WEIMAR AND NAZI GERMANY

Question 1

When did WW1 end?

Answer 1

11th November 1918

Question 2

What was the social impact of WW1 to GERMANY?

Answer 2

-SOLDIERS DIED = psychological impact/ anxiety & anger/ soldiers returning unwilling to believe they lost the war
-RUMOURS & SUSPICIONS = “stab in the back” myth (later used by Hitler): weak politicians who called for peace/ new Jewish political leaders responsible for forcing Germany’s defeat

Question 3

What was the economical impact of WW1 to GERMANY?

Answer 3

-AGRICULTURE = most farmers fought in the war so fields were bare & harvest wasted/ milk production fell by 50%
-BRITISH BLOCKADE = Led to “Turnip Winter” to 1916 to 1917. Due to food being limited, people had to eat exclusively on root vegetables – (Malnourishment)
-DEBT- further increased when having to sign THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES IN 1919 which caused Germany to pay reparations to Victorious Allied Countries

Question 4

What was the Political impact of WW1 to Germany?

Answer 4

-WILHELM ABDICATED ON THE 9TH NOVEMBER 1918 = SPD came into power
-FREIDRICH EBERT CAME INTO POWER because of the unstable nature of the country declaring it to be led as a Republic in coalition with other socialist parties

Question 5

What were examples of the terms for the TREATY OF VERSAILLES 1919?

Answer 5

Territory
Reparations
War guilt
Military restrictions

Question 6

What was article 231 of the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 6

ARTICLE 231: Germany was solely to blame for the outbreak of WW1. Many Germans hated - claimed act of defence.
-Allies needed Germany to accept for reparations to be set. The resentment of 231 would later be manipulated by HITLER!!!

Question 7

What was the Reparations term for the TREATY OF VERSAILLES?

Answer 7

-REPARATIONS were set to £6.6 BILLION POUNDS = failure to pay led to FRANCE occupying the Ruhr in 1923.

Question 8

What was the Military terms for the TREATY OF VERSAILLES?

Answer 8

• Restriction to 100,000 troops / DISBANDED AIR FORCE
  -Navy ships limited to 6 BATTLE SHIPS / no SUBMARINES / 15,000 sailors
  TO CONTROL AND ENFORCE LAW

Question 9

What was the TERRITORY terms for the TREATY OF THE VERSAILLES?

Answer 9

-Germany lost 13% of the land
WHICH INCLUDED
10% of industry
15% of agricultural land
-West Prussia and Posen was given to Poland = place of economic importance because kept the richest raw materials

Question 10

What was article 119 in THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES?

Answer 10

Germany lost its colonies = preventing Germany’s recovery

Question 11

What was the TREATY OF VERSAILLES also known as?

Answer 11

It was also know as DIKTA (it dictated peace)

Question 12

When did GERMANY sign the TREATY OF VERSAILLES?

Answer 12

JUNE 28 1919

Question 13

Why did the SPARTICIST UPRISING OCCOUR?

Answer 13

-inspired by the social revolution in RUSSIA in 1917
-DISLIKE TOWARDS THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC = supporting rich and not the working class (communism wanted)

Question 14

When was the SPARTICIST UPRISING and how did take place?

Answer 14

• 5th January 1919 led by ROSA LUXEMBURG and KARL LIEBKNECT
  -SEIZED CONTROL of a number of Government headquarters (but little planning and support)
  -EBERT stopped them by the FREIKORPS (ex-soldiers from World War I who formed private armies to fight against communists and other enemies of the Weimar Republic)
  -10th of January they regained control back

Question 15

What was one weakness of the government of the government to the opposition during THE SPARTICISTS UPRISING?

Question 16

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