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Paper 3 - Weimar And Nazi Germany Key Topic 1 Knowledge Check Flashcards

1
Q

Give name of Germany during WWI

A

The second Reich

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2
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Who was monarch during WWI?

A

Kaiser Wilhelmina II

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3
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Give one statistic supporting the idea that France suffered great damage in WWI

A

4% of the population was killed

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4
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Who was in the triple entente?

A

Britain, France and Russia

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5
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Which 4 countries were in the central powers

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Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (Italy was also part of the alliance for part of the war)

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6
Q

What is dolchstoss theory?

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The German government had stabbed the people in the back by surrendering when Germany could have won the war (betrayal)

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7
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How many died of starvation from the naval blockade of WWI?

A

750 000

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8
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By what % did German industrial production decrease during WWI?

A

40%

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9
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Why did industrial production decrease?

A

Strikes and men away at war/dead

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10
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When did the kaiser abdicate (date)

A

9/11/1918

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11
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Which party and president and chancellor formed the first government?

A

SPD (social Democratic Party)
Friedrich Ebert
Philip Sheidemann

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12
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When does WW2 end?

A

1918 11nov

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13
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Give the name of the centre party

A

ZP

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14
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Name the communist party

A

KPD

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15
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Give the two centre left parties

A

SPD + DDP

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16
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Give the furthest right party

A

DAP/NSDAP as of Feb 1920

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17
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Give the name of the right wing party

A

DNVP (German nationalist people’s party)

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18
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What did DAP + NSDAP stand for?

A

German worker’s party and the nationalist socialist German workers party

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19
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How many seats did the SPD have in the first election?

A

163/500 (biggest party but not majority)

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20
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What was the November revolution?

A

A period of unrest/instability following the abdication of the kaiser (protest)

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21
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When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

A

28th June 1919

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22
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What did the treaty of Versailles set out?

A

The terms of peace

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23
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What was the Paris peace conference? Who was there?

A

A conference to discuss the terms of the treaty of Versailles
Italy, Britain, Russia, France (not Germany

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24
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What was signed on 11th nov 1918

A

Armistice

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25
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What type of surrender did the Weimar Republic give

A

Unconditional surrender

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26
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What was diktat?

A

Dictated peace - the idea that the terms of the treaty of Versailles were unfair and dictated by the allies

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27
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What number of men was the army limited to?

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100 000

28
Q

What two military items were banned as part of the treaty of Versailles?

A

Tanks and artillery

29
Q

How many battleships was Germany allowed?

A

6

30
Q

How many sailors were allowed?

A

15 000

31
Q

How much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

A

£6.6 billion

32
Q

What was the war guilt clause

A

Article 231 of the treaty of Versailles said that Germany had to take the blame for WWI

33
Q

What % of Germany’s territory was taken away?

A

13%

34
Q

Name the coalfields which Germany had to give away and what % of Germany’s coal they supplied

A

Saar coalfields + 48%(50%)

35
Q

Name an area which comprised part of the polish corridor

A

Upper Silesia + west Prussia

36
Q

Give a territory that was returned to France

A

Danzig

37
Q

Could Germany join the League of Nations as part of the treaty of Versailles?

A

No

38
Q

Which country was German forbidden to unite with

A

Austria

39
Q

What was article 48 of the Weimar constitution?

A

The president could assume dictatorial powers in the case of an ‘emergency’

40
Q

Did the president handle day to day running of the Reichstag?

A

No

41
Q

What article set out who could vote and the system of voting and what did it say?

A

Article 22 - all men and women over 21 could vote + proportional representation

42
Q

Name the body in the Reichstag responsible for approving laws proposed by the Reichstag:

A

Reichsrat

43
Q

How many members of the Reichsrat were there?

A

55

44
Q

How many members of the Reichstag were there in 1919?

A

421

45
Q

How many members of the Reichstag were there 1933?

A

647

46
Q

Who is the chancellor chosen by?

A

The president

47
Q

When was the spartacist rebellion?

A

January 1919

48
Q

Who led the spartacist rebellion?

A

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Leibknecht

49
Q

What happened during the spartacist uprising?

A

The spartacists took control of Berlin and the newspaper offices there, hoping others would join them but they didn’t
2 weeks long

50
Q

Who put down the spartacist uprising and how many were killed?

A

Freikorps
Over 100

51
Q

Which group staged a rebellion April 1919? Where? Who dealt with it?

A

A group of communists in Bavaria - the Freikorps

52
Q

When did communists take control of the Ruhr?

A

1920

53
Q

How many workers were involved in the 1920 communist rebellion?

A

50 000

54
Q

When the Freikorps dealt with a rebellion in the Ruhr territory by communists how many were killed?

A

1 000

55
Q

When was the kapp putsch?

A

March 1920

56
Q

What led to the kapp putsch?

A

The allies wanted the government to decrease reliance on the Freikorps and so the government demanded they hand over their weapons

57
Q

How many Freikorps marched to Berlin demanding the government resign?

A

12 000

58
Q

Where did the government flee to?

A

Dresden

59
Q

What did the workers of Berlin do to stop the uprising?

A

They went on strike for 4 days

60
Q

Who were the Freikorps led by (who led the kapp putsch)?

A

General Wolfgang Kapp

61
Q

How many political murders were there 1919 - 1921?

A

Over 376

62
Q

Who was shot in the street in 1919?

A

Hugo Hasse (member of the Reichstag) - SPD

63
Q

Who was machine gunned down in the street in 1922?

A

Walter Rathenau - foreign Secretary

64
Q

No right wing political assassins were ever put on trial even though the killer of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Leibknecht was found. How may left wing political assassins were?

A

10

65
Q

What mercenary/violent thug club supported the DNVP ?

A

The stanhelm

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