Weimar germany Flashcards
when did kaiser wilhelm II abdicate?
Nov 9 1918
what started the revolution to remove the monarchy?
mutiny by german sailors
what did people call those who signed the armistice?
November criminals
what was proportional representation
% of votes = % of seats
every 60,000 votes got 1 seat
what was article 48
president has emergency powers to create any laws without consent of reichstag
what were the 4 terms of the treaty of versailles?
june 1919
Land
Army
Money
Blame
details about land (ToV)
lost 13%
lost Alscace- lorraine
demilitarised rhineland
details about army (ToV)
limited to 100,000 men
no air force
demilitarised rhineland
6 battleships
details about money (ToV)
had to pay £6.6 billion in reparations
details about blame (ToV)
article 231
war guilt clause
germany takes full responsibility for war
when was the spartacist (left wing) uprising
january 1919
who led the spartacist uprising
rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht
who stopped the spartacist uprising?
the freikorps
when was the kapp (right wing) putsch
1920
who led the kapp putsch
wolfgang kapp
how was the kapp putsch stopped
government flee -overtook reichstag
general strikes
why did france and belgium invade the rhur?
germany struggled to pay reparations
why did the invasion of the rhur cause hyperinflation?
gov encouraged passive resistance
had to print more money to pay their wages
details about hyperinflation
from 250 to 100 million marks for loaf of bread by nov 1923
carry money in wheelbarrows to shops
when was the dawes plan
1924
what was the dawes plan
restructuring reparation payments
what was the young plan?
reduced reparations to £1.85 billion
when was the young plan?
1929
how did us loans benefit weimar germany
new public work schemes
development of infrastructure
what was the locarno pact
guaranteed germants western borders and reassured belgium and france
when was the locarno pact
1925
when was the league of nations
1926
what was the league of nations
germany accepted into the peace - keeping organisation
showed germany was accepted by international community
what was the kellog-briand pact
settle disputes peacefully
1 of 64 to join
when was the kellog briand pact
1928
how did culture and the arts improve
cinema and film development
new types of art + architecture (bauhaus design movement)
how did the standard of living improve
wages increased, but not felt due to rising price of goods and high unemployment levels
how did womens rights improve?
more voting, employment and opportunities
who introduced the new currency and what was it called
gustav streseman
rentenmark
