Weimar germany

Question 1

when did kaiser wilhelm II abdicate?

Answer 1

Nov 9 1918

Question 2

what started the revolution to remove the monarchy?

Answer 2

mutiny by german sailors

Question 3

what did people call those who signed the armistice?

Answer 3

November criminals

Question 4

what was proportional representation

Answer 4

% of votes = % of seats
every 60,000 votes got 1 seat

Question 5

what was article 48

Answer 5

president has emergency powers to create any laws without consent of reichstag

Question 6

what were the 4 terms of the treaty of versailles?

Answer 6

june 1919
Land
Army
Money
Blame

Question 7

details about land (ToV)

Answer 7

lost 13%
lost Alscace- lorraine
demilitarised rhineland

Question 8

details about army (ToV)

Answer 8

limited to 100,000 men
no air force
demilitarised rhineland
6 battleships

Question 9

details about money (ToV)

Answer 9

had to pay £6.6 billion in reparations

Question 10

details about blame (ToV)

Answer 10

article 231
war guilt clause
germany takes full responsibility for war

Question 11

when was the spartacist (left wing) uprising

Answer 11

january 1919

Question 12

who led the spartacist uprising

Answer 12

rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht

Question 13

who stopped the spartacist uprising?

Answer 13

the freikorps

Question 14

when was the kapp (right wing) putsch

Answer 14

1920

Question 15

who led the kapp putsch

Answer 15

wolfgang kapp

Question 16

how was the kapp putsch stopped

Answer 16

government flee -overtook reichstag
general strikes

Question 17

why did france and belgium invade the rhur?

Answer 17

germany struggled to pay reparations

Question 18

why did the invasion of the rhur cause hyperinflation?

Answer 18

gov encouraged passive resistance
had to print more money to pay their wages

Question 19

details about hyperinflation

Answer 19

from 250 to 100 million marks for loaf of bread by nov 1923
carry money in wheelbarrows to shops

Question 20

when was the dawes plan

Answer 20

1924

Question 21

what was the dawes plan

Answer 21

restructuring reparation payments

Question 22

what was the young plan?

Answer 22

reduced reparations to £1.85 billion

Question 23

when was the young plan?

Answer 23

1929

Question 24

how did us loans benefit weimar germany

Answer 24

new public work schemes
development of infrastructure

Question 25

what was the locarno pact

Answer 25

guaranteed germants western borders and reassured belgium and france

Question 26

when was the locarno pact

Answer 26

1925

Question 27

when was the league of nations

Answer 27

1926

Question 28

what was the league of nations

Answer 28

germany accepted into the peace - keeping organisation showed germany was accepted by international community

Question 29

what was the kellog-briand pact

Answer 29

settle disputes peacefully 1 of 64 to join

Question 30

when was the kellog briand pact

Answer 30

1928

Question 31

how did culture and the arts improve

Answer 31

cinema and film development new types of art + architecture (bauhaus design movement)

Question 32

how did the standard of living improve

Answer 32

wages increased, but not felt due to rising price of goods and high unemployment levels

Question 33

how did womens rights improve?

Answer 33

more voting, employment and opportunities

Question 34

who introduced the new currency and what was it called

Answer 34

gustav streseman rentenmark