Weimar Germany Flashcards
What does Kaiser mean?
Emperor
What is the Reichstag?
Parliament
Article 48
President has power to suspend constitution in an ‘emergency’
Weakness of Article 48
It didn’t define what an ‘emergency’ was therefore the President could abuse this power
What is Anschluss?
Austria and Germany are forbidden from uniting
Who was the President of France?
George Clemenceau
Who was the President of the USA?
Woodrow Wilson
Who was the PM of the UK?
David Lloyd George
What did George Clemenceau want from the ToV?
Wanted revenge against Germany
e.g wanted Land and Money
What did Woodrow Wilson want from the ToV?
Wanted World Peace
What did David Lloyd George want from the ToV?
He wanted more trade opportunities
Name a MILITARY term from the ToV
~No German air force
~Army of no more than 100,000 men
~Demilitarisation of the Rhineland
~Only 6 small battleships
Name an ECONOMIC term from the ToV
Germany forced to pay a reparation bill at £6.6 billion
Article 231
War Guilt Clause
Name a TERRITORIAL term of the ToV
~Rhineland demilitarised
~Saar to be given to France for 15 years
~Alsace-Lorraine given back to France
~Anschluss
Why was the Saar a significant area of land?
It had many coal fields = ££££££
What impact did Article 231 have on Germany?
~ had to pay the Allies for this damage
~ Germany struggled to pay the monthly instalments when they began in 1922
~ huge strain on the already massively weakened German economy
What impact did the military terms of the ToV have to Germany?
~These terms were humiliating for Germany, which prided itself on the strength
of its military.
~Left Germans feeling vulnerable to future attack – (it was surrounded by former enemies: France in the West and the newly communist Russia in the East)
What impact did the territorial terms of the ToV have on Germany?
~Germany was reduced in size by 10 per cent.
~Lost 12 per cent of its population,
~Lost 16 per cent of its coalfields and half of its
iron and steel industry.
What two weaknesses did the Weimar Constitution have?
Article 48
Proportional Representation
(Radical groups could now easily join the Reichstag)