germany!

• what is the reichstag?

  german parliament
• what is the SDP?

  social democratic party (socialist)
• what is a trade union?

  organisations that fight for the rights of workers
• who became kaiser in 1888?

  kaiser wilhelm II
• what is socialism?

  the idea that power and wealth should be shared equally among people
• what is imperialism?

  the desire to have the biggest/greatest empire
• what is weltpolitik?

  ’world policy’ - the kaiser’s attempt to turn germany into a world power
• when was germany united?

  1871
• what is a blockade?

  blocking goods from entering a country
• how did ww1 affect the people?

  • some factory workers had made fortunes, meanwhile german workers had restrictions on wages
  • women worked in factories - some germans thought this damaged ‘traditional’ family values
• how did ww1 affect the government?

  • before the war - rich + stable nation, now there is mutiny and revolution (POLITICALLY UNSTABLE)
  • many felt betrayed by politicians as they could of won the war -> people turn to extremism -> the november criminals
• how did ww1 affect the military (army)?

  • britain blockaded germany - shortages of food, medicine, clothes
  • 10,000 workers assembled outside to protest war and government -> mutiny, failed military, surrender
• how did ww1 affect the economy (money)?

  • germany borrowed lots of money from the usa to pay reparations -> lots of debt
  • germany lent money to allies - worry if they get it back
  • war left 600,000 widows + 2 million kids without fathers -> war pensions to pay
• what is a diktat?

  a dictated (forced) peace
• what is the armistice?

  the agreement signed at the end of the first world war to keep peace
• what is dolchstoss?

  stab in the back
• why was the treaty of versailles seen as a ‘stab in the back’?

  germany lost its pride and glory, the country was seen as weak and vulnerable
• what is an interpretation?

  a historian’s point of view
• who are the ‘big three’?

  david lloyd-george , woodrow wilson , george clemenceau
• what is a putsch?

  an uprising against the government
• what is hyperinflation?

  inflation at an extreme level