Weimar Germany

Question 0

When did the Weimar government meet to decide constitution

Answer 0

Early 1919

Very democratic

Question 1

Who was the first president of Weimar Germany

Answer 1

Friedrich Ebert

Question 2

Weaknesses of Weimar

Answer 2

President could appoint or dismiss the chancellor whenever
President could use article 48 to rule under his own rules in an emergency
Many parties, so it was unlikely that any party would gain more than half the Reichstag

Question 3

Were spartacists communists or fascists

Answer 3

Communists

Question 4

What did the spartacists do in January 1919

Answer 4

Attempted a revolution in Berlin

Question 5

What happened in the spartacists revolution January 1919

Answer 5

Freikorps crushed the spartacists
100+ spartacists died
Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg captures and murdered

Question 6

Who were the leaders if the spartacists

Answer 6

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

Question 7

What happened in the communist revolt in February 1919

Answer 7

Occurred in Bavaria
Kurt Einer was killed
They the communists declared a soviet republic
Freikorps crushed revolution in May 1919, 600 communists dead

Question 8

When was the Munich putsch

Answer 8

8 November 1923

Question 9

What happened at the Munich putsch

Answer 9

There was a meeting in a beer hall which was being addressed by Gustav Von Kehr (right-wing)
Nazi demonstration broke out
SA surrounded the hall
Hitler, holding gun, announced he was taking over Bavarian government
Kehr agreed at gun point

Question 10

What happened on 9 November 1923

Answer 10

Hitler, Ludendorff and 3,000 supported marched into Munich
Met by 100 armed police
26 Nazi and 3 police killed
Hitler fled

Question 11

What happened in February 1924

Answer 11

Hitler, Ludendorff and Röhm arrested
On trial for treason
Hitler spoke at trial, using it for propaganda as newspapers published it all
Hitler was sentenced to 5 years (could of been life) in the comfort of Landsberg castle
Only served nine months

Question 12

When was Stresemann chancellor

Answer 12

August-November 1923

Question 13

When was Stresemann foreign minister

Answer 13

November 1923 till death in October 1929

Question 14

What did Stresemann do in September 1923

Answer 14

Called of passive resistance occurring in the Ruhr 
Resumed reparations payments 
Rentenmark introduced 
Government becoming stable
Hyper inflation improving

Question 15

What was the Dawes plan 1924

Answer 15

Plan created by a banker named Charles Dawes
800 million gold marks given to Germany by USA
Payments of reparations became smaller, and then gradually larger as economy improved

Question 16

What was the young plan 1929

Answer 16

Increased time Germany had to pay reparations to 1988

Decreased reparations payment - £2.2 billion

Question 17

What were the Locarno treaties 1925

Answer 17

Signed by Germany, France, Belgium, Britain and Italy

Accept the boundaries of Western Europe set out in the Treaty of Versailles

Question 18

When did Germany become a permanent member of the League of Nations

Answer 18

1926

Question 19

What was the Kellogg-Briand pact, 1928

Answer 19

Over 60 countries agreed not to use war against each other