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1
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When was Germany unified as a collection of other states

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1871

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one ruler nation

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autocracy

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What is the name for when german sailors refused to fight against the royal navy?

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Kiel Mutiny

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where did the workers go on strike

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Daimler motor plant, Stuttgart

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When did communists in Munich declare baravria independent?

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November 7

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Why did Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicate

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  • German western front on a retreat
  • Royal navy stopping supplies getting to Germany meaning hunger and starvation
  • Strikes
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When did Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicate

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9th November 1918

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Who declared Germany a republic

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a leading member of the SDP

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What were the 5 main political parties at the time of Kaiser wilhelm’s abdication?

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KPD, Socialists, Zentrum, Moderate nationalists, extreme natonalists

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What was the name of the less popular socialist party

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German Democrats (DDP)

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The KDP wanted a workers’ revolution, similar to _______ in ____

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Russia, 1917

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Who is the new chancellor of Germany?

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Friedrich Ebert

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The reichstag

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  • elected every 4 years
  • controls taxation
  • votes on key laws
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the reichsrat

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elected every 4 years
- represents regions, larger regions sent more deputies

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How often is a president elected

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every 7 years

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when was the ceasefire of ww1

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11:00 11th November 1918

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What is the Paris peace conference of 1919

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Decided how ww1 would be ended, a general meeting to discuss what happens next

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Who were the French, English and American representatives

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Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson

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what were the 4 main ters of the treaty

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  • German territory
  • German armed forces
    German economy
  • Germany to accept blame
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What are some countries that got land from germany

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Belgium, Denmark, Pland, czechoslovakia

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By what % did Germany shrink in land

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13%

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What were the restrictions on the German army

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6 battleships, cruisers and destroyers, no submarines, no air force

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how many people were in the army post-treaty?

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100,000

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effects of the wallstreet crash

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banking crisis - German banks lost savings
Unemployment
Taxes
Investment

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How many people were unemployed in 1933
6.1 millionI
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In Nazi eyes, Jews, disabled people, gay people are
luebensuncots
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In Nazi eyes, slavs, black people are
Untermenschen
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how many votes did the Nazi party win on May 1928
12
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how many votes did the Nazi party win on sep 1930
107
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how many votes did the Nazi party win on July 1932
230
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When did Hitler join the DAP (German worker's party)
February 1919
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When did Hitler start the SA and what was its starting number
August 1921 - 800
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How many seats did the Nazi party win in 1924
32
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What was Hitler's sentence and how much did he actually serve?
5 years - only served 9 months
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Consequences of Munich Putsch
- Hitler's 9 months in jail allowed him to write his own political philisophy, Mein Kampf - Hitler's trial was a shambles as the Judges had a strong right winged bias, the trail allowed him to voice his ideas to a large platform, increasing popularity - Changed strategy
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Germany was divided into G___ with its _______, the leaders
gaus, gaulieters
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Who had power in the north and who had power in the rhineland
North = Strasser Rhineland = Goebbels
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How many SA stormtroopers were there by1930?
400,000
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When was the SS set up?
1925
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Who lead the SS
Heinrich Himmler
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Who was the Governor of Barvaria believed to have similar views as Hitler
Gustav von Kahr
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When was Hitler released from Jail
20th December 1924
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When were the Nazis Unbanned
February 1925
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When was the Bamburg conference held
1926
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What was the name of the Nazi women's membership
German women's order
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How many people were unemployed by 1933
6.1 Million
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How many seats did the Nazi Party win in the election held September 1930
207
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How many seats did the Nazi Party win in the election held July 1932
230
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To Nazis, the Aryan race was the "master" race, the H_____
herrenvolk
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Slavs, Black people were in the middle, the U________
untermenschen
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The Jews, homosexuals and disabled were at the bottom of this hierarchy, they were the L_________
lesensuncots
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What article of the Treaty of Versailles was the "war guilt clause"?
Article 231
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How much money did Germany owe in reparations
6.6 billion
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When did Stresemann die of a Heart attack?
3rd October 1929
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When did Hindenburg end his presidency ages 84?
March 1932
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How many times did Hitler put himself forward for president?
twice, he came 2nd twice
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Who did Hindenburg make the new chancellor?
Von Schlicher
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When was the reichstag fire?
27th February 1933
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How did the reichstag fire get rid of communist popularity?
Hitler blamed it on an extreme-communist
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What is the enabling act?
- Reich cabinet could pass new laws - these would overrule constitution of Weimar Republic - Laws proposed by chancellor (Hitler)
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When was the enabling act passed?
24th March 1933
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Who was Hitler's leader of the SA
Ernst rohm
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Who was Von papen
Vice chancellor
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When did the Night of the long knives take place
30th June 1930- 2nd july
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What was the night of long knives?
Hitler feared that the SA and Ernst Röhm, their leader, were a potential threat to his leadership. Hitler arranged a meeting with rohm and 100 other SA leaders, art a hotel in Varavria on 30th June 1934 most of the SA leadership were placed under arrest and murdered without trial upon arriaval
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When did Persident Hindenburg die?
2nd August 1934
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Who took over from Hindenburg?
Hitler- Hitler was now "Fuhrer of Germany" and took over supreme power
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When was the public vote held to whether Hitler should be the Fuhrer? and what was its outcome?
90% voters voted in favour - 19th August 1934
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What was a "Police state" , created by Hitler after 1933
A state where Nazi Governmen t used police, often secret services to control what people did + said
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What was the structure of the Police state?
SS at top led by himmer] - SDD (Security service below led by Heydrich + Gestapo (Secret state police) also by Heydrich
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Who set up the Gestapo?
Goering in 1933
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How many people did the Gestapo arrest in 1930?
160,000
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Maximum number of Gestapo
30,000, Hamburg had 50
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How many people were "under protective arrest" in prisons by 1939
150,000
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Where and when was the first concentration camp opened?
Dachau in 1933
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By 1934-39, how many people were sentenced to death for political offences?
534, compare this to 8 1930-32
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What fraction of German soldiers were Catholic?
1/3
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When was the "Reich church" created?
1936
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Who was leader of the Reich church?
Ludwig muller
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Who lead propaganda?
Goebbels
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When was the Nuremberg rally?
1934
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How many supporters were there eat the rally?
200000
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How many people could fit in the Berlin stadium?
110000

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