History (GCSE)- Autumn Term (Yr.11)

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things which describe germany and its situation in ww1
spanish flu killed lots of people, lost war, couldnt afford the war, kiel mutiny-major strike, food shortages, trentches caused lots of deaths
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how did ebert become the president ?
prince max formed a new gov in 1918 oct, and wanted to end the war but refused to whilst kaiser still in control, revolution began and kiel mutiny after this to get kaiser to resign, 9th nov kasier abdicated and ebert was the new chancellor, end war
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how did ebert ensure the peoples confidence ?
he kept the old gov in place and worked along side soldiers and workers councils, didnt confiscate land, won support of trade union
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why was it called the weimar republic ?
because the gov had to move from berlin to weimar because berlin became too dangerous
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what was the weimar republic ?
germanys democracy after ww1
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what were the strengths of the weimar republic ?
its democratic, everyone over 20 could vote, regular checks carried out so that no one person had too much power, change person with most power every 7 years
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what were the weakness of the weimar republic ?
coalition government, no strong decisions, weak in a crisis because you have to consult with so many people to agree, based on division and violence; relied on army to stop riots
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what was in the treaty of versailles ?
when germany had to give back land, reduce their army, pay reparations and take all the blame for the war
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what was article 58 ?
an agreement that means the president can pass any law they want
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define constitution
a set of laws that are written down to show how a country should be ruled
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define reparation
the money you pay as compensation to other countries to cover the cost of war damage
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define republic
a country that is a democratic country but without a monarchy
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what were the extreme right wing beliefs ?
they were capitalists and believed a strong government was needed, intrest of nation rather than individuals, national party was the main right wing
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what were the extreme left wing beliefs ?
that germany should be controlled by the people opposed capitalism, cooperation not independence, geman communist party was main party
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why did the 1920s election change things ?
because the three main parties only got 45% of seats instead of 77%, extreme parties now saw 20%
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what did extremeist parties think about the weimar republic ?
they opposed the weimar republic as the extremeist parties were mainly made up of working class or wealthy people
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what were the problems with the right and left wing parties outside reichstag ?
they both had their private armies who started killing anyone they didnt agree with between 1919-1923 376 were killed
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what was the threat from the left ?
the spartactist revolt
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why did the spartacist revolt ?
when workers took to the streets and seized the gov. newspaper and telegraph offices which made the gov feel as though they were loosing control.
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how successful was the crushing of the spartactist revolt ?
very successful killed main leaders to ensure that the rebellion didnt start again.
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what was the threat from the right ?
the kapp putsch
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what was the kapp putsch ?
when rebels took control of the city, they turned against their arms and their republic.
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how successful was the crushing of the kapp putsch ?
not successful kapp fled after the army refused to attack the people but the rebellion eventually collasped and weimar returned and just put one person was put in prison
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what were the main threats faced by the weimar republic ?
bankruptcy, occupation of the ruhr and inflation
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how did bankruptcy affect the weimar republic ?
because of the treaty of versailles, reparations asked to be reduced but declined because france needed the money by 1923 germany could no longer pay reparations
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how did the occupation of the rurh affect germany ?
germans couldnt sell any of their resources and becasue they couldnt fight with their small army had to passively resist and increase germanys debt
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how did inflation affect the weimar republic ?
germany needed more money because of the debt he needed to pay so printed more money to because of the debt they needed to pay, vicious circle because made money more and more worthless.
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who did the german people blame for hyper inflation ?
the government for signing all the treaties and printing the money in the first place
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how did people suffer from hyperinflation ?
by starving and just genuinly not being able to afford to live by not being able to afford other simple goods
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who benefited from the hyperinflation ?
people in debt because now it was easier to pay off debts
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prince max formed a new gov in 1918 oct, and wanted to end the war but refused to whilst kaiser still in control, revolution began and kiel mutiny after this to get kaiser to resign, 9th nov kasier abdicated and ebert was the new chancellor, end war

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