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Flashcards by Luiza Almeida, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Luiza Almeida
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| Question | Answer |
| Describe the events at the end of WW1 | > 11 November 1918 = Armistice is signed by politicians of the new republic after the kaiser's abdication on the 9th. >Germans saw the ending of the war as a betrayal of the german army (Reichswehr). |
| Describe the Weimar Republic | >First time germans experienced democracy. > Signed by the Treaty of Versailles as well as the armistice >Many people did not like them as a result >Politians became known as "November criminals" because they had stabbed the army in the back (Dolchstoss) |
| What was the constitution during the Weimar republic? | >Article 48 allowed the president to rule without decree >Article 22 allowed all people above the age of 20 to vote. Right to vote was equal and universal and so no discrimination. >Proportional representation: number of votes won in an election directly proportional to number of seats in the Reichstag. |
| What problems did the Weimar Republic face? | > Coalition Governments: Voting system of Proportional Representation did not allow a majority to be won by any party. No political stability ensued as a result. 1923-1930, there were 10 coalition governments. >Frequent Changes Of Governments: 9 elections held during the republic which resulted in a weak and unstable government. >Senior servants and judges did not agree with their liberal political views. > Article 48 proved to be a problem late on |
| What was the Spartacist rising? | >Ocurred January 1919 >Left-wing uprisings throughout Germany by workers and soviet soldiers >Leaders were Karl Liebnecht and Rosa Luxemburg >6th of January: 100,000 communists |
| Who were the Freikorps? | Demobilized soldiers who refused to give back their weapons. 250,000 by March 1919 |
| How were the Spartacists stopped? | The Freikorps were called in by the government. Several thousand people were killed and arrested - mainly in Berlin. Both leaders arrested. Luxemburg shot in the head and dumped in the canal on the 5th. |
| What was the Kapp Pustch? | It was a right wing uprising. In 1920, 5000 supporters of Wolfgang Kapp marched into Berlin. Aim was to take down the republic and bring the Kaiser back. |
| Who drew up the Treaty of Versailles? When was it signed? | The Big Three: Woodraw Wilson (US President), David Lloyd-George (British Prime Minister) George Clemenceau (French Prime Minister Signed on 28 June 1919. |
| What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? | > Germany had to accept all the blame >German army cut to 100,000. No rearmament allowed. >Army allowed to have 6 battleships. No tanks, submarines or planes. >No troops allowed in Rhineland. >German colonies taken away and given to the allies >Lost land and 6 million of its citizens absorbed into other nations. >Had to pay reparations of £6.6 billion to the allies |
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