When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

What is the acronym for remembering the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

What does the 'G' stand for in the Treaty of Versailles acronym?

What does the 'A' stand for in the Treaty of Versailles acronym?

What does the 'R' stand for in the Treaty of Versailles acronym?

What does the 'G' stand for in the Treaty of Versailles acronym?

What does the 'L' stand for in the Treaty of Versailles acronym?

What does the 'E' stand for in the Treaty of Versailles acronym?

--THE CREATION OF A REPUBLIC 1918-19--

When did Prince Max ask the Allies for an armistice?

Give 2 constitutional reforms that Prince Max's government made.

When did the Revolution from Below start and what is another name for it?

Give 2 main events that occurred during the Revolution from Below.

What was Prince Max urged to do due to this breakdown in order and what happened?

What key turning point happened on the 8th November 1918 and what did this cause?

What was set up shortly after the fall of Prince Max's government? When was this?

Who led the Council of People's Representatives?

What were the major two parties in the CoPR and who led them?

Who became the new chancellor and who was in his cabinet?

What was the Ebert-Groener Pact?

What were the major differences between the SPD and USPD?

When was the armistice signed?

What were some of the social reforms the new government made to improve the unsettled political and economic situation?

What immediate and long-term impact did these reforms have on industrialists?

What happened to the SPD and USPD towards the end of December 1919?

What effect did this have?

What were many Germans afraid about, referring to the left-wing?

What happened to KPD political meetings?

What was the big communist revolt in Germany, when was it and who dealt with it?

--THE CREATION OF THE WEIMAR CONSTITUTION--

What percentage of the electorate voted in the 19th January election?

Why was this percentage so high?

What were the results of the election (which parties got into government)?

DNVP:
Who were they?
Where were they on the political spectrum?
What were their key values?
What did they want/not want?
Who did it support?
Who were the majority of its members?

DVP:
Who were they?
Where were they on the political spectrum?
What sort of group were they?
Who was their leader?
What was their view on the republic?
Who were their members?
What were they in/not in favour of?
What other key values did they have?

Centre Party (Z):
What were most of their support base?
Who did they defend in their policies?
Who supported the Centre Party?
What values did they have?
What was their view on social reform?
Were they for/against the left?
What was their view on communism?

DDP:
Who were they?
Who was part of the party?
Did they support the republic?
What did they believe about the constitution?
What was their view on social reform?
What was their view on industry?
What was their view on the army?

SPD:
Who were they?
How big was the party?
Did they support the republic?
Did they believe in social reform?
Views on revolution?
Who did they attract post-war?
Who else did they have support from?
Why couldn't they pass certain social reforms?

USPD:
Who were they?
Who did they split from and when?
What did they want (system)?
What did they stand for?

KPD:
Who were they?
What 3 things did they want?
Who formed the base of their support?

When was Ebert elected president and what were the votes for and against?

When was the Weimar Constitution passed?

--STRUCTURE OF THE WEIMAR CONSTITUTION--

What does the basic structure of the Weimar Constitution look like?

What was the main job of the President and what didn't he do?

Who voted for the President, how often and was the President part of a party?

Name 4 things the President could do in office?

What was Article 48?

Who was the Chancellor?

Name 2 powers that the chancellor had whilst in office?

What did the chancellor need in order to pass laws in the Reichstag?

What was the cabinet?

Who chose the cabinet?

What was the Reichstag?

Who voted for members of the Reichstag, how often and how many votes were needed to gain one seat?

What system was the Reichstag voting based upon?

What was the Reichsrat?

Who was part of the Reichsrat?

What was the most important power that the Reichsrat had?

--OVERCOMING CHALLENGES TO THE CONSTITUTION--

How did Germans feel towards the Treaty of Versailles (UGARGLE)?

What did this mean for the new Weimar government; what did they have to face?

How did the Weimar government manage to stay in power (SPD coalition)?

Give 4 strengths of the Weimar Constitution.

Give 2 'in the middle' attributes of the Weimar Constitution.

Give 4 weaknesses of the Weimar Republic.

When did the government use Article 48 and what was the issue of this?

Who was in the coalition between 1923 and 1929 (parties) and how was this done?

What happened as the economy improved?

What did this mean in terms of the political landscape?

What happened to the opinion of the Weimar Constitution?

What happened to the extreme parties during the 'Golden Years'?

--COLLAPSE OF DEMOCRACY--

Which 3 major factors contributed to the fall of the Weimar Republic?

Why did the German public hate the government?

How did the German public voice this opinion?

Why did Hindenburg have so much support?

What was the 'Stab in the Back' theory?

Which major event happened in 1929, that caused social and political unrest in Germany?

Why did it have this effect?

Which major effects did the Crash cause?

What happened to the government during this time?

What happened as this argument continued?

Which big event happened to damage the stability of coalitions?

What did this mean for Hindenburg?

So, between 1930 and 1932, what style of government had the Weimar Republic become?

Give evidence which supports the idea that the Republic was now a dictatorship.

--RISE OF HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY--

How did Hitler secure a boost in support for his party and what were they?

What happened in the 1932 presidential elections?

Who were the two chancellors during the 1932 period?

What did they both have in common?

What happened in the 1932 Reichstag elections?

What did von Papen suggest to Hindenburg after the failure of von Schleicher?

When was Hitler appointed as Chancellor?