Unit 1: The weimar republic 1918-29 Flashcards
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What is the definition of abdication?
When a monarch leaves the throne
What is the definition of republic?
A country without a king or queen
Who was Elbert?
The first president of the republic
Who was stresmann?
The chancellor of Germany from the summer of 1923 he had a plan to solve hyperinflation
What was Article 48
The president could use this to ignore the reichstag and rule as he saw fit
What is the definition of the Kaiser?
The king
What is the definition of Armistice?
An agreement to end war
What’s Weimar?
The new government could not meet in Berlin as it was so dangerous, so they met here instead
What’s the definition of constitution?
This is an agreement about how the country would be ruled
What is the definition of reichstag?
The german parliament
What’s the definition of Gewaltfrieden?
An enforced peace
What’s the definition of Freikorps?
Ex military soldiers who wanted to overthrow the republic
What is the definition of Rentenmark?
The currency of Germany after november 1923, the supply was limited but the currency had real value. People trusted this however people who had savings lost them
What is the definition of Hyperinflation?
When money looses its value
What was the Dawes plan?
In 1924 Charles Dawes an American banker had been asked to resolve germanys non-payment of the reparations. Under this plan;
-reparations were reduced to £50 million per year
-us Banks agreed to give £25 billion in loans
-employment, trade and income from taxation increased
-extreme political parties were furious that they had agreed to reparations
-germanys economy depended on US loans
What was the young plan?
In 1929 This lowered the reparations payment and gave Germany longer to pay
-lower reparations allowed taxes to lower
-less taxes gave ordinary Germans more spending money
-adolf hitler said “passing in the penalty to the unborn”
-annual payments were still £50 million
-reparations were now stretched to 1988
What was the Treaty of versailles?
This decided how Germany was going to be treated after WW1
What was the Locarno pact?
An agreement on borders signed by Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. It made war in Europe less likely, Germany was treated as an equal this increased Germans confidence in the Weimar Republic
What was the Kellogg pact?
In 1928 61 countries including Germany agreed to resolve conflict peacefully, this promised that states would not use war to achieve foreign policy aims. This showed that Germany was now included amongst the main powers, however some Germans still hated the terms of the treaty od Versailles
What is the definition of Coalition?
A government of two or more political parties
What did America want after the war?
To ensure Germany was not destroyed and not to blame Germany for the war (he hated the guilt clause)
What did Britain want after the war?
Wanted to please those who wanted Germany to pay whilst also leaving Germany strong enough to trade
What did France want after the war?
Destroy Germany, make it weak so it could never attack, demilitarise and huge reparations
The clauses of the treaty of Versailles
B- Germany took the blame and had to bear most of the consequences
L- Germany lost land and supplies
A- army was limited and they were not allowed tanks or planes
M- Germany was forced to pay 6.6 billion in reparations
E- Germany’s colonies were taken away so didn’t have much power
D- Germany was excluded from a world peace organisation
