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The Weimar republic

Jemma Wills History GCSE English 65 cards

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  1. 1when did ww1 end?11th nov 1918
  2. 2what date was the kiel mutiny3rd nov 1918
  3. 3what date did ww1 end11th nov 1918
  4. 4what and when was the kiel mutinyOn 3 November at the main German naval base in Kiel frustrated German sailors mutinied instead of following orders to attack the British Royal Navy.
  5. 5when did kaiser wilhelm II abdicateKaiser Wilhelm II, to abdicate on 9 November.
  6. 6who became chancellor thenFriedrich Ebert
  7. 7what party did Friedrich Ebert leadSocial Democratic Party (SDP)
  8. 8what id the people call the politicians who signed the armistice agreementthe november criminals
    Dolchstoss (stab in the back)
  9. 9What happened in the january 1919 elections?SPD party got the most power
    Ebert, leader of the SPD became the first democratically chosen President.
  10. 10where and when was the new constitution agreedThey met in the town of Weimar
    August 1919
  11. 11why did they meet in weimarbecause berlin was dangerous
  12. 12what qualified someone to vote in the weimar republicmen and women over age 20
  13. 13advantage of the republicdemocratic
  14. 14disadvantages of the republicproportional representation=coalition governments=slow decisions=difficult to pass laws
    article 48- meant president could act without parliament in emergency
  15. 15what was the treaty of Versailles called by the germansdiktat because terms were imposed not agreed
  16. 16when was the treaty of Versailles signed28th june 1919
  17. 17what was article 231war guilt clause meant germany took blame for the war
  18. 18how much reparations did germany have to pay£6.6 billion
  19. 19how many troops were germany allowed100000
  20. 20name 4 restrictions to german armyconscription banned
    tanks were banned
    Germany’s navy was reduced to 15,000 personnel
    allowed only 6 battleships
    no submarines
  21. 21name two territorial termsThe Rhineland was demilitarised
    Alsace-Lorraine went back to France.
  22. 22what was weimars threat from the leftThe Spartacist Uprising
  23. 23when was The Spartacist Uprising5 – 12 January 1919
  24. 24what did ebert do to trigger 5 – 12 January 1919he fired the chief of police in berlin who the workers liked the sparticists saw this as an opportunity to stir things up
  25. 25who were they led byRosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
  26. 26how many rebelled and whereBerlin
    100000
  27. 27how did the government put it downt armed bands of ex-soldiers, known as the Freikorps, who defeated the Spartacist rebels.
  28. 28what happened to their leadersLiebknecht and Luxemburg were killed by the Freikorps after being arrested on the 15th. Luxemburg’s body was dumped in a canal.
  29. 29events of the uprisingNewspaper and communication buildings were seized and the demonstrators armed themselve
  30. 30who was the threat from the rightThe Kapp Putsch
  31. 31when was The Kapp Putsch13 - 17 March 1920
  32. 32why did The Kapp Putsch happena lot of the army were unemployed due to the terms of the treaty
  33. 33who was their leaderDr Wolfgang Kapp
  34. 34why wouldnt the army help ebertThe regular army refused to attack the Freikorps because "soldiers didnt fire on soldiers"
  35. 35how was kapp defeatedthe workers of Berlin went on strike and refused to cooperate with him.
  36. 36how many political assassinations were there from 1919-1922356
  37. 37why did many assassins get away with itjudges were generally sympathetic to the right wing
  38. 38when was the hyperinflation crisis1923
  39. 39why did it happengermany missed a payment to france so france invaded the ruhr and took coal mines, railways, steel works and factories
  40. 40why didnt germany use its army to retaliatebecause it had been reduced to 100000 men
  41. 41what did ebert tell the people to dopassive resisitance he promised to pay their wages
  42. 42how many did the french kill because of this132 were killed
  43. 43how did ebert pay their wageshe printed more money
  44. 44name three things that damamged the economy at this timegermany was still recovering from its debts from ww1
    passive resistance meant less goods were produced
    the government printed more money decreasing its value
  45. 45how much did a loaf of bread cost in January 1923, compared to November 1923.250 marks in January 1923
    200,000 million marks in November 1923.
  46. 46why were workers sometimes paid twice a daybecause prices rose so fast their wages were virtually worthless by lunchtime.
  47. 47who did hyperinflation benefitBorrowers, such as businessmen, landowners and those with mortgages,
    Farmers coped well, since their products remained in demand and they received more money for them
  48. 48who suffered most in hyperinflationPeople on fixed incomes
    People with savings
  49. 49who became chancellor and foreign secretaryGustav Stresemann
  50. 50during what years did germany recover1924-1929
  51. 51when did streseman become chancellorAugust 1923
  52. 52how long was he chancellor for3 months
  53. 53when did he quit as foreign ministeroctober 1929
  54. 54name two things stresemen immediately did to help resolve hyperinflationstopped passive resistance
    convincing france to leave the Ruhr promising to pay repatriations
  55. 55what was the rentenmarka new currency that stabilised prices as only a limited number were printed meaning money rose in value
  56. 56what was the dawes planGermany only had to pay 1 billion Marks reparations per year for the first 5 years and 2.5 billion per year after that
    Germany was loaned 800 million Marks from the USA
  57. 57when was it agreedSeptember 1924
  58. 58what was the young planReduced the total amount of reparations to 2 billion Marks per year
    given 59 years to pay off with payments to end in 1988
  59. 59when was it agreedjan 1930
  60. 60what was the locarno pactGermany, France and Belgium agreed to respect their post-Versailles borders, whilst all agree to settle any border disputes peacefully.
    agree to consider germany being allowed in league of nations
  61. 61when was it agreed1925
  62. 62what was the League of Nationsset up as part of the Versailles agreement Germany was initially excluded.a year later was accepted as a permanent member of the Council of League, making it one of the most powerful countries in the League.
  63. 63when was it1926
  64. 64what was the Kellogg-Briand PactGermany was one of 62 countries that signed up to this agreement, which committed to settling disputes between them peacefully.
  65. 65when was it1928

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GCSE History (Nazi Germany) Flashcards on The Weimar republic, created by Jemma Wills on 12/10/2022.
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