WIEMAR & NAZI GERMANY Flashcards
To bang these before may (32 cards)
what happened to the people og germany near the end of WW1?
~ 2 million german troops found dead
~4 million found german troops injured
~ 600,000 woman were left widowed
~763,000 died of stavation and other thing
~150,000 died from the flu
what happened to the debt in germany during WW1
germany found themselves 100 billion more marks in dept from before this means they were 50 million marks at the start of ww1 however by the end was 150 billion marks in debt
what happened to the wrokers.
german workers found themselves getting paid 60% from their usual pay in 1913 while big armenents business ownders were getting more money due to the war leading workers to resent them
what else happened to the economy inflation
because germany was in debt due to the war and also funding the country they decdied to print more money leading to an inflation making everything more expensive for the people
who and when did the germans realise they were not winning
who: ~ field marshal
Hindenburg
~ general ludencroft
when: 29/09/1918
what did the gernal and field marshal suggest when they realised they were losing
they sugested that a democratic goverment was nedded for a favourable peace settlement with the allied countires
when and how did the ka iser realise he was losing support
~ 03/11/1918
~ this was when the sailors in the german navy refused to go out to sea and fight the opposing side this was also known
what was the second hint that the kaiser was lsoing support
a communist by the name of kurt eisner led mass number of strikes aeround munich
when did the kaiser abdicate and where did he flee too
09/11/1918
holland
when and how was the german rebublic born
10/11/1918
a member of the SDP (social democratic party) phillip schneidemann declared a new german rebublic and the leader of the SDP fredrich ebert became the leader of the new german rebublic
wha did ebert do when he became the new leader of the german rebublic
fredrich ebert created a goverment known as the council of peoples representative so the people can feel recongised until new elections were held in 01/1919
what happened at the end of WW1
11/11/1918
ebert admitted defeat and signed the peace treaty in versaille
how did german politicians in the peoples representative gain the name november criminals
throughout WW1 the german people were told they were winning so to hear that ebert admitted defeat felt like a betrayer hence the name of november criminals
what happened after the signing of the treaty
politicans who signed the treaty were now known as the november criminals and massive rebellions and so forth took place in berlin
why was the new goverment known as the weimar rebublic
this was because after te signing of the rtreaty of versaile there was a massive uprour happening all throughout berlin so politicans packed all their stuff up and moved to weimar to set up a new goverment
what was the strusture of the weimar rebublic
~ president
~ goverment
~ parliment
~ electorates
who was the head of the weimar rebublic and what was their job
~president
~ the president was elected
every 7 years
~ they had the power to
chose key ministers and
their chancellor
~ they could use article 48
meaning they could make
decisions by themselves
who had the second role in the Weimar republic and their role
~ the government
~ they made the political
decisions
~ the chancellor led the
cabinet
what is the title of the third role in the weimar republic
~ parliment
~ formed from the rieshtag
and reichstrat
~ their voting system was proportational representation
~ Reichstag is more powerful than Reichsrat
~ they are both elected every
4 years
~ reishstrat represented each
region of Germany
~ the Reichstag more powerful and controlled tax
what is the title of the final role of the republic and what is their role
~ electorate
~ all men and women above
20 were eligible to vote
What type of voting system does parliament follow
Proportional representation
What were the strengths of the Weimar constitution
~ It was thought to be a genuine democracy because anyone over the age of 20 were able to vote
What were the weaknesses of the Weimar constitution
~ article 48 this is bad because it meant the president can bypass the democracy
~ proportional representation meant that weak coalitions were formed
What were the terms of the treaty of Versailles
LAND= Germany gave up 13% of its land and 12.5% of its population
ARMY= they were restricted to: 100,000 soldiers
6 ships
15,000 sailors
And no armoured vehicles or submarines
The demilitarisation of Rhineland
MONEY= they owed £6.6 billion in reparations
BLAME= Germany must accept the blame of the start of WW1 (article 231)
