Why was the weimar republic doomed from the start? (2)

Question 1

Before the war Germany was ruled by a

Answer 1

kaiser

Question 2

Germany was in……… in 1918

Answer 2

distress - econ and living standars

Question 3

1918 the national income was

Answer 3

1/3 of what it saws in 1914

Question 4

People angry in 1918 bc…

Answer 4

loss of the war

Question 5

gaps between

Answer 5

rich and poor

Question 6

1918 X amount died bc of

Answer 6

300,000 dead bc starvation

Question 7

1918 X was X amount of 1915

Answer 7

industry was 2/3 of 1915

Question 8

there were … demobilised

Answer 8

1/2 million demobilised soldiers

Question 9

1918 fighting between

Answer 9

left wing and right wing

Question 10

9th November 1918

Answer 10

kaiser abdicated…triggered revolts (socialists)

Question 11

10 november 1918

Answer 11

Ebert new leader = freedom of speech and worship

Question 12

What were peoples attitudes towards democracy in november 1918

Answer 12

• unenthusiastic

- comms wanted revolution

Question 13

January 1919

Answer 13

Free elections - ebert new president of weimar (berlin to unstable + violent)

Question 14

Stab in the Back myth…who was behind it….what was the myth

Answer 14

-believe that if army kept fighting they could’ve won = LIE
weimar blamed for defeat of war
-LUDENDORFF - new gov took blame = military didn’t nor politicians who pulled out

Question 15

7th may 1919

Answer 15

Treaty of versailles

Question 16

2 reasons how the weimar was affected by TOV

Answer 16

• tov bc of feeble leadership = weak = low support

blamed for giving into allies

Question 17

How did the LW (comm) threaten the WR - ‘19- ‘24 ( 4 things)

Answer 17

• liebknecht + rosa luxembourg = leaders
• wanted ger to be run by: workers soviets and councils
• 1919 failed election
• anti gov force was powerful in 1920s

Question 18

How did the RW threaten the WR (4 points)

Answer 18

• supported kaiser
• wanted strong army + expansion
• resented TOV
• 1922 foreign minister mudered
• 1923 Ah rebeled MUNCIH PUTSH OCT 23

Question 19

When was the RUHr entered and by who and why?

Answer 19

January 1923 - french and belgiums

Germany owed 50 mill in repar- none had been paid ‘21-‘22…took payments in raw materials

Question 20

What did the FR and belgiums do in the ruhr ( 3points)and what did this cause for GER

Answer 20

-Took payments in raw materials and goods
- 100 workers killed
-100,000 protesters expelled
caused a halt in econ- most important region

Question 21

Hyperinflation = (3points)

Answer 21

• gov printed money
• paid 2,200 mill reparations in worthless mark
• savings lost- poor suffered

Question 22

Stressmann

Answer 22

august 1923 became chancellor

Question 23

how did he solve hyperinflation? (4)

Answer 23

• passive res in ruhr ended
• reinmark new currency
• loans through dawes plan
• renogotiated reparations

Question 24

How did the economy thrive under stressmann? (5)

Answer 24

Dawes plan = repair paid

• 1927 industry recovered
• 1928 - production rate same as before war
• living standards ^^
• exports ^^

Question 25

How did politics thrive under stressmann (4)

Answer 25

WR widely supported
- after 1923 = no revolution attempts
- in 1928 modern parties had 138 more seats in reichstag
nazis decreased support 3% in 1928 election

Question 26

How did culture thrive under stressmann (6)

Answer 26

• artists bloomed
• freedom of speech
• bauhaus style design
• 1920s golden age cinema
• 1927 900 dance bands in berlin alone
• bauhaus 1st exhibit 15,000 turned up

Question 27

When and what was the lorcano treaty?

Answer 27

1925- peace treaty Germany accepted the borders with France and Belgium

• Germany accepted that the Rhineland would remain a demilitarised zone
• France and Germany agreed to settle any disputes through the League

Question 28

+ foreign policy under stressmann

Answer 28

• young plan + dawes plan
• reversed treaty
• ‘25 lorcano treaty
• 26 germany joined LON

Question 29

negative for economy under SMANN (5)

Answer 29

• landvalue berlin ^ 700%
• unemployment ^
• farmers had decreased demand for food
• ^ pay/ conditions
• Us loans could be called in at any time

Question 30

(-) SMANN- politics (3)

Answer 30

• nazis/comm parties built up
• 30% of votes went to opp parties
• hindenburg ‘26 democracy opposed

Question 31

culture (-) under SMANN (3)

Answer 31

• loss of morals
• wanted decline of decadence
• nazzis harness this later on

Question 32

Foreing policy (-) under SMANn

Answer 32

Nationalists against - LON

• loracno treaty
• hated TOV