Weimar Republic

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  • Created on: 13-05-13 13:29
when was the weimar set up?
1919 following the WWI
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who were the Left and Right wing parties?
Left- Communism. Right- Nazism
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why was the Weimar unpopular?
1. some felt like stab in the back for signing Treaty of Versailles. 2. living standards were poor especially in 1929. 3. unemployment was high. 4. people were looking for solutions.
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what happened in 1929?
the Great Depression. this was when the stock exchange in the US plummeted causing everyone to lose a lot of money.
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how important 1929 to the Nazis coming into power?
made them more popular as there was poverty and unemployment and the nazis offered solution
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what threat did the right wing pose?
big threat with the Kapp Putsch (1920) and Munich Putsch (1923) where the nazis tried to overthrow the weimar.
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what threat did the left wing pose?
smaller threat than right wing with the Spartacist Revolt (1919)
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what was the Golden Era of the weimar republic and what years?
1924-29. refers to when the weimar was becoming more popular and german life looked better due to Stresemann.
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what did stresemann do to make the Golden Era?
negotiated the Dawes Plan (1924), Locorno Pact (1925), Young Pact (1929) & changing the currency.
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what was the Dawes Plan?
where US banks would invest in the german economy to help with the hyperinflation.
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what was the Locorno Pact?
it guaranteed germany of its borders.
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what was the Young Plan?
it extended the deadline for the payement of reparations and so meant less money per year could be spent on reparations.
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how did stresemanns negotiating backfire in 1929?
when the Great depression occured, the US wanted all of its loans back from germany from the Dawes Plan in 1924- german economy was struck hard.
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