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FlashCards por Niamh Grimes, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Niamh Grimes
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| Questão | Responda |
| Who formed the new Government in Germany and when was it formed? | Prince Max of Baden in early October 1918 |
| What happened at the end of October 1918? | The German Navy Mutinied |
| When did Kaiser Wilhelm abdicate? | 9th November 1918 |
| What happened on the 11th November 1918? | Friedrich Ebert became the new chancellor of Germany and signs the armistice |
| What was article 48? | A part of the new Weimar constitution that meant the president could make laws without the support of the reichstag |
| What was signed on the 28th June 1919? | The Treaty of Versailles |
| What was the Article 231? | The war guilt clause |
| What was the “stab in the back” theory? | The idea that Ebert and the Weimar Government were the cause of the humiliation and shame that the Treaty of Versailles brought to Germany |
| How much was Germany expected to pay in reparations? | £6.6 billion |
| What did Ebert do to prevent socialist revolutions taking place? | He made a deal with the new army leader, Groener, that the army would support the government against revolution. The Weimar Government was now dependent on the army. |
| What and when was the Spartacus Uprising? | 6th January 1919, a communist attempt to overthrow Ebert and create a communist state. Was crushed by the freikorps. |
| What and when was the Kapp Putsch? | 13th-17th March 1920, a right wing attempt to capture and control Berlin. Was successful in capturing Berlin but had little support from the public and so collapsed. |
| When did the French and Belgium troops first occupy the Ruhr? | January 1923 |
| What were some results of the occupation of the Ruhr? | •United Germany in their hatred of France and Belgium •Led to a strike, backed by the government who printed more money which caused hyperinflation |
| When did Gustav Stresemann become chancellor and what did he introduce? | The summer of 1923, a new currency called the Rentenmark which brought about economic recovery |
| What was the Dawes plan? | Agreed in August 1924, altered the reparations payments so they were in more manageable payments of 1-2.5 billion marks per year |
| What was the Young Plan? | A new plan for payments making the length of time Germany would be paying 59 years with payments at an average of 2.05 billion marks per year. Curtsied by right-wing politicians |
| Who was Paul Von Hindenburg? | One of Germany’s war leaders. Elected president 1925. |
| What was the problem with US loans? | Germany had entered a vicious circle of payments where, if the loans were called in by the US, Germany’s economy would collapse |
| What was the Locarno Pact? | A Pact signed by Germany, Britain, France, Belgium and Italy agreeing to keep existing boarders and marking Germany’s return to the international scene |
| When was Germany accepted into the League of Nations? | September 1926 |
| What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact? | A Pact signed in 1928, where 64 nations agreed armies would only be for self-defence |
| When did allied troops withdraw from the Rhine? | 1927, five years before scheduled |
| How many new homes were built between 1924 and 1931? | More than 2 million (200,000 were also renovated) |
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