Flashcards
Weimar Revision
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- 1When was the Spartacists revolt?January 1919
- 2What did the Spartacists want?Germany to
be ruled by workers'
councils or soviets. - 3Who led the Spartacists?Karl Liebknecht and
Rosa Luxemburg. - 4What happened to Bavaria between 1918 - 1919?Became a self-declared Socialist state.
- 5What were the main 3 impacts of WW1 on Germany?1) Germany was virtually bankrupt.
2) Germany had a revolution and became an unstable democratic republic.
3) The war had deepened divisions in society. - 6What was agreed at the Treaty of Versailles?To blame Germany for WW1, to reduce it's armed forces to 100,000 soldiers, to force Germany to pay £6.6 billion in reparations, to give German territories to allied forces and to set up a League of Nations.
(GARGLe) - 7When did France and Belgium invade the Ruhr?January 1923
- 8Why was the Ruhr invaded?Because Germany failed to pay a reparations payment. The Ruhr was Germany's most industrial area and so France and Belgium took the payment in the form of goods and materials.
- 9What did Germany do in resistance to the occupation of the Ruhr?German workers carried out passive resistance and effectively went on strike.
- 10Why did German Workers in the Ruhr go in strike?So that the French would not have anything to take away.
- 11What is Hyperinflation?Hyperinflation is rapid and out of control inflation.
- 12What caused hyperinflation in Weimar?The government printing too much paper money to pay off reparations.
- 13What was the effect of the strike in the Ruhr?100 workers were killed.
Germany also suffered as the stop of production caused the collapse of its currency. - 14When was the Munich Putsch?8th - 9th November 1923
- 15What happened at the Munich Putsch?Hitler tried to topple the government with 600 SA soldiers. He hijacked a government meeting and declared he was taking over the Bavarian government.
- 16How was the Munich Putsch stopped?Hitler allowed Kahr and Lossow to return home after agreeing to revolt. They then subsequently called the police and army.
- 17What happened on the 9th of November 1923?Munich Putsch was quelled by the police and army. 16 Nazis died and Hitler was arrested.
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- Revision flash cards for 1918 to 1933 Weimar Republic
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- Tom Mitchell · fev 2014
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