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1
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When was the Weimar constitution finalised?

A

August 1919

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2
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What did the Kaiser do at the end of WW1?

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He abdicated from his position

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What was the Weimar constitution the first of in Germany?

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A democracy

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4
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What age in Weimar Republic where women and men allowed to vote?

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Age of 20

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5
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Who is the head of the government in Weimar Republic?

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The chancellor

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6
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What did the chancellor have to have most surrport in?

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They had to have support from most of the politicians in the Reichstag

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7
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What is proportional representation?

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That the number of seats each party had in the Reichstag was based on the number of votes they got

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8
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What is Article 48?

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Gave power to the president to suspend the Constitution in an emergency

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9
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What happened on June 1919?

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Treaty of Versailles was signed ending WW1

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10
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What did the treaty of Versailles do to Germany?

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Lost 13% of its land
48% of its iron
More than 6 million citizens were absorbed into other countries
Military terms include German army limited to 100,000 men

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11
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What is article 231?

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The war guilt clause

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12
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What is the war guilt clause?

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Stated that Germany had to accept blame for starting WW1

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13
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What does Diktat mean?

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Dictated peace

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14
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What does Doltchtoss mean?

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Stabbed in the back

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15
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Why did the Germans say Dolchtoss to politicians?

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Because they signed the armistice

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16
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What did the politicians who signed the armistice known as?

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The November Criminals

17
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Who threatened the Weimar Republic?

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The left and right wing groups

18
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Why was the army weakened the government authority?

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Because they where dependent on the army fro surrport it against a revolution

19
Q

Who was the Sparticist League led by?

A

Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxembourg

20
Q

What did the sparticts league want?

A

Communist state

21
Q

What happened on 6th January 1919 with spartcist uprising?

A

They attempted to overthrow the government but was put down by the Freikorps

22
Q

What was the Kapp putch successful in?

A

1920 - successful in seizing control

23
Q

What did President Ebert encourage and why?

A

The people of Berlin to go on strike, the trade unionists supported and the Kapp Putsch collapsed

24
Q

What happened in Germany in 1923?

A

The French occupied the Ruhr

25
Q

What was the Ruhr considered as?

A

The industrial heartland of Germany and was vital to its economic growth

26
Q

What did Germany fail to do in January 1923

A

Failed to pay reparations to France and Belgium

27
Q

What did France do in the Ruhr and why?

A

Take goods because they be bothered to wait for German payment

28
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Where was the Ruhr situated in?

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In a demilitarised zone of the Rhineland

29
Q

What was the problem of a demilitarised zone in the Rhineland?

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Contained no German military to guard / protect it

30
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What did the French occupation of the Ruhr face?

A

Faced passive resistance and industrial sabotage

31
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What did German workers do in the Ruhr and what happened?

A

They went on strike but a number of strikers got shot by French troops

32
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What did the German government to surrport the strikers?

A

They printed more money to pay them a wage

33
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Why was there hyperinflation?

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Because there was extra strike money and the collapse in production

34
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What did hyperinflation mean to the people with savings or fixed income?

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They were bankrupt

35
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Who did the hyperinflation benefit and what did they do?

A

Businessmen
They had borrowed money from banks and were able to pay off debts

36
Q

Why did food shortages help farmers?

A

Food shortage led to an increase in prices so it helped farmers

37
Q

Why where foreigners at an advantage in Germany?

A

They had a huge economic advantage as they could afford things that most Germans could not

38
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What was £1 in franks during hyperinflation?

A

1,680,800,000,000,000 marks

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