Weimar Germany Flashcards
When does Kaiser Wilhelm II become Emperor of Germany?
1888
When does the Naval race start?
1989
When does WW1 begin?
1914
When does Wilhelm II abdicate?
1918 November
When does WWI end?
November 11th 1918
When does the Spartacus League revolt happen
January 1919
When is the treaty of versailles signed?
June 1919
When is the Weimar Constitution established
August 1919
When does American Jazz come to Germany?
January 1920
When is the Nazi Party founded?
February 1920
When is the Kapp Putsch?
March 1920
When is the Hitler Youth founded.
March 1922
When do French and Belgian soldiers invade the Ruhr?
January 1923
When does hyperinflation happen?
1923
When is the Munich Putsch?
November 1923
When does Gustav Stresemann become chancellor
1924
When is the Dawes Plan?
August 1924
When does Hindenburg become President
February 1925
When does Germany join the league of Nations?
January 1926
When is the Young Plan
February 1929
When is the Wall Street Crash
October 1929
When is the Great Depression?
1930
When is Hitler named Chancellor
1933
Number of states Germany was originally made up of
314
Who is the Chief Minister(s) who advised the Kaiser
Chancellor
An organisation made up from representatives from each state?
Bundesrat
What is the Parliament elected by men over 25
Reichstag
Ruler who made all military and foreign policy decisions.
Kaiser
Belief that a country should have strong armed forces.
Militarism
Belief that Germany would one day become a world power
Weltpolitik
Party that believed in Socialism - Working Class
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Germany produces 2/3 of Europes Steel
1914
Party were vast majority were working class
Communist Party (KPD)
Party who were middle class
German Democratic Party (DDP)
Catholics all classes
Zentrum
Peoples Party
DVP
Who was the early leader of NSDAP and later head of luftwaffe
Hermann Goring
When is the treaty of versailles signed
1919
RIghtwing attempt to overthrow the Weimar republic(year)
1920
Unemployment in Gemany reaches this figure
6 million
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
January 1933
Hitler becomes Fuhrer
1934
No.of soldiers German Army was restricted to
100,000
No of seats the Nazis held in the German Parliament
14
Prussian minister and leading statesman who helped the Kaiser unify Germany
Bismark
Emergency powers that can be used by the president to pass laws without the parliament
Article 48
German chancellor who 1923-29 oversaw economic recovery
Walter Rathaneau
Allowed Hitler to pass laws without government intervention
Enabling Act
vice chancellor under the Nazis
Von Papen
