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Weimar and Nazi Germany: 1918-1923 Flashcards

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what did clause 231 state?

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germany had to accept the blame for WW1 and pay compensation the victorious nations

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how many marks did germany have to pay in reparations?

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136 million

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how many men could germany have in their army?

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100,000

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what else could germany no longer have?

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an air force

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5
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how many colonies did germany lose?

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all 11

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what does dolschstoss mean?

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the belief that the german public had been stabbed in the back by weimar politicians as they didn’t believe that the german army had been defeated

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why did the germans call the TOV a diktat?

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it was a dictated peace without negotiation- they weren’t allowed to be part of the TOV conference

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the spartacists were an extremist group of what?

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communists

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why were germans already rebelling before the spartacist uprising occurred?

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ebert had recently sacked a berlin police chief-emil eichorn

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who was in charge of the spartacists?

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rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht

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when did luxemburg and liebknecht call for a strike?

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6th jan 1919

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why did the revolt occur?

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luxemburg and liebknecht saw the current uprisings as a chance to undermine the government

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why did the spartacists revolt fail?

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ebert turned the freikorps against the rebels and by 13th jan, they were thrown off the streets

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who were the freikorps?

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ex army soldiers

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what happened to luxemburg and liebknecht?

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they were arrested and executed

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16
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the kapp putsch was an extremist group of what?

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nationalists

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17
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why did the freikorps turn again the government?

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they were due to be disbanded in march 1920 so feared unemployment

18
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how many men marched on berlin during the kapp putsch?

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5000

19
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who was wolfgang kapp?

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a nationalist politician

20
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what did the government do when they heard of the protests?

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they fled in fear

21
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what did the government do whilst they had fled?

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called a general strike

22
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why did the kapp putsch fail?

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people refused to co-operate with kapp

23
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when was the invasion of the ruhr?

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1923

24
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why did france invade the ruhr?

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germany could no longer afford to pay for the reparations they owed

25
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what did the french do?

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confiscated raw materials and machinery

26
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how many germans were killed?

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over 100

27
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how many german workers were thrown out of their homes?

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150,000

28
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how did the government react to the invasion?

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the called for a strike

29
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why was calling for a strike a bad idea?

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it lead to the economy suffering because factories were no longer producing goods

30
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what was hyperinflation?

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the process by which money became worthless

31
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how was hyperinflation caused?

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the government decided to print more money due to the strike negatively impacting the economy

32
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how was a vicious circle created?

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the more the prices rose, the more money that had to be printed off, leading to the prices rising even further

33
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who was the worst effected by hyperinflation?

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those with savings or pensions

34
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who benefited from hyperinflation?

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those with loans or in debt

35
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why did hitler chose 1923 for his putsch?

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there was anger and opposition towards the government due to hyperinflation

36
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who did hitler plot with?

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kahr and lossow

37
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what did hitler do when kahr and lossow backed down?

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he stormed the munich beer hall and forced them to rebel at gunpoint

38
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what mistake did hitler make after he had stormed the beer hall?

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he let kahr and lossow go home

39
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what did kahr and lossow do after they went home?

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they warned the army about hitler’s plans

40
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what day did hitler march on munich?

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9th November 1923

41
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what happened when hitler arrived in munich?

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the army attacked the Nazis killing 16

42
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what happened to hitler?

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he originally escaped but was arrested 2 days later

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