Weimar Republic Flashcards
1
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social situation after ww1
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deepened divisions between rich and poor
2
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economic situation after ww1
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virtually bankrupt
3
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political situation after ww1
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revolution –> unstable democratic gov
4
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Spartacist Uprising (year, leaders, wing)
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- 1919
- Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg
- left-wing
5
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Spartacist Uprising (details)
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- didn’t want to accept Ebert’s democratic gov., wanted to be ruled by workers’ councils and soviets
- Friekorps formed by right-wing ex-soldiers
- Spartacists and Friekorps won, Friekorps won
6
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Kapp Putsch (year, leader, wing)
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- 1920
- Dr Wolfgang Kapp
- right-wing
7
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Kapp Putsch (details)
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- many liked Kaiser/ dictatorial gov (ie. strong army, empire, strong industry and wanted to expand territory)
- Kapp led 5,000 Friekorps into rebellion in Berlin
- army refused to fire
- industrial workers called general strike
- Kapp fled
8
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French Invasion of Ruhr
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- Germany didn’t pay reparations in 1922, in 1923, Belgian and French troops invaded the Ruhr and took what was owed in the form of raw materials/ goods
- halt in most important industrial area= currency collapsed
9
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Consequences of Ruhr occupation
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- currency collapsed = gov. began printing more money to pay off debts quicker
- more money in circulation than goods to buy
- currency became worthless
10
Q
How Stresemann recovered country? (6 ways)
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- rentenmark (1924)
- dawes plan (1924)
- young plan (1929)
- locarno pact (1925)
- LON membership
- Kellogg-Briand pact (1928)
11
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Rentenmark
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- Stresemann called off passive resistance in Ruhr
- abolished existing currency and set up a new one
12
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Dawes plan year
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1924
13
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Rentenmark year
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1924
14
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Dawes plan
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- reparation payments spread over longer period
- international loan (800 million from US)
15
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Young plan year
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1929
16
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Young Plan
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- reduced reparations (to 2 billion)
- British/ French/ Belgian troops left Rhineland
17
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Locarno pact year
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1925
18
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Locarno Pact
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Germany wouldn’t change western borders (entered LON due to this)
19
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LON membership
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because of locarno pact
tried to make treaty better for Germany
20
Q
Kellogg-Briand pact year
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1928
21
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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- countries promised they wouldn’t use violence to solve foreign issues
- Germany felt safer
- built international trust
22
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Why did the USA not join the LON
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- TOV (some hated it)
- Economic (if sanctions were imposed, American trade/ businesses would suffer the most
- WW1 (believed American soldiers would have to solve international issues )
- Anti-Empire (thought B + F would rule LON)
