Weimar Republic 1919-1933 Flashcards
What was the Dawes Plan?
800 Million Mark loan, fixed problems for 5 years
What happened July 1932?
Nazi part become biggest in Germany
What happened October 1929?
Wall Street Crash
What happened January 1932?
Unemployment peaks at 6.1 million
When was the Kapp Putsch
March 1920
What happened in January 1919
Spartacist uprising
When was the Ruhr occupied and who occupied it?
Jan 1923, Belgium
When was the Munich Putsch?
November 1923
Who lead the Spartacists?
Karl Liebknecht//Rosa Luxembourg
Who was Heinrich Bruning?
Lead Centre Party and became chancellor in 1930
Who was Friedrich Ebert?
Leader of SPD and first chancellor in 1930
Who was Kurt von Schleicher?
Defence minister in von Papen’s govt., schemed his removal and replaced him until Hitler was appointed
SPD
Social Democratic Party - moderate, left wing, socialist
KPD
Communist Party - extreme left wing
NSDAP
Nazi Party - extreme right wing
DNVP
German National Peoples Party - conservative, right wing
Rotfront
Communist paramilitary, equivalent of SA
What was the 25 Point Programme
Nazi manifesto establishing their principles
The Nazi manifesto which establishes their principles?
25 point programme
What was the Great Coalition?
Stresemann’s govt. formed in 1923 and continued under Muller - SDP, DDP, Centre Party and DVP
Rentenmark?
Currency introduced after hyperinflation in 1923
When do Germany join the league of Nations?
1926
When was the Locarno Pact and what was it?
1925
a series of treaties between Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and Belgium designed to guarantee peace in Western Europe following World War I. The powers initialled the agreements in Locarno, Switzerland, on Oct. 16, 1925.
When was the Kellog Briand Pact and what was it?
1928
an agreement to outlaw war, attempt to prevent another war but unsuccessful.
