Nazi Germany- Weimar

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Who were the Spartacists?
A left wing, radical group from the GSDP
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Who were their leaders?
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
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What was their aim?
They wanted to form a communist government, they had soviet backing
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What did they form at the end of Dec 1919?
The KPD
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In Jan 1919, the Spartacists took over the governement's... and .... bureau. This was an attempted to remove Weimar by organizing a ....
newspaper, telegram, general strike
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How did the rebellion end?
The Freikorps and Reichswehr put down the rebellion in support of the government. Leaders were shot.
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Who were the Freikorps?
A paramilitary group that refused to give up arms. Most were monarchists and wanted to save Germany from Bolshevism.
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How many were there by Mar 1919?
250 000 led by ex-army officers
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Why did the Freikorps march on Berlin?
They feared unemployment as army numbers were reduced?
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When did the Kapp Putsch take place?
Mar 1920
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Who were the leaders?
Officer Erhardt and Politician Kapp
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The Putsch started with the taking of... and the ... fled seeking safety
Berlin, Weimar government
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How was it put down?
Government gained support from trade union workers and they went on strike, causing chaos. Kapp fled because he could not rule Germany.
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Signficance
They stressed dolchtoss, the treaty of Versailles and managed to take Berlin without public support. The Reichswehr supported them.
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Name three other political attacks
Right wing bias in courts, wing political armies and assasinations
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How many assassinations were there from 1919-23?
376
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When was the hyperinflation?
1923
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What happened to the German currency?
It became worthless
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How much was a loaf of bread in 1923?
200 000 billion marks
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What caused the hyperinflation?
The government kept printing money though they didn't have the gold
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Why was the Ruhr invaded?
The French wanted to compensate in raw materials for the lack of reparation payment?
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What was the consequence of this?
German workers went on strike. 80% of coal, iron and steel were in the Ruhr and its factories.
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How did the government respond?
They printed more money to pay strikers.
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One of the negative effects of the hyperinflation was that...
German strike leaders were arrested
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One of the negative effects of the hyperinflation was that...
Prices outrose wages
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One of the negative effects of the hyperinflation was that...
People with fixed incomes suffered the most
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One of the negative effects of the hyperinflation was that...
Saving became worthless(middle class)
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One of the negative effects of the hyperinflation was that...
It made the Weimar government more unpopular
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One of the positive effects of the hyperinflation was that...
Farmers got paid more for food
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One of the positive effects of the hyperinflation was that...
People could pay off fixed loans and mortgages
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One of the positive effects of the hyperinflation was that...
Foreign visitors could get more for their money
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Who was elected chancellor in in 1923?
Stresseman
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What was the Retenmark?
A new currency tied to the price of gold so it had real value
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How did it end hyperinflation?
It allowed a stronger basis of recovery of jobs and bussinesses
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What was its effect?
It restored confidence in the government
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When was the Dawes Plan signed?
1924
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What was it?
An agreement between the US and Germany to temporarily reduced reparation installments yearly and for US banks to give loans to the German industry
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When was the Locarno Pact signed?
1925
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What was it?
Germany agreed to borders set by Treaty of Versailles
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What was its effect?
It improved French-German relations and allowed Germany to take part in the decision this time. It also led to an increase in popularity of the Weimar republic?
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When did Germany join the League of Nations?
1926
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What did it mean?
That Germany was growing in world esteem, it boosted confidence in Weimar.
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When was the Kellogg-Briand Pact signed?
1928
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What was it?
It was an agreement between 62 nations to avoid war to achieve foreign policy objectives.
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It showed that Germany was once again a...
Major power
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It showed that Germany's strength was built internationally by...
Moderate political parties
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It increased... in how Germany was being led.
Public confidence
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When was the Young Plan introduced?
1929
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It lengthened... and reduced the amount to... a year
the time, 2.05 billion marks
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This meant that... was lower for the German people
tax
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It was opposed by... who thought that it extended the
Nazis, the burden to future generations
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Economy improved because..
industry output doubled by 1928 and employment and trade increased
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Opposition still came from..
extremist political parties
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People felt that the League of nations was a symbol for
the unpopular ToV
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Some opposed the...
border with France
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Recovery was dependent on... which made the economy...
American loans, fragile
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Stresseman resigned as Chancellor in.. and became the foreign secretary
1929
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Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

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Who were their leaders?

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They wanted to form a communist government, they had soviet backing

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The KPD

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