weimar Flashcards

(46 cards)

1
Q

parties in the first coalition government

A

SPD, DDP, Zentrum

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2
Q

reparations bill

A

132 billion marks

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3
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cost of a loaf of bread at the height of hyperinflation

A

200 billion marks (november)

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4
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when did the cost of printing a note become higher than its value?

A

autumn 1923

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5
Q

stresemann’s new currency and when it was introduced

A

nov 1923, rentenmark

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6
Q

when did germany join the league of nations

A

1926

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7
Q

what % of the 1928 vote was for pro-weimar parties?

A

76%

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8
Q

when did agriculture start to decline?

A

1927

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9
Q

weimar art movements

A

bauhaus, new objectivity

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10
Q

dawes plan

A

800 million mark loan, introduced 1924

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11
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young plan

A

reduced total reparations by 2/3, 1929

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12
Q

wall st crash month

A

october 1929

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13
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unemployment number in 1932

A

6 million

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14
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date hitler was appointed as chancellor

A

30 jan 1933

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15
Q

number of widows post-ww1

A

600,000

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16
Q

% of land lost in tov

A

10%

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17
Q

% of population lost in tov

A

12.5%

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18
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% of coal lost in tov

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16%

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19
Q

war guilt clause- number

20
Q

communist revolts- names and dates

A

jan 1919- spartacist uprising
apr 1919- bavarian soviet
mar 1920- ruhr uprising
(sbr)

21
Q

right wing revolts- names and dates

A

mar 1920- kapp putsch

nov 1923- munich putsch

22
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minimum unemployment across the whole of stresemann’s leadership

23
Q

capacity of the unemployment system

24
Q

nsdap seats in all elections

A

1928- 12
1930- 107
jul 1932- 230
nov 1932- 196

25
what % of the july 1932 vote was for pro-weimar parties?
43%
26
kpd seats in all elections
1928- 54 1930- 77 jul 1932- 89 nov 1932- 100
27
how much did exports rise while stresemann was in power?
40%
28
when did the mark start to decline?
spring 1921
29
what did stresemann do about pre-1923 inflation?
encouraged it- would help gain foreign loans etc
30
who had initially encouraged american economic support?
rathenau
31
who drafted the weimar constitution and why was he significant?
preuss- he was jewish
32
examples of people who supported the locarno pact
chamberlain, mussolini
33
treaty signed with russia- name date aims
treaty of rapallo 1922 renounced territorial and financial claims with the ussr
34
emergency powers article
48
35
how many times was the article used in 1923-4?
63 by ebert
36
examples of post war chaos
post war economic problems led to rioting, looting, theft etc that the police couldn't handle- often left to right-wing paramilitaries
37
post ww1 production compared to pre
2/3
38
where was land lost from in the tov?
west prussia, poland and Czechoslovakia
39
number of different cabinets and why its not acc as bad as it sounds
20- but a lot of them had the same members
40
how long did the longest government last
18 months
41
may 24 nazi seats
32
42
no of houses built during the golden years
3 million
43
nazi party reorganisation
bamberg
44
farming wages vs national avg
half
45
company that gave nazis half their election funds in 1933
ig farben
46
radio % by 1939
70