WIEMAR & NAZI GERMANY

Question 1

what happened to the people og germany near the end of WW1?

Answer 1

~ 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

Question 2

what happened to the debt in germany during WW1

Answer 2

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

Question 3

what happened to the wrokers.

Answer 3

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

Question 4

what else happened to the economy inflation

Answer 4

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

Question 5

who and when did the germans realise they were not winning

Answer 5

who: ~ field marshal
Hindenburg
~ general ludencroft
when: 29/09/1918

Question 6

what did the gernal and field marshal suggest when they realised they were losing

Answer 6

they sugested that a democratic goverment was nedded for a favourable peace settlement with the allied countires

Question 7

when and how did the ka iser realise he was losing support

Answer 7

~ 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

Question 8

what was the second hint that the kaiser was lsoing support

Answer 8

a communist by the name of kurt eisner led mass number of strikes aeround munich

Question 9

when did the kaiser abdicate and where did he flee too

Answer 9

09/11/1918
holland

Question 10

when and how was the german rebublic born

Answer 10

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

Question 11

wha did ebert do when he became the new leader of the german rebublic

Answer 11

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

Question 12

what happened at the end of WW1

Answer 12

11/11/1918
ebert admitted defeat and signed the peace treaty in versaille

Question 13

how did german politicians in the peoples representative gain the name november criminals

Answer 13

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

Question 14

what happened after the signing of the treaty

Answer 14

politicans who signed the treaty were now known as the november criminals and massive rebellions and so forth took place in berlin

Question 15

why was the new goverment known as the weimar rebublic

Answer 15

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

Question 16

what was the strusture of the weimar rebublic

Answer 16

~ president

~ goverment

~ parliment

~ electorates

Question 17

who was the head of the weimar rebublic and what was their job

Answer 17

~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

Question 18

who had the second role in the Weimar republic and their role

Answer 18

~ the government

~ they made the political
decisions

~ the chancellor led the
cabinet

Question 19

what is the title of the third role in the weimar republic

Answer 19

~ 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

Question 20

what is the title of the final role of the republic and what is their role

Answer 20

~ electorate

~ all men and women above
20 were eligible to vote

Question 21

What type of voting system does parliament follow

Answer 21

Proportional representation

Question 22

What were the strengths of the Weimar constitution

Answer 22

~ It was thought to be a genuine democracy because anyone over the age of 20 were able to vote

Question 23

What were the weaknesses of the Weimar constitution

Answer 23

~ article 48 this is bad because it meant the president can bypass the democracy

~ proportional representation meant that weak coalitions were formed

Question 24

What were the terms of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 24

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)

Question 25

What were the public opinions for the outcome of WW1

Answer 25

Many believed that Germany should have won the war due to the fact that they were coming up with new weapons

Question 26

What was the spartacudt uprising

Answer 26

This was a communist group led by a woman named Rosa Luxemburg and Keil Leib Knecht

Question 27

What were the challenges face due to the spartacist uprising

Answer 27

In 01/1919 the separatists formed and uprising in Berlin and hoped to lead a general strike with the ultimate aim to overthrow the Weimar Republic

Question 28

What did fredrich ebert do to combat the uprising

Answer 28

He used a right wing group of former soldiers also known as the freikorps to stop the uprising

Question 29

what was the kapp putsch

Answer 29

03/1020 the friekorps also staged an uprising wityh their leader being known as wolfgang kapp

Question 30

what challeneges did berlin have to face during the kapp putsch

Answer 30

~ the aim was to take
control and stop the
weimar democratic
systerm

~ the kapp putsch failed due to german workers going on strike this forced the kapp to flee

Question 31

what was the munich putsch

Answer 31

1923 the national socialist german workers party (NSDAP) also known as the nazi party staged in munich with their leaders being hitler and general ludendroff

Question 32

who led the munich putsch

Answer 32

adolf hitler