain the largest party in the Reichstag

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November 1932

41
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Hitler is appointed chancellor

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January 1933