What Were The Consequences Of The First World War For Germany Flashcards
When was the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II?
9th November 1918
Who was in charge of the Council Of People’s Representatives until a national government was elected in 1918 and what was there party?
Frierich Ebert (SPD)
When did German sailors mutiny following the arrest of their leaders?
October 1918
What cities had established workers’ councils or soviets in cites in 1918?
Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin
How did Ebert manage to avoid revolution?
By keeping support of the army by not reforming it or creating a new force, despite the defeat
What did Ebert set up which gave worker 8 hour days and trade union recognition?
The Central Working Association Agreement
During the 1919 election which 3 moderate parties formed a coalition?
SPD, Catholic Centre Party, German Democratic Party (DDP)
What did the new conditions represent?
The change form autocratic government to a new democratic government, therefore leading to opposition
Who fostered the stab-in-the-back myth (politicians like Ebert betrayed Germany)?
The old military leaders like Hindenburg
Who did many feel this new republic let down?
Soldiers as they felt if they kept on fighting they would of won the war
What increased in Germany during WW1?
The living standards between the rich and the poor
why did factory owners, partially those involved in war production, profits increase yet workers wage get worse?
Restrictions placed on workers earring during the war with wages stagnating or declining because of inflation
Why British action put pressure on Germany during WW1 to sign an armistice?
British naval blockade
How did traditional family values change during WW1?
Women were called used in factories
What put a strain on the German government budget?
Pension payments as they took 1/3 of the budget
How far did the national income fall from what it had been from 1913?
1/3
How far fallen was Germanys industrial production fallen from its pre-war levels?
2/3
What were the terms that Germany accepted in the Treaty Of Versailles?
10% of its land
12.5% of its population
16% of its coal
48% of its iron industry
What made Schleswig, north of Germany, return to Denmark?
A plebiscite
What states were given to Poland as part of the Treaty Of Versailles?
Upper Silesia, West Prussia and Posen
What other country did Germany lose land to?
Czechoslovakia
Who did Germany return Alsace-Lorraine to after taking it in 1870?
France
What was the limits placed on Germanys army and navy after WW1?
100,000 men in army and 15,000 in navy with the Rhineland demilitarised and occupied by allied troops for 15 years
What did the Treaty Of Versailles set up to figure out how much money Germany owed?
The Reparations Commission
When did the finical figure for Germany be announced and how much was it?
1921 and £6,000 million in instalments
What clause in the Treaty Of Versailles made Germany responsible for WW1?
War Guilt Clause 231
