Weimar Republic

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Who was the Kaiser of Germany from 1888?
Wilhelm II
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Germany had undergone an industrial revolution and an...
economic boom
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How did German's feel about their nations economic development?
proud
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When did the first world war end?
1918
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How was Germany left after WW1?
virtually bankrupt
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How was the nation left?
divided
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What was there huge gaps in?
standard of living
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When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
1919
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When did Stressemann become Chancellor of Germany?
1923
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When was the Wall Street Crash?
1929
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When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
1933
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What is the German word for supreme leader?
Fuhrer
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When did Hitler become Fuhrer?
1934
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When did the WW2 begin?
1939
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When did WW2 end?
1945
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When does Hitler commit suicide?
1945
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What is the set of laws about how a country is governed?
constitution
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What is the German version of Prime Minister?
Chancellor
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Who is the head of state, but elected (not a King or Queen)?
President
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What is the German parliament called?
Reichstag
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What is a government made up of different political parties?
Coalition
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What was the Weimar republic?
Democracy
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When did the first free elections take place?
January 1919
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Who appointed the Chancellor?
President
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What was the age limit to vote in the Reichstag elections?
20
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What was the voting system called?
Proportional Representation
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How often did elections take place?
every 5 years
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What allowed the President to rule by him-or-herself in an emergency?
article 48
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Who was the right wing opponents?
Extremists
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What did the right wing opponents like?
The Kaisers doctoral style of government
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Who led 5000 Freikorps into Berlin?
Dr Wolfgang Kapp
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Who were the threat from the left?
Communists
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What did the left wing opponents believe in?
equality
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Who did they want to rule Germany?
workers and soviets
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What did the Treaty of Versailles force Germany to pay?
reparations
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What were the instalments that Germany was meant to pay?
£6,600 million
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How much did Germany pay in 1921?
£50 million
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How much did Germany pay in 1922?
nothing
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Where did French and Belgian troops go to take what they were owed in raw materials in 1923?
The Ruhr
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Who took over in Government in August 1923?
Gustav Stressemann
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What did he do to all of the worthless marks in Germany?
burnt them
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What was the new currency called?
rentenmark
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What was the economical damage called?
hyperinflation
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What was set up to receive loans from America?
the Dawes plan
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