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When did the Kapp Putsch happen and how many people did it consist of?

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-March 1920
-Right-Wing politician Wolfgang Kapp gathered around 5,000 men, many police and ex-soldiers.

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Why did Kapp want to takeover Berlin?

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He wanted to takeover the whole country and recover the land lost in the Treaty of Versailles.

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What happened in the Kapp Putsch?

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President Ebert and the government fled Berlin. However, Kapp didn’t have the workers’ support and they went on strike.
This resulted in:
-No gas
-No water
-No electricity
-No trains

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What was the result of the Kapp Putsch?

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After only 100 hours as Germany’s leader, Kapp fled abroad. Ebert and his government returned to Berlin.

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when did lots of assassinations occur and who carried them out ?

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  • between 1919 and 1922
  • over 350 political murders in Germany
  • mostly carried out by right wing extremists
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why did all of the assassinations occur?

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  • they wanted to eliminate those responsible for the treaty of versailes
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what happened with the assassinations?

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  • august 1921
  • Mattias Erzberger, the man who signed the armistice in 1918 was shot dead by a right wing group
  • in 1922 they killed foreign minister Walter Rathenau
  • threw acid on Phillip Scheidermann an important Weimar politician
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when was the red rising in the Ruhr and who carried it out?

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  • march 1920
  • after the Kapp putsch
  • left wing workers in the industrial Ruhr stayed on strike
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what happened in the red rising of the Ruhr?

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left wing workers took over several towns in what is known as the red rising of the Ruhr

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what was the result of the red rising of the Ruhr?

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  • the government sent soldiers and some Freikorps units over to deal with the rebellion
  • over 1000 workers were killed
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when was the Munich putsch and what was it?

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  • November 1923
  • Hitler and the Nazis tried to seize control of the Bavarian government on southern Germany
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why did the Munich putsch occur?

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  • Hitler promised to overturn the treaty of Versailles
  • destroy communism
  • restore Germanys national glory
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How did Hitler complete Munich putsch?

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  • he planned to capture Munich and march on berlin.
  • key Bavarian politicians refused to support his plan to march on berlin
  • Hitler pressed on with his plans nevertheless
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what happened on the Munich putsch?

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  • Hitler marched with 2000 supporters through Munich
  • they were met by armed police
  • 3 policemen and 16 Nazis died in a short gun battle
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what was the result of the Munich putsch

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  • Hitler and Ludendorff ( a former first word war general who was now a Nazi supporter) were arrested
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how were the German government seen after the 1st world war?

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they were seen as weak and ineffective and unable to deal with Germanys problems

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between what years was the Stresemann era and what was it referred to as ?

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  • between 1924-29
  • referred to as the ‘golden age’
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who was Gustav Stresemann?

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stresemann is best known as Germanys foreign minister from 1924 until his death in 1929

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how did Stresemann stop the hyperinflation crisis?

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  • he stopped the printing of the bank notes
  • replaced the worthless bank notes with a temporary note called the rentenmark
  • in 1924 this was replaced with the reichsmark, a stable currency that lasted for the next 25 years
  • hyperinflation ended however people who had lost their savings never got their money back and blamed Stresemann for it
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what was the Dawes plan and what did it deal with?

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  • the Dawes plan was do deal with the French and Belgian troops in the Ruhr
    -he arranged for the USA to lend money to Germany (800 million gold marks)
  • Germany then restarted its reparation payments
  • the French and Belgian troops left the Ruhr
  • some Germans however felt that Stresemann should have demanded an end to reparations
  • in 1929 through the young plan Stresemann negotiated a reduction in the reparations
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how did Stresemann help Germany economically recover?

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  • Stresemann used some of the borrowed American money to pay the reparations
  • he also build new: houses, factories, schools and roads
  • Germany began to look more prosperous
  • however some, including Stresemann feared that Germany relied to much on American loans
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what was the Locarno pact?

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  • 1925
  • all promised to never invade each other:
  • Germany
  • Britain
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Italy
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in what year did Germany join the league of nations?

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  • 1926
  • they were banned at first in 1919
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what year was the Kellogg Briand pact signed ?

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  • 1928
  • participants agreed never to go to war unless in defence
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how did Stresemann improve foreign relations ?

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  • Germany regained its international status
  • became an important member of the league of nations
  • some Germans criticised Stresemann for not demanding back some of the land taken by the treaty of Versailles
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what were some ongoing problems after Stresemann died in 1929 ?

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  • there were still many political parties. a government was made by several parties joining together. but they disagreed and wasted time arguing over decisions
  • extreme political parties e.g the Nazis and communists did not support the Weimar system
  • large groups of Germans were poor e.g farmers and middle classes who lost their savings to hyperinflation in 1923
  • German prosperity was built on American loans. what if they wanted their money back ?
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why did german writers and poets and performers excel in Weimar germany ?

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  • the kaiser kept a tight control on all types of entertainment
  • these controls were removed in weimar germany
  • many people decided to experiment and try new things
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what was Weimar culture like in the 1920’s ?

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  • many people decided to try and things and experiment, this meant that lots of social acts became more popular, including:
  • the cinema
  • nightlife
  • literature
  • art and design
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what were the German peoples reactions to these changes ?

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  • some embraced the changes and others hated them
  • they wanted culture to celebrate traditional German values
  • they thought that the new nightclubs, shows and painting were leading Germany to a moral decline

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