Unit 1 - Weimar Republic Flashcards
1
Q
What was the biggest German state before 1890?
A
Prussia
2
Q
Who was the Kaiser in 1914?
A
Wilhelm II
3
Q
Who took over when the Kaiser abdicated in 1918?
A
Ebert and the SPD
4
Q
What were the disadvantages of proportional representation?
A
Smaller more extreme parties could get seats in the Reichstag
5
Q
Who tried to take over in March 1920?
A
The Right Wing
6
Q
Who were the left wing?
A
The Spartacists
7
Q
Who was mostly impacted by hyperinflation?
A
The middle class
8
Q
Who benefited from hyperinflation?
A
People with debt
9
Q
Who stopped hyperinflation?
A
Stresemann
10
Q
How did Stresemann restore the German economy?
A
He got loans from the USA
11
Q
Why didn’t people like the American loans?
A
USA could ask for the money back anytime which would ruin the German economy
