ww1, WR, TOV

Question 1

when did world war one start

Answer 1

1914

Question 2

when did world war one end

Answer 2

11th november 1918

Question 3

what were 3 impacts of ww1

Answer 3

new gov. people unsure
financial problems, $37 billion had been spent
social unrest. freikorps - unemployed soldiers who were nationalists

Question 4

problems with weimar republic

Answer 4

the voting system meant that every political party got a share in running the country, this led to lots of uneasy teaming up of parties that had not much in common.
there were 29 different political parties
article 48 meant that the president could take charge in an emergency meaning the chance of a new dictatorship was built into the constitution of the country.

Question 5

what did the weimar republic do first

Answer 5

end ww1 on the 11th november 1918 - armistice

Question 6

why did germans find the treaty of versailles humiliating

Answer 6

1. germans were given no say in the treaty, it was a dikat (dedicated peace). germany had to accept all blame fro ww1. reality of causes was more complex

Question 7

why was the treaty of versailles a challenge to the weimar government

Answer 7

people thought ebert and the government were weak for signing it. they believed a strong government would have stood up to the treaty.
people began to view the armistice signed in november 1918. it sounded like a bad idea. the amount of people missing the kaiser increased. the weimar government became november criminals

Question 8

what were the big challenges faced by the weimar government between 1919 nd 1923

Answer 8

1. a country ruined by war
2. revolutionary mood in the country
3. weak constitution
4. treaty of versailles
5. uprisings
6. political murders

Question 9

what happened in the spartacist uprising

Answer 9

1. 50,000 communists rose up
2. attempted to capture the government newspaper
3. SDP had to use right wing freikorps to put them down

Question 10

what happened in the kapp putsch

Answer 10

1. right wing groups hated the SDP
2. attempts to disband for freikorps was hated
3. wolfgang kapp rose up but people supported the SDP not him

Question 11

what political murders were there in the 1920’s

Answer 11

376 murders between 1919 and 1922

matthias erzberger was killed in 1921 - he was a november criminal

Question 12

why was the ruhr invaded by france in 1923

Answer 12

germany couldn’t keep up with the money they owed france

Question 13

consequences of the ruhr invasion

Answer 13

1. workers refused to cooperate with the french
2. there was a protest and the amount that germany was producing fell dramatically.
3. the government had to start printing money to pay wages

Question 14

what did the hyperinflation do to germany

Answer 14

1. there was a rush to the shops as prices changed by the hour
2. savings became worthless - everyone was effected

Question 15

what year did the DAP publish the 25 point plan

Answer 15

1920

Question 16

what did the DAP eventually become

Answer 16

the nazi party

Question 17

what were the two things that the 25 point for germany outlined should happen

Answer 17

1. get rid of treaty of versailles

2. jewish people expelled from germany

Question 18

why was there an increase in hatred for jewish people in germany after the signing of the TOV

Answer 18

1. the tov weakened germany and damaged peoples pride in their country
2. this made people think differently about the revolution that had got rid of the kaiser in 1918, protests shouldn’t of happened.
3. back in 1918 lots of leaders of the protests against the kaiser had been jewish so they became an easy target to blame.

Question 19

how was the nazi party formed

Answer 19

1. the DAP was one of the 29 political parties set up in the weimar republic
2. adolf hitler spied on it and ended up speaking at a meeting
3. anton drexler was impressed with him as a speaker. hitler ended up working with drexler and writing the 25 point plan. eventually he changed the name of the party to the nazi party and became leader in 1921.

Question 20

when hitler became leader what did he stop people doing

Answer 20

he persuaded people to give up their right to chose the leader of the party in 1922

Question 21

who were the SA

Answer 21

The SA were a private army for the nazi party. they were recognised by their brown shirts. there job was to patrol meetings and beat up opponents of the nazi party, like communists

Question 22

why did the nazis set up two newspapers

Answer 22

to spread the nazi message of hatred of the treaty of versailles and of jewish people. the two papers were
‘der sturmer’ and the peoples observer

Question 23

who was hermann goering and general ludendorff

Answer 23

1. goering was a ww1 hero and deputy leader of the nazi party.
2. ludendorff was a well respected nationalist who was friends with hitler (but not a fully signed nazi) in the early 1920’s hitler thought he would need the support of ludendorff in order to take control of germany

Question 24

when did hitler write the mein kampf

Answer 24

during the years he was i prison after the munich putsch failed

Question 25

how did running for president of the weimar republic help adolf hitler and the popularity of the nazi party

Answer 25

1. 1932, hitler challenged hindenburg for the role of president. he was never going to win because hindenburg was a hero
2. this increased the awareness of hitler and made him a candidate to become chancellor of the weimar republic once hindenburg had to appoint a new one