Germany 1 Flashcards
When was Germany created
1871
When did kaiser Wilhelm II take Position as Kaiser
1888
By what year was Germany producing more iron and stell that Britain
1913
What was the SPD
(Social Democratic Party) was a socialist party supported by workers who wanted fair pay and better working conditions
By 1912 how many people voted for SPD
1/3
When and what was the naval laws
1898-1912
Huge amounts of money being spent on warships to improve navy
What was the Turnip Winter and when was it
It was a time of severe food shortages in 1916
When did kaiser Wilhelm abdicate the throne and leave Germany
9 November 1918
Who took control of Germany after Kaiser Wilhelm
The leader of SPD (Friedrich Ebert) became the first president
When was the Weimar Republic set up
1919 in a small town named Weimar
What was the Weimar republic’s two great weaknesses
Proportional representation
Article 48
What was the problem of proportional representation
Too many parties meant no party could get enough votes for a majority and so no laws could get passed
What was the problem of article 48
There was no clear line of what an emergency was and so Hitler used it to gain complete control
When was the signing of the treaty of Versailles
1919
How many Spartacists rebelled in Berlin in 1919
50,000
