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1
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what happened in 1914?

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7 countries went to war; Germany and Austria against French, british, Russians, Belgians and surbs

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why did many german soldiers die apart from the war?

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Spanish flu

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what did the british do in 1915?

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used navy ships to cut of food supplies

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why else did Germany have a shortage of food?

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winter, crops died

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5
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what happened in 1918?

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the kaizer abdicated after everything disasterous was happening

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6
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who stepped up for Germany?

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friedrich ebert

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7
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what did ebert do?

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give into what people wanted

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8
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how was Germany affected by the war?

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national insurance was 1 3rd of what it was before
more than 600,000 women were left with no man
industrial production was at 2 3rds
revolution
huge gaps between living standards
women were forced to work in factories (damaging to society)

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9
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what did the bill of rights allow?

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every man and woman freedom of speech and religion and equality under the law.
all men an women over 20 were given the vote
elected president and parliament
the Reichstag made the laws and appointed to government

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10
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what was article 48?

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a law that agreed the president could make laws without going through the reichstag

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11
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what were the limitations on the treaty of Versailles?

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guilt
army cut down to 100,000 men and 6 battle ships
6,600 million repayed
lost land
kicked out of league of nation
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12
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when did kaiser william 2 abdicate?

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when Germany was clearly losing the first world war

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13
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who became the new chancellor in November 1918?

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Fredrick Ebert

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14
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what was the new Weimar republic under threat from?

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extreme political groups

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15
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who was kurt eisner and what did he do?

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in november 1918 in bavaria he created an independant socialist state

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16
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what were communists in Germany known as?

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spartacists

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17
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who were kurt eisner and Rosa Luxemburg?

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communist activists

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18
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when did they seize power in Berlin and the Baltic ports?

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in January 1919

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19
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how did the weimar republic deal with these communists?

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the communist leaders were assassinated and the Freikorps (a group of ex-soldiers) crushed the regular troops

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why did people hate the weimar government?

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because they thought it was the symbol of defeat in the war

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21
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what happened in March 1920?

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a man called wolfgang Kapp an extreme nationalist and a group of Freikorps units seized power in Berlin

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22
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who dealt with Wolfgang Kapp?

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workers who supported the government went on strike so gas water and coal industries came to a stop until they left

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what happened in august 1921?

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the German finance minister Matthias Erzberger was assassinated by extreme nationalists

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24
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what happened on 24 June 1922?

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four extreme nationalists shot the popular German jewish foreign minister Walther Rathenau

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25
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how much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

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132,000 million gold marks in annual instalments

26
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what did the German government ask for in 1922?

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more time to give the money back

27
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what happened in January 1923?

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The french and belgium governments sent troops to the ruhr the centre of German industry

28
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when the french and belgium invaded the ruhr how did this affect Germany?

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the German economy ground to a halt

German workers refused to cooperate

29
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how did the government try to resolve the problem of the reparations?

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by printing more money out which caused hyperinflation

30
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what were the problems of printing more money out?

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prices rose in shops almost every hour
workers had to be paid twice a day to afford food
people on fixed incomes suffered badly

31
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how did Gustav Stresseman resolve the issue?

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he stopped printing money in 1923
he created a new currency called the rentenmark
he also called off the resistance against the French occupation
the German economy began to recover slowly

32
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when to Hitler first come to prominence?

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in 1923

33
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what was Hitler’s plan?

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to seize control of the Bavarian government . The plan was to capture Munich and from there march to Berlin

34
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what did Hitler do on 8 November?

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Hitler forced at gunpoint kahr the head of the bavarian government to join him in the beer hall

35
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what happened the day after?

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the next day Bavarian police shot 16 Nazis

Hitler and Ludendorff the former first world was general were arrested

36
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what was the book called that hitler created?

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Mein Kampf (my struggle)

37
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what was the Dawes plan?

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under the plan, Germany received huge loans from the USA and reparation payments were made easier

38
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what was Stressemans aim by the 1920’s?

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to get Germany accepted again as a member of the international community

39
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what happened in 1926?

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they were accepted into the League of Nations

40
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what was the structure of the new democratic government?`

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the reichstag was elected by proportional representation

the reichstag was made up of representatives from each of the German states. It could delay new laws

41
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how did the dawes plan affect Germany?

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German industry began to benefit form new investment and unemployment fell sharply

42
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what was the locarno treaties?

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where Germany accepted the terms of the treaty of versailles

43
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in the elections of 1924 and 1928 how many seats did the nazis win?

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14 and 12 in the reichstag

44
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how were the communists organising themselves?

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they created red fighting league and regularly fought street battles and the SA

45
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what cultural achievements did the Weimar government achieve?

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German cinema developed in the 1920’s
artists led new movements in visual arts
Theatres flourished

46
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what happened in 1929?

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the wall street crash

47
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what effect did it have on Germany?

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US banks were forced to recall their loans. German companies were unable to pay
German businesses were closing people were left without a job

48
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how did the depression help Hitler?

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it caused a period of chaos in Germany
no government could take control and resolve the issue
Hitler promised to help the unemployed and had the solution to the problem (wealthy business people)

49
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why was their fear of communism?

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some workers turned to communism to sort it out whereas farmers and businessmen turned to Nazis who opposed communism

50
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who was running Germany at the time and how?

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president Hindenburg was using his emergency powers

51
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when did Hitler stand against Hindenburg for presidency?

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in the 1932 elections

52
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who did Hitler blame for the problems Germany were facing?

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Jews and those who had signed the treaty of versailles

53
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who did Hindenburg elect chancellor instead of Hitler in the 1932 elections?

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Franz Von Papen

54
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why did Von papen declare another election to take place?

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so he could gain more support in the Reichstag however he did not

55
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when did Hitler become chancellor?

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1933 27 February

56
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when was the Reichstag fire?

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27 February 1933

57
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who was arrested for the crime?

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marinus van der lubbe a communist

58
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how was Hitler able to exploit the reichstag fire?

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they put the blame on KPD

Hitler persuaded Hindenburg to pass an emergency law restricting personal liberty

59
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what are left wing people?

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communists

60
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when did Hindenburg come into power as president?

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1926

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