1890-1933 part 2

Question 1

Who was Friedrich Ebert?

Answer 1

The first President of new German and took over temporarily after the Kaiser abdicated

Question 2

When did the Kaiser abdicate?

Answer 2

1918

Question 3

What party did Ebert lead?

Answer 3

The SPD

Question 4

Who was Eberts Chancellor?

Answer 4

Phillip Scheidemann

Question 5

When did Ebert die?

Answer 5

Feb 1925

Question 6

When was the Spartacist uprising?

Answer 6

Jan 1919

Question 7

What was the Spartacist uprising?

Answer 7

A group of communists tried to take over Berlin and turn the country communist

Question 8

What did the Spartacist uprising entail?

Answer 8

-3days of street fighting
-Ebert forced to use 2,000 Freikorps-right wing veterans

Question 9

When was the Bavarian revolution?

Answer 9

Nov 1918-May 1919

Question 10

What was the Bavarian revolution?

Answer 10

Groups of communists in the province of Bavaria trying to break away from the rest of Germany

Question 11

How was control restored in the Bavarian revolution?

Answer 11

The Freikorps were used

Question 12

When was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 12

March 1920

Question 13

What was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 13

5000 members of Freikorps and right-wing into Berlin in rebellion

Question 14

Who supported the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 14

Most of the army

Question 15

Who led the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 15

Dr. Wolfgang kapp

Question 16

Who led the Spartacist Rebellion?

Answer 16

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg

Question 17

When was the Red rising?

Answer 17

-March/April 1920

Question 18

What was the governments response to Kapp Putsch?

Answer 18

Killed 1000 workers

Question 19

When were the political assassinations ?

Answer 19

1919-1922

Question 20

How many political murders?

Answer 20

350+ murders mostly by right-wing

Question 21

Why did Germans call the TOV a Diktat?

Answer 21

-No German representatives were allowed to attend the peace conference
-Germany forced to sign the TOV

Question 22

What was the L in LAMB?

Answer 22

L-Land , Germany split in two by ‘Polish corridor’, their empire was taken, Alsace Lorraine given to France

Question 23

What was the A in LAMB?

Answer 23

A-Army, Germany was limited to an army of 100,000, 6 battleships, no submarines, no tanks, no aircraft, demilitarized Rhineland

Question 24

What was the M in LAMB?

Answer 24

M-Money,$6.6bn in reparations to Belgium, France and Britain

Question 25

What was the B in LAMB?

Answer 25

B-Blame, the war guilt clause stated that Germany was fully to blame for the war- Germans were very unhappy with this outcome

Question 26

When was the armistice signed by the "November criminals"?

Answer 26

11 November 1918

Question 27

What year did Germany miss the reparation payments?

Answer 27

1922

Question 28

When did the French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr ?

Answer 28

1923

Question 29

What did the Government say and do for the work in the Ruhr when invaded?

Answer 29

-Ordered them to go on strike -Printed money to pay the French and Belgian troops, as well as the workers on strike

Question 30

What happened to the German Mark currency after the government printed more money?

Answer 30

The mark lost value

Question 31

How did the decrease in value of the mark impact Germany?

Answer 31

-Shopkeepers had to raise prices -Resulted in hyperinflation -Many people couldn't afford basic necessities

Question 32

Compare the cost of bread in 1918, sept 1923, and Nov 1923.

Answer 32

1918- 0.6 Marks Sept 1923- 1.5 Billion Marks Nov 1923 201 Billion Marks

Question 33

Who were "Losers" in the hyperinflation crisis?

Answer 33

-Savers, all wiped out -The elderly, on fixed income pensions -Small businesses, Trade became impossible

Question 34

Who were the "Winners" in hyperinflation?

Answer 34

-People with debts -Big businesses

Question 35

What was Hitler's position in WWI?

Answer 35

Fought as a corporal

Question 36

What award did Hitler win for bravery?

Answer 36

Iron cross

Question 37

What Rebellion did he lead?

Answer 37

Munich/Beerhall Putsch

Question 38

By what month and year was Hitler leading the Nazis?

Answer 38

November 1923

Question 39

What was his plan at the beginning of his lead of the Nazis?

Answer 39

Nazis planned to seize the local government in Bavaria and then march on Berlin. They planned to overturn Versailles, and destroy Communism

Question 40

What were the events of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 40

Local government leaders refused to join rebellion and armed police quickly mobilized to put down rebellion of 2,000. 3 police and 16 Nazi's killed.

Question 41

What were the consequences of the Munich Putsch? How did Hitler use this to his advantage?

Answer 41

Hitler was sent to Prison- Hitler used his trial speeches to spread his message against Versailles, communist and views?