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The End Of World War 1 Flashcards

1
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What is an armistice?

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A formal agreement between warring parties to stop fighting.

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2
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Who did the allied powers consist of?

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Britain
America
France
Greece
Russia
Serbia
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3
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Who did the axis powers consist of?

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Germany
Bulgaria
Austria
Italy
Turkey
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4
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Who was woodrow wilson?

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Represented usa
Made 14 points
Wanted peace 
Wasn't affected badly 
Didn't loose lots of land 
Only fought for 1 year
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5
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Who was david lloyd george?

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Represented britain
Agreed with usa
But wanted to be in 1919 elections
So let Germany loose navy
But wasn't harsh
Wanted to trade
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6
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Who was George clemclau?

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Represented france
Harsh
Angry
Effected the most
Wanted revenge so never attack again.
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7
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What were the 4 rules of the treaty?

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War guilt clause - blame
Reperations-money
Disarment- 100000 men and lost navy
Loss of territory- lost land, minerals, population

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8
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Who was the chancellor and what year?

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Friedrich elbert

1919

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9
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What took over Germany and what were they?

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Communist party 
On right wing 
Freikorps
They were capitalists
Rule Germany as democracy
Elbert battled to control germany
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10
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What is new government?

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The weimar republic

Which was a coalition of parties

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11
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What is coalition?

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2 or more parties join to get more votes

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12
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What was the disadvantage of coalition?

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All had different opinions

Caused fights and friction

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13
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What is a republic?

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Live in a country which has a leader

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14
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What were the political problems?

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Communist party disliked his captilist beliefs
Political problems from tight wing parties cause democracy
Economic problems- starvation, unemployment, declining currency

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What were the problems in the weimar?

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Large num of parties represented in rechstag= represented divisions, coalitions that were forming reforming.
Putsch or coup detat failed- under attack and popular and other parties trying to over throw them

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16
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What did France attack and why?

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The ruhr

Germany couldnt pay

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17
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What did hitler join?

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The nationalist socialist german workers party

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18
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Did printing more money fail or succeed as well as hyper inflation?

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Failed

Big mistake

19
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What did being greedy cause germany?

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War and anger and riots

20
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How long did the weimar government last?

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1919-1933 = hitlers democratic cause

21
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Whats a democratic gov?

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A parliament is selected every 4 years and run by constitustion

22
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What did it cause?

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People were entitled to movement
Homes could not be violated
Entitled to property

23
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How long was world war one?

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1914-1918

24
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Why did america decide to loan germany money in 1923 in the forms of dawes plan?

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They were sympathetic and to assist the rival of the economy.
Allied troops were withdrawn from the rhur.
The reichsbank would be placed under allied supervision.
They were in a financial crisis and it would help the american economy.

25
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Who founded the nazi party and when?

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The germans workers party (dap) founded by alex dexler in 1919.

26
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Why was hitler made chairman and in what year?

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He has a natural talent for speaking, he was strong orator and gave speeches. He was very social and made promieses.
In 1921

27
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did hitler keep his desires for rulership a secret?

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No, he demanded to be sole leader and threatened them with the fact that he could leave.

28
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Why was hitler arrested?

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He arranged a march of 2000 nazis and the police opened fire and killed 16. Hitler was unharmed but arrested for treason.

29
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How did hitler use jail to his benefit?

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Massive press coverage
Make statements
Admitted he wanted ti overthrow gov and outlined his reasons.
He wrote a book

30
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What topics did his book have and what was it called.

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Mein kampf
World war
The state
War propaganda
Nation and race
31
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What is a propaganda?

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Info of a biased nature used to promote a political cause or point of view.

32
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What did the brown shirts do?

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Protected hitler
Broke up opposition meetings
Intimidated

33
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When was the great depression and what happened?

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1929

New york stock exchange collpased

34
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How did the collapse of the american economy help hitler?

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Something else to blame the government for

Dependent on america which paved way for nazis

35
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In what year did hitler gain how many voted and chairs?

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1930
18% of votes
107 chairs

36
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Why did he gain votes and chairs?

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Campaigned worldwide
Made many promises
Hitler made speeches
Printed posters and pictures

37
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Who beat hitler in the 1932 election?

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Vonnhindenburg by 53%

Hitler had 36%

38
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How did the nazis make Germany ungovernable in 1932?

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Attacked opponents

Were uncooperative

39
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Who was the chancellor?

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Von papen

40
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What deal to von hindenburg and von papen make with hitler?

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Vice chancellor in exchsnge for support

41
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How did hitler eliminate his opponents?

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Manipulation
Blackmail
Blame of communists on reichstag
Street battles

42
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What was the enabling act?

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Bill passed in Reichstag by 2 thirds if majority which said he did not need to use parliament to pass any other laws he wanted to pass.

43
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Who did nazis form a coalition with?

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German national peoples party

44
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What were the achievements?

A

Novel
Bauhaus style of architecture
Quantum mechanic

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