1 Early Weimar 1918 onwards

Question 1

Creation of Weimar Repub

Answer 1

By Nov. ‘18, 1.8M GER soldiers had died
3 Nov. ‘18: Kiel mutiny
9 Nov. ‘18: abdication of the Kaiser
11 Nov. ‘18: Ebert signed armistice
Aug ‘19: new constitution drawn up in Weimar

Question 2

TOV

Answer 2

• Signed on 28 June ‘19
  Military:
• Army limited to 100 000 soldiers; 6 battleships
  Territorial
• GER. lost 13% of her land
  REPs of 6.6B

Question 3

Spartakist uprising

Answer 3

Jan ‘19

Question 4

Kapp Putsch

Answer 4

March ‘20
12 000 Freikorps marched on BER

Question 5

Occup. of Ruhr

Answer 5

Jan ‘23, 60 000 French & Belgian troops entered the Ruhr

Question 6

Hyperinflation

Answer 6

Nov 23

In ‘18, a loaf of bread cost 0.6 MARKS, by ‘23, this had risen to 201B MARKS

Question 7

Stresemann’s econ. reforms

Answer 7

Appointed as chancellor & foreign secretary in Aug ‘23
1 New currency
- Retenmark
- By Aug ‘24, able to establish permanent Reichsmark

2 Dawes Plan ‘24
- American banks agreed to invest 800M marks
- By ‘28, product. restored to pre-war levels

3 Young Plan ‘29
Reduced REPs payments from 6.6B to 2M
Reps lasted until ‘88

Question 8

Stresemann & foreign policies

Answer 8

1 Locarno Pact
Signed in Oct ‘25
2 League of Nations
GER returned to League in ‘26
3 Kellog Briand Pact
Signed in Aug ‘28 with 64 other nations