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WEIMAR EARLY YEARS 1919-33 Flashcards

1
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WW1 political impact

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Abdication of Kaiser- temporary govt under Ebert

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WW1 impact on industrial production

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Industrial production only 2/3 of that in 1913

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3
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WW1 no. of widows

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600,000

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4
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Social impact of WW1

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  • Deepened class divisions- made worse by restrictions on workers wages during the war
  • Many women worked during the war- family values disrupted
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5
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How much land did Germany lose under the Treaty of Versailles?

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10%

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6
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How much of its population did Germany lose under the Treaty of Versailles?

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12.5%

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7
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How much of its coal did Germany lose under the Treaty of Versailles?

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16%

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8
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How much of its iron industry did Germany lose under the Treaty of Versailles?

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48%

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Examples of land lost under TOV

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Upper Silesia, Alsace Lorraine, the Saar

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10
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How much was Germany’s army reduced to?

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100,000 men

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11
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How much was Germany’s navy reduced to?

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15,000

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12
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Spartacist Revolt

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Jan 1919, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg- put down by the Freikorps

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Kapp Putsch

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Mar 1920, led by Wolfgang Kapp. Defeated by a general strike

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1923 Occupation of the Ruhr

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French and Belgians occupied the Ruhr- late reparations.

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Impact of occupation of the Ruhr

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Put pressure on the economy, added to inflation

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Hyperinflation

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Value of mark fell, savings destroyed

17
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Munich Putsch

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Hitler planned to seize Munich and march Berlin- initlay successful but defeated by police

18
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Stinnes- Legien Agreement

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Between trade unions and businesses

19
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Ebert-Groener agreement

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Army agreed to support the republic, republic gave army authority

20
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Why was the Weimar Republic economically strong ? (3)

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Extensive natural resources
Advanced industry
Well educated population

21
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1914-1918 world trade & impact on Germany

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Slumped- Germany had always relied on exports

22
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Short, medium and long term causes of hyperinflation (3)

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Long- WW1
Medium- social reforms
Short- French occupation of the Ruhr

23
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How much of Imperial Germany’s war expenditure was borrowed?

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84%

24
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What financial policy did Germany adopt after the war?

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Deficit financing

25
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Why did Germany choose a policy of deficit financing?

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Did not want to alienate

26
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Human consequences of hyperinflation (4)

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Decline in law and order
Decline in morality
Increase in suicides
Increase in predjudice

27
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What powers did the Weimar Constitution give the president?

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Power to dissolve the Reichstag
Power to appoint the Chancellor
Power to rule by decree (Article 48)

28
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Disarmament clause- impact on German army

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Army reduced to 100,000 men

Only 6 battleships

29
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Threats from the left

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1919 Spartacist Uprising
1918 Red Bavaria
1923 German October

30
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1918 Red Bavaria

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Bavarian monarchy collapsed- set up a Bavarian Soviet republic
Freikorps brutally crushed a month later

31
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1923 German October

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1923 crisis- led to KPD and SPD coalitions in Saxony and Thuringia
Army crushed- communists excluded from regional governments

32
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Stresemann’s policies (4)

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Called off passive resistance and resumed reparations
Cut expenditure to reduce deficit
Rentenmark established
1924 Dawes Plan

33
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Long term causes of the economic crisis

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WW1 and war expenditure

84% of war expenditure had been borrowed

34
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__% of WW1 war expenditure had been borrowed

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84%

35
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Middle term causes of the economic crisis

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Social reforms and reparations

Caused the government to print more money

36
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Short term causes of the economic crisis

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French occupation of the Ruhr

Policy of passive resistance- still paying the workers

37
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How many of those involved in the Kapp Putsch were found guilty?

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1/705

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