Nazi Germany & Weimar Republic 1918-1929

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What was the Treaty of Versailles 1919?
Allied leaders decided the terms of peace. Treaty terms were very popular. This made the Weimar Republic unpopular
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What was Hyperinflation?
Prices of goods increased
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Why was there Hyperinflation?
Government printed more money to pay for war (bankrupt), weimar printed more money which became worthless
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What were the negatives of Hyperinflation?
People couldn't afford to eat, bankrupt
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What were the positives of Hyperinflation?
People & businesses could pay off loans & mortgages.
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Who was Gustav Stresemann?
New chancellor
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What was the Rentenmark?
New type of money introduced by Stresemann
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What was the Dawes Act?
Instalments, temp reduced to £50m a year
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What was the Young Plan 1929?
Reduced reparations, payments made over a long time
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What was the League of Nations?
New international body that hoped to discuss world problems
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What was the Kellogg- Briand Port 1928?
Agreement between 62 nations, committed countries avoiding use of war
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Who were the Spartacists?
independent socialist party, based in Berlin
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Who were the Freikorps?
Ex soldiers who had kept old weapons, 250,000 men in march 1919
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What were the Spartacisits challenges?
revolt took over government newspaper & telephone bureau
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What were the Challenges for Kapp Putsch?
Feared unemployment, government organised trade unions to go on strike
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What was the Impact of first world war on Germany?
2 million german troops died, government debts increased by 150billion from 50 billion
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What was the Armistice?
Peace agreement, major decision of Ebert's new republic
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Who was Freidrich Ebert?
First German president & declared Germany a republic
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