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What age could both men and women vote under the Weimar Constitution?

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20

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What is Article 48?

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Gave powers to the president to suspend the constitution in an emergency

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When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

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June 1919

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What percentage of land and iron did Germany lose under the ToV?

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13% and 48%

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How many citizens were absorbed into other countries as part of the ToV?

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More than 6 million

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What did Article 231 state and what was it also known as?

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Germany took all the blame and it was known as the War Guilt Clause

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How many soldiers did Germany have to limit their army to?

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100,000

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How much in reparations did Germany have to pay from the ToV?

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£6.6 billion

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In what context was dolchstoss used and what was another name for those people

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Used to describe politicians who signed the armistice (November Criminals)

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Who led the Spartacist League and were they communist or fascist?

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Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg and they were communists

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When did the Sparticists attempt to overthrow the Weimar and who were they put down by?

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6th January 1919 and they were put down by the Freikorps

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Was the Kapp Putsch right or left wing and when did they seize control of Germany?

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Right and 1920

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What did Ebert encourage the citizens of Berlin to do during the Kapp Putsch?

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Go on strike

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When and why did the French occupy the Ruhr?

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1923 and the Ruhr was the Industrial Heartland of Germany so when Germany didn’t pay reparations to France or Belgium it was the best place to get them

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What was the French occupation of the Ruhr met with and what did they do to retaliate?

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Passive resistance and industrial sabotage, France shot some of the workers

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How did the German government react to the strikes in the Ruhr and what did it lead to?

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Printed more money to pay their wages which led to hyperinflation

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Who benefitted from hyperinflation and who didn’t?

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People with fixed incomes and savings didn’t benefit whilst people with loans did

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How did farmers benefit from hyperinflation?

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Due to food shortages, food was more expensive, meaning they made more money

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In November 1923, what was the conversion of pounds to marks?

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1 pound = 1.5 quadrillion marks

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When was the Dawes Plan created by Stresemann and what was it?

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August 1924 and they got loans from the US costing $3 billion

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What was the name and when was Stresemann’s new form of money produced?

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The Rentenmark introduced in November 1923

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When was the Young Plan introduced by Stresemann and how much was the reparations decreased by?

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1929 and they were decreased from $6.6 billion to $1.8 billion

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Apart from reducing money, what else did the Young Plan do?

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Reduced the time they had to pay their reparations to 59 years

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What year was the Locarno Pact signed and what did it state?

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1925 and Britain, Belgium and France will keep their existing borders

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What year was Germany given a permanent place in the League of Nations?
1926
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What year was the Kellogg-Briand Pact signed and what did it state?
1928 and it stated that armies would only be used for self defence
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What year did Hindenburg become president?
1925
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What was the period between 1924-29 called and why?
The Golden Age because wages improved, standard of living improved, unemployment fell
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In April 1928, how many people were seeking employment?
Under 200,000
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How many homes were built between 1924-31?
2 million
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By 1933, how many women were teachers and how many were doctors?
100,000 teachers and 3,000 doctors
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Who founded the DAP and in what year?
Anton Drexler in 1919
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How many members did the DAP have by the end of 1919 and what was Hitler’s job?
50, propaganda and recruitment
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When did Hitler and Drexler write their 25 point programme?
February 1920
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When did Hitler become leader of the NSDAP?
July 1921
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When was the SA introduced by Hitler and who led it?
1921 and Ernst Rohm was the leader
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In 1920 the Nazi membership grew from 1,100 to ____ in 1923
55,000
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When did Hitler seize the Burgerbraukeller (Bavarian government meeting place) and how many people helped him?
8th November 1923 and 600 people helped him
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How many people were killed due to the Munich Putsch?
16 Nazis and 4 police officers
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Hitler was arrested on what date, for what crime, with who?
11th November 1923, treason with General Ludendorff
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What date was Hitler convicted of his crimes and how long did his trial last?
1st April 1924 and it lasted a month
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How long was Hitler sentenced for, how long did he actually serve and where?
5 years but her served 9 months at Landsberg Prison
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What was Hitler’s autobiography called and what were the 3 key ideas?
Mein Kampf (My Struggle). His 3 ideas were the abolishment of the ToV, lebensraum and the abolishment of Jews.
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What does Lebensraum mean?
Living space
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When was the Nazi Party reformed?
February 1924
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In what year and what conference was Gregor Strasser appointed propaganda leader?
Bamberg Conference 1926
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What was the name of Hitler’s personal body guard?
SS
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The Nazi party grew from 27,000 members in 1925 to how many in 1928?
Over 100,000
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How many seats did the Nazis hold in 1924?
32
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How many seats did the Nazi party hold in 1928?
12 seats
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What year was the Wall Street Crash?
1929
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How many were unemployed in 1932?
6 million
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What was the name of the communist party who was popular after the Wall Street Crash?
KPD
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Which general election did the Nazis become the 2nd largest party?
September 1930
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How many newspapers did the Nazis own by the 1930s?
120
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How many seats did the Nazis have in the 1930 election?
107
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In 1932, Hitler defeated which president?
Hindenburg
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How many seats did the Nazis have in the 1932 elections?
230
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When did Hitler become chancellor?
30th January 1933
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How many deaths were there in the run up to the general election in March 1933 in Hitler’s attempt to gain a clear majority?
70
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What day was the Reichstag Fire and who was arrested for it?
27th February 1933, Marius Van der Lubbe (a Dutch communist)
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What was the Decree for the Protection of the People and State?
Suspended civil rights and gave the power to imprison large numbers of their opponents
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How many seats were won in the March 1933 election?
288
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When was the Enabling Act passed and what did it signify?
23rd March 1933, the end of Weimar Republic
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When was the first concentration camp set up?
March 1933
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The Nazi party got what percentage of votes in November 1933 election and how many were spoilt?
95% and 3 million ballots were spoilt
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Why did Hitler fear the SA?
They wanted to incorporate the army into the SA and they wanted more say in the running of the country
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Who led the SS?
Heinrich Himmler
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When was the Knight of the Long Knives?
30th June 1934
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Who and how many people were killed in the Knight of the Long Knives?
Rohm, von Schleicher, Strasser and 400 others
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When did Hindenburg die?
August 1934
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The Nazis introduced road building initiatives which led to how much road being built?
7,000km of autobahn
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In 1939, how many people were unemployed?
Under 50,000
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When was conscription introduced and in 1939, how many soldiers did the German army had?
1935, 1.4 million
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What was KdF and what did they do?
Strength through joy and they improved leisure time for workers (concerts, sporting events, holidays)
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How many people went on KdF holidays in 1938?
10 million
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How many children did you need to get the Golden Mother’s Cross?
8 or more
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In 1936, what percentage of teachers were part of the Nazi party?
36%
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What year did the Hitler Youth become compulsory and how many member were there?
1939 and 7 million members
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In 1933, what did the SA organise against the Jewish people?
A boycott of shops and businesses
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What year was the Nuremberg Laws established and what were they?
1935 and they were laws against Jews
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What happened on the 8th November 1938?
A polish Jew assassinates a German in the German embassy in Paris
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When was Kristallnacht and what does it mean?
9th-10th November 1938, The Night of Crystals
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How many Jews were killed and arrested during Kristallnacht?
100 killed and 20,000 were sent to concentration camps
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How many Reichsmarks were the Jews fined for the damage during Kristallnacht?
1 billion
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How many SS members were there in 1934 and in 1939?
More than 50,000 to 250,000
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How many people were arrested for political crimes in 1939?
160,000
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In 1933, how many books were burnt by students with authors who are Jews and communists?
20,000
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The Disarmament Conference 1932-34 involved how many countries and what was Hitler’s aim?
60 nations came together and Hitler attempted to get them to reduce their arms to the same amount as Germany
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When did Hitler leave the League of Nations?
October 1933
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What did the Non-Agression Act with Poland in 1934 state?
Prevented Poland attacking Germany and it encouraged trading
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What happened in the Attempted Anschluss with Austria of 1934?
The chancellor of Austria (Dollfuss) outlawed the Nazis. The Nazis in Austria attacked a radio station and announced he had resigned but they assassinated him.
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How many people voted in the Return of the Saarland in 1935?
Over 450,000 in favour to under 50,000 against the idea
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What was the Stresa Front of 1935 and why didn’t it work?
France, Italy and Britain were concerned with Germany’s rearmament. It ended when Britain joined a naval agreement with Germany which stated that Germany could have 35% of Britain’s naval size
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When did Hitler reoccupy the the Rhineland?
March 1936
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Who was involved with the Rome Berlin Axis of 1936?
Italy and Germany worked together to prevent the spread of communism
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Who was involved with the Anti-Comintern Pact 1936?
Germany and Japan worked together to combat the spread of communism
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When did German troops march into Austria and declare and Anschluss with 99.75% in favour?
They marched in to Austria on the 12th of March 1938 and on the 13th the Anschluss was declared
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What did the Pact of Steel May 1939 state?
Hitler and Mussolini had a full economic and military alliance
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When was Poland invaded and how many days later was war officially started?
1st September 1939 and 2 days later Britain and France declared war on Germany

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