Weimar Republic Flashcards

0
Q

Who were the spartacists

A

Communists

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1
Q

Where did the kaiser flee to

A

Holland

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2
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Who were the freikorps

A

Right wing, old army

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3
Q

When was the kapp putsch

A

March 1920

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4
Q

Who was involved in the kapp putsch

A

Freikorps

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5
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How many freikorps joint in the putsch

A

5,000

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6
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How did the government beat the kapp putsch

A

Called for a strike, freikorps failed

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7
Q

When was the spartacists uprising

A

Jan 1919

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8
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Who led the spartacists uprising

A

Luxembourg and leibknect

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9
Q

How did the gov beat the spartacists uprising

A

Did a deal with the freikorps. Freikorps sealed with it

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10
Q

Who was in charge of the the Weimar Republic?

A

Ebert

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11
Q

Why did no party ever have majority

A

Proportional representation

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12
Q

What were the negatives of the Weimar

A
  • article 48
  • too many parties
  • president appoints chancellor
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13
Q

What were the positives of the Weimar

A
  • ladies allowed to vote
  • all Germans over 20 could vote
  • all parties had a say
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14
Q

What party was ebert from

A

Social democrats

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15
Q

When was the invasion of the Ruhr

A

1923

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16
Q

Who invaded the Ruhr

A

French and Belgium

17
Q

Why did the French invade the Ruhr

A

Germany stopped paying reparations

18
Q

How did the Germans react to the invasion o the Ruhr

A

Made workers stop working

19
Q

What was the result of the invasion of the Ruhr

A

Hyperinflation

20
Q

What was hyperinflation

A

Where Germany printed so much money. It became worthless

21
Q

Who benefitted from hyperinflation

A

People with debt

22
Q

How did the French react to the Germans stopping working when they invaded the Ruhr

A

Killed them.

Sent in French workers

23
Q

Who was effected by hyperinflation

A

Those on fixed income

24
Q

When were Germany’s golden years

A

1924-29

25
Q

How did stresman end hyperinflation

A

Created the Rentenmark

26
Q

When did stresman introduce the Rentenmark

A

1923

27
Q

When was the Dawes plan

A

1924

28
Q

What was the Dawes plan

A

Agreement with America, loans to Germany

29
Q

When was the young plan

A

1929

30
Q

What was the young plan

A

Reduced reparation amount

Down to £2.2 billion

31
Q

When did Germany join the League of Nations

A

1926

32
Q

What was the Loncarno treaty

A

Would not remilitarise the Rhineland

33
Q

When was the Kellogg Briand pact

A

1928

34
Q

What was the Kellogg Briand pact

A

When 60 countries renounced war

35
Q

When did ebert die

A

1925

36
Q

Who was the first president of the Weimar.

A

Ebert

37
Q

Who was the first chancellor

A

Scheidenmann

38
Q

When did stresman become chancellor

A

August 1923

39
Q

When was the Loncarno treaty

A

October 1925