Germany 1919-1945

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What was the name of the clause which blamed Germany for starting WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
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What is the name for the money Germany was meant to pay for the damage it caused?
reperations
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What happened to Germany's overseas colonies after the war?
they were taken away
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Which area of Germany did the Versailles Treaty ban the German military from?
Rhineland
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What was the name of the first president of the Weimar Republic?
Friedrich Ebert
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To which party did Ebert belong?
Social Democratic
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Why was the government based at Weimar?
it was the financial capital of Germany
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What is the name of the German parliament?
Reichstag
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Name the force which was set up to keep the peace in Germany...
Freikorps
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Give three reasons for discontent in Germany after WWI...
people were poor and starving, denied they lost the war, government was seen as weak and ineffective
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Where did the Spartacist Revolt and Kapp Putsch take place?
Berlin
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What was the name of the new currency introduced in Germany in 1924?
Rentenmark
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What was the name of the plan which reduced Germany's reparations bill by three-quarters?
Young Plan
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In what year and in what country was Hitler born?
Austria, 1889
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Who was the leader of the German workers' party when Hitler joined?
Anton Drexler
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What was the name of the uprising Hitler led in 1923?
Munich Putsch
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What was the title of the book Hitler wrote in prison?
Mein Kampf
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Name the armed force which was set up to support the Nazis...
Stormtroopers/SA
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Where did the Nazis come in the 1930 election?
2nd
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Who beat Hitler in the presidential elections of April 1932?
Hindenburg
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Which Nazi did von Schleicher offer to make vice-chancellor?
Gregor Strasser
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How did Hitler use the reichstag fire to his own advantage?
he said the communists started it
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What did Hitler's enabling act allow him to do in March 1933?
govern for 4 years without parliament and banned all other parties
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What was the night of the long knives?
Hitler sent his men to arrest and kill any possible opposition
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What title did Hitler give himself on the death of Hindenburg in 1934?
Der Fuhrer
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What was a Gau?
a province of Germany?
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Which Nazi was put in charge of propaganda?
Goebbels
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