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Flashcards by HenryMcCrea, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What was the name of the treaty that was created that Germany had to sign after WW1? | Treaty of Versailles |
| What were the four main terms included in this treaty? | Territory, Military, Reparations, War Guilt |
| Name the area of Germany that was demilitarised and occupied by allied troops for 15 years | The Rhineland |
| What was the article of the Treaty of Versailles that said that Germany was to blame for causing the war? | Article 231 |
| How much money did Germany have to pay for the damage caused by the war? | £6,600 million |
| Name the area that was given back to France | Alsace-Lorraine |
| What was the name of the republic that took over after Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated? | The Weimar Republic |
| Who was the President of the Weimar Republic? | Friedrich Ebert |
| What was the system of voting used by the Weimar Republic? | Proportional Representation (P.R) |
| Name a strength of P.R. | -All parties were given a fair share of seats -Everyone got the vote |
| Name a weakness of P.R. | -It led to many often small parties with power, including extremist groups - Several parties often had to join together to form weak coalition governments |
| What was the belief called that accused the politicians of the new republic of betraying the Germans when they were winning the war? | 'Stab in the back' Theory |
| Who were the leaders of the Spartacist uprising? | Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebneckt |
| When did The Spartacist uprising take place? | January 1919 |
| How did the Spartacist Uprising fail? | The Freikorps, ex-army servicemen shot the two leaders for "resisting arrest" |
| Name the attempt by the Freikorps to overthrow the Weimar Republic in 1920 | The Kapp Putsch |
| How did the Kapp Putsch fail? | A general worker's strike was organised |
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