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Weimar Republic Flashcards

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1
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What date was the armistice signed?

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11th November 1918

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2
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What happened to the Kaiser?

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He fled

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Who were the ‘November Criminals’?

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The Weimar Republic

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4
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Who did many Germans blame for the loss of the First World War?

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The Weimar Republic

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5
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What was signed on 28th June 1919?

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The Treaty of Versailles

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What does L.A.M.B stand for?

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Land, Army, Money, Blame

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What was the ‘stab in the back’ myth?

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German soldiers thought they were winning the war, they felt betrayed when the Weimar Republic betrayed them and signed the armistice

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What percentage of land did Germany have to give up?

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13%

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9
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How many men was the German army reduced to?

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100,000

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How much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

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£6.6 billion

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11
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What was the war guilt clause?

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That Germany had to take the blame for the First World War

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12
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What was proportional representation?

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Parties gain seats in proportion to how many votes they got

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13
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When did the Spartacist revolution take place?

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1919

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Is the Spartacist uprising an example of a left or right wing uprising?

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Left wing

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15
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Who were the Friekorps?

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Ex-soldiers

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16
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What is a Putsch?

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A revolution

17
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When was the Munich Putsch?

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1923

18
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Who occupied the Ruhr in 1923?

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The French

19
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What was hyperinflation?

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The government repaid thier debt by printing more money - but this meant it became worthless, so much so that it is cheaper to use the money as fire fuel rather than the actual value it used to be worth.

20
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What is the period 1924 - 29 known as?

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The Golden Era

21
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Why did the French occupy the Ruhr?

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To get the reparations which Germany owed them

22
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Who took advantage of hyperinflation?

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Hitler

23
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What currency replaced the DM (old currency)?

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Rentenmark

24
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When was the Dawes Plan negotiated?

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1924

25
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Name the treaty that improved international relationships in 1925.

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Locarno Pact

26
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What did the Stressemann solve?

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International relations, hyperinflation crisis, Ruhr strikes, increased time to repay reparations

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