german terms Flashcards
(9 cards)
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kaiserreich
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‘reich’ means German state; that founded in 1871 was known as the second Reich
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lander
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the name given to separate German states that made up the German empire
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sammlungspolitik
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‘bringing together politics’, aimed to unite political parties and other political groups in support of the state
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weltpolitik
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involved an expansionist foreign policy
5
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burgfriede
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literally means ‘castle peace’ and thus came to mean a ‘state of truce’
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siegriede
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literally means the ‘blessed peace of victory’- the glory that would come once war was over
7
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putsch
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a rising against the government
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reichswehr
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the regular Germany army
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erfullungspolitik
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fulfillment policy- intended to show German good faith
