Word Summery Test Flashcards
Reparations?
An amount of money Germany was made to pay due to losing the war. Sum of 6000 £600 million
Passive resistance?
A non-violent refusal to comply.
Dictatorship?
A system of government by one person with total power
Armistice?
Cease fire brings an end to war
Nationalism?
Extreme form of patriotism
Democracy?
A system of government by the people through elections
The Kapp Putsch?
Attempted revolution by the freikorps
Ebert?
President of the new Republic
Versailles treaty?
Germany’s punishment following its defeat.
Sparticists?
Communists who attempted to overthrow the government.
French invasion of the Ruhr?
The French invade because of Germany’s failure to meet reparation instalments
Stab in the back?
Germany believed they were betrayed by the politicians and Jews
Diktat?
German representatives allowed no say in the peace settlement
Waimar?
Germany’s post-war government
Communism?
On the extreme left of political belief