Weimar & Nazi Germany

Question 1

-When was the Spartacist Uprising?
-Was it Left or Right wing?
-Who was it lead by?
-Who stopped it?-

Answer 1

-January 1919
-Left wing
-Led by Rosa Luxembourg, Karl Liebknecht
-Suppressed by Freikorps

Question 1

When did Germany sign the Armistice to end WW1?

Answer 1

11th November 1918

Question 2

When was the Weimar Republic established?
Who was it’s first President?

Answer 2

-February1919
-Friedrich Ebert

Question 3

When did Germany sign the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 3

June 1919

Question 4

-When was the Kapp Putsch?
-Was it left or right wing?
Who led it?
Who supported it?
Who brought it to an end?

Answer 4

-March 1920
-Right wing
-Led by Wolfgang Kapp
-Supported by Freikorps
-Brought to an end by strikes

Question 5

-Who occupied the Ruhr from Germany?
-When did they occupy it?
-Why did they occupy it?

Answer 5

-France and Belgium occupied it from Germany
-January 1923
-Germany failed to pay war reparations

Question 6

-When does hyperinflation begin?
-Why does it begin?

Answer 6

-1923
-Germany pays lots of money to striking workers at the Ruhr

Question 7

-Who becomes Chancellor to resolve the hyperinflation?
-When does he become Chancellor?

Answer 7

• Gustav Stresemann
  -August 1923

Question 8

-When did the Munich Putsch take place?
-What happened to Hitler after it fails?

Answer 8

-November 1923
-Hitler gets sent to Landsberg Prison

Question 9

What are the consequences of Hitler being sent to prison?

Answer 9

-He gets public fame in his trial.
-He writes Mein Kampf (My Struggle) which is read by millions of Germans

Question 10

What are the 4 Pacts/Plans Stresemann introduces to help Germany’s economy?

Answer 10

-Dawes Plan
-Locarno Pact
-Kellogg Briand Pact
-Young Plan

Question 11

-When was the Dawes Plan introduced?
-What does it state?

Answer 11

• April 1924
  -France & Belgium withdraw from the Ruhr, set more realistic payment dates, USA lent Germany $40 million to pay of debts.

Question 12

-When was the Locarno Pact signed?
-What does it agree upon?

Answer 12

-October 1925
-Agrees borders of the Treaty of Versailles

Question 13

-When was the Bamberg conference?
-What was its importance?

Answer 13

-February 1926
-Hitler re-organises the Party and cements his authority

Question 14

When did Germany join the League of Nations?

Answer 14

1926

Question 15

-When was the Kellogg-Briand Pact signed?
-What does it state?

Answer 15

-1928
-Not to use violence to settle disputes

Question 16

-When was the Young Plan signed?
-What does it agree upon?

Answer 16

-1929
-War reparations reduced to quarter of amount and given 59 years to pay

Question 17

When did Gustav Stresemann die?

Answer 17

October 1929

Question 18

-When was the Wall Street Crash?
-What happened in the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 18

-October 1929
-US stock market crashes which causes Great Depression

Question 19

What was significant on July 1932?

Answer 19

The Nazi Party became the largest party in the Reichstag with 230 seats (37%)

Question 20

When was Hitler appointed Chancellor?

Answer 20

30th January 1933

Question 21

-When was the Reichstag Fire?
-Who supposedly started it?
-What did Hitler use it as an excuse for?

Answer 21

-February 1933
- Van de Lubbe (Dutch Communist)
- He used the fire to persuade Hindenburg to give him an emergency decree and bans the Communist Party and some civil liberties (such as freedom of the press and speech)

Question 22

When was the Enabling Act passed?
What did it allow?

Answer 22

-It was passed March 1933
-Allows Hitler to govern without Reichstag for five years

Question 23

When was the Gestapo established?
Who was in charge?
What was the Gestapo?

Answer 23

-April 1933
-Established by Hermann Goering but managed by Heindrich Himmler
-Secret Police

Question 24

When was the concordat signed?
What does it mean?

Answer 24

July 1933
Hitler and the Catholic Church to leave each other alone

Question 25

What happened on 30th June 1934?
Why was it significant?

Answer 25

-Night of Long Knives
-Hitler removes opponents in the party like Rohm

Question 26

When does Hindenburg die?
What does it mean for Hitler?

Answer 26

-August 1934
-Hitler combines role of President and Chancellor to make Fuhrer

Question 27

When was the Nuremburg Laws passed?
What does it do?

Answer 27

-Passed September 1935
-Restricted freedom of Jews

Question 28

When was the Berlin Olympics?

Answer 28

Summer 1936

Question 29

When was Kristallnacht?
What happened?

Answer 29

November 1938
Violence across Germany against Jews