GCSE History B - Germany 1918-1945

When did WW1 end?

Who was forced to abdicate?

Who took over Germany and declared it a republic?

When was the Weimar Republic set up?

What were the strengths of the Weimar constitution?

What were the weaknesses of the Weimar constitution?

What was both a strength and a weakness?

When was Germany forced by victorious countries to sign the Treaty of Versailles?

What were the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

What was the 'stab in the back' theory theory?

When did the Spartacist Uprising take place?

Who was the Spartacist uprising led by?

Why did Spartacist start an uprising?

What did Spartacist do?

When was the Kapp Putsch?

Define 'Putsch'

Who was the Kapp Putsch led by?

What happened in the Kapp Putsch?

How did the Weimar government deal with the Kapp Putsch?

What did the Kapp Putsch show? (give 2 things)

What was the third growing opposition against the Republic (1919-22)?

What was the Nazi Party? (1920-22)

What were the 4 Nazi party policies (1920-22)?
Define them.

Why did French troops invade the Ruhr?

How did Germany react to the invasion of the Ruhr?

What were the effects of the invasion of the Ruhr?

Why was the government printing more money? (3 reasons)

What happened to the German mark?

What were the effects of hyperinflation on the elderly?

What were the effects of hyperinflation on the middle class?

What were the effects of hyperinflation on farmers?

What were the effects of hyperinflation on the working class?

What were the effects of hyperinflation on business men?

What were the effects of hyperinflation on the rich?

When was the Munich Putsch?

Why did the Nazis try to take power in Munich? (5 reasons)

What were the consequences of the Munich Putsch?

In what ways was the Munich Putsch a failure?

In what ways was the Munich Putsch a success?

Who was Gustav Stresemann?

What two things did Stresemann do in Nov 1923?
What were the effects/importance of these measures?

What did Stresemann do in 1924? What did this allow?

When and what was the Dawes plan? What did it do?

When were the US loans established? What did it do?

When and what was the Locarno Treaties? What did it do?

When and what was the League of nations? What did it do?

When and what was the Kelogg-Briand Pact? What did it do?

When and what was the Young Plan? What did it do?

How far did the Weimar Republic recover politically?
(give evidence for & against)

How far did the Weimar Republic recover economically? (give evidence for & against)

How did the Nazi party reform in the years 1923-28?
(4 ways)

How did the Nazis get their message across? (5 ways)

Who were the Nazi party's early supporters?

How many members did the Nazi Party have by 1928?

When did the wall street crash?

What effect did the wall street crash have on German businesses?

What effect did the wall street crash have on the German government? What did they do?

What effect did the wall street crash have on German people?

What was the political impact of the wall street crash?

How many seats did the Nazis win in the 1930 & 1932 Reichstag elections?

How did the Nazis increase their support in 1929-32?
(5 ways)

How was Hitler portrayed from 1929-32?

How were the SA portrayed from 1929-32?

Who voted for the Nazis in July 1932?

Why did women vote for Hitler in July 1932?

What happened in March/April 1932?

What happened in May 1932?

What happened in July 1932?

What happened in November 1932?

What happened in December 1932?

What happened on 28th January 1933?

What happened on 30th January 1933?

Why did Hitler become chancellor?

When and what was the Reichstag Fire?

What is the importance of the Reichstag fire?

When was the Enabling Act passed on? What was it?

How did Hitler use the Enabling Act to his advantage?

When and what was the 'Night of the Long Knives'?

What was the importance of 'The Night of the Long Knives'?

When did Hindenburg die?

What did Hitler do just hours after Hindenburg's death?

What did the Nazi police state do in order to have control over Germans?

Give key facts about the SS.

What were concentration camps?

Give some methods of censorship.

Give some methods of propoganda.

Why was Hitler determined to reduce the influence of the Catholic Church?

How did Hitler control the churches?

Was Hitler successful in controlling the churches?

Which church supported the Nazis?

Which church opposed the Nazis?

Although people opposed the Nazis, there was very little OPEN opposition.
Why?

However there were 5 key people/groups who did oppose openly.
Who were the 5 people/groups that showed opposition and resistance to the Nazi government.

1)Who were the 'Edelweiss Pirates'?
2)Why did they oppose the Nazis?
3)What were their actions?
and
4)How did the Nazis react?

1)Who were the 'White Rose
Group'?
2)Why did they oppose the Nazis?
3)What were their actions?
and
4)How did the Nazis react?

1)Who was 'Pastor Martin Niemöller '?
2)Why did he oppose the Nazis?
3)What were his actions?
and
4)How did the Nazis react?

1)Who was 'Dietrich Bonhoeffer'?
2)Why did he oppose the Nazis?
3)What were his actions?
and
4)How did the Nazis react?

1)Who was 'Von Stauffenberg'?
2)Why did he oppose the Nazis?
3)What were his actions?
and
4)How did the Nazis react?

How were women in Weimar Germany (1920s)?

The Nazis went against the 'modern women'.
What is the Nazi's ideal women?

What were the three Nazi policies regarding women?

What was the law for Encouragement of Marriage? When was it introduced?

What was the 'German Women's Enterprise'?

Were the policies regarding women a success?

What were the aims of Nazi education policies and Youth movements?

How did the Nazis control schools?

How did the Nazis teachers?

How did the Nazis control subjects?

How did the Nazis use propoganda to control education?

What were the four Nazi youth groups?

Why did Hitler create Youth Groups?

How were youth groups used?

Give examples of youth group activities for boys.

Give examples of youth group activities for girls.