why had international peace collapsed

Question 1

what were hitlers plans

Answer 1

.abolish treaty of versailles

. to expand german territory

. to defeat communism

Question 2

what was hitlers rearmament

Answer 2

. hitler used rearmament to build his army and decrease unemployment

. it was popular in germany

. hitler used rearmament to increase his popularity with german people

Question 3

what was the saar plebiscite

Answer 3

. the plebiciste was promised by the league that the german people could vote on whether the Saar region should return to germany

Question 4

what happened in the remilitarisations of the rhineland

Answer 4

. the rhineland is a large area which borders france rich in coal and lead

. by invading the rhineland hitler broke one the rules of the TOV

. ordered 20,000 troops

Question 5

what was Anschluss with austria

Answer 5

. union between germany and austria

. the austrian chancellor apealed to league but the league did nothing

. 99.75% of people voted for a union

Question 6

what is appeasement

Answer 6

where britain and france gave hitler demands in hopes of him not starting war

Question 7

what were the disadvantages of appeasement

Answer 7

1. Germany was quickly rebuilding its army
2. Britain and France had large debts from previous war so couldn’t afford to fight
3. Hitler wasn’t the only concern of Britain and France as the USSR leader Stalin threatened to spread communism

Question 8

what happened in the Sudetenland

Answer 8

. the leader of the nazi army demanded that the newely created state of the sudetenland should be given to germany

. due to its high population of german speaking citizens as it contained a lot of former austria-hungary empires

. hitler threatened to invade czechoslavakia

Question 9

what was the munich agreement

Answer 9

. where a final meeting was held in Munich to decide what was to happen to czechoslakia

. britain, france , germany and italy announced that Czechoslovakia was to lose the Sudetenland

Question 10

what happened to czecholsavakia after the muich agreement

Answer 10

. hitler marched its men into the country and took it over disragardign the agreement between germany and the TOV

. the TOV did nothing

Question 11

what was the nazi soviet pact

Answer 11

1. stalin was worried about germany invading the USSR
2. made an agreement with france that is the nazis were to invade the USSR then the french would help
3. although stalin had concerns after seeing what had happened in abyssinia.

Question 12

what was the impact of the first world war on the weirmar republic

Answer 12

.german army was defeated
. thousands dead
.national income 1/3 of what it was
. war left 600,000 widows
.shortage of food
.fighting between the right and left groups

Question 13

what were the main political parties in germany

Answer 13

. left wing- greater equality in society
.far left - communist
.right wing - capitlasim
. far right - wanted a strong army

Question 14

what were the strengths of the weimar republic

Answer 14

. stopped someone from taking power as president was elected every 7 years

. people gained more rights to vote

Question 15

what were the disadvantages of the weimar republic

Answer 15

. there were different parties leading to argument

. article 48 which meant that the president could pass laws under a state of emergency without the verification of his chancellor

Question 16

what were the threats from the left- spartacists

Answer 16

. rosa luxemburg lead a group called the spartacists

. caused a rebellion ‘

Question 17

what were the threats from the right

Answer 17

.dr Wolfgang Kapp lead 5000 freikorps (ex-soldiers) into a rebellion

Question 18

what effect did the treaty of versailles have

Answer 18

. germany lost 10% of its land
. all of its overseas colonies
. 16% of its coal

Question 19

what were economic problems

Answer 19

. reperations

due to high reperations implemented it caused german to print money

. this excess printing caused hyperinflation

Question 20

what were the problems with the ruhr

Answer 20

due to high reperation costs and germany being in debt due to the war

they werent able to pay reperations leading to the french becoming impatient and and took good and resources from the german occupied ruhr as compensation

Question 21

what was stressemans impact on the economy

Answer 21

. allowed reperation payments to be spread out

. got 800million in loans from USA

. which allowed for money to be spent on rebuilding economy and increasing wages

Question 22

what did stresseman do in terms of politics

Answer 22

.no more attempted revolutioin from left or right wing

. the nazis gained 3% less votes

Question 23

what was the foreign policy

Answer 23

. promised not to change german borders

. allowing germany into the TOV

. changed some of the treaties rule in terms of germany being to blame

. removed foreign troops from rhineland