Weimar history terms
Cards (26)
- who are the Freikorps?
- who was the chancellor and how is he elected?
- where was there a naval mutiny in October 1918?
- why was Germany not a naturally democratic nation?
- who became the new leader of Germany after the kaiser abdicated?
- why was Ebert unpopular among many new Germans, especially on the right?
- why did Germans dislike the new democratic system?
- why was it called Weimar Republic?
- what was the voting system called? and which emergency powers could the president use if necessary?
- who were the two leaders of the Spartacists?
- which paramilitaries were used to prevent the Spartacist takeover?
- in which other communist revolt did Ebert use the same tactics? what date? how many communists were killed?
- How many right wingers did Kapp lead into Berlin? and the date?
- how did the Kapp Putsch end?
- who were the two leading politicians assassinated between 1919 and 1922?
- how many Nazis were killed in the Munich Putsch?what date? which general joined the coup?
- how many reparations were paid in 1921? and 1922?
- what new currency replaced the worthless one in 1923? which plan helped restore the economy, and how much was loaned?
- when did Germany reach pre- war industrial production levels?
- what was the 1920s architectural movement? who was the famous German film star? how many dance bands were there in Berlin?
- what were the three steps towards international reconciliation under Stresemann with dates?
- which sector of the economy continued to struggle in the 1920s?
- which organisation called for a return to old- fashioned values?
- why did small shopkeepers struggle?
- What was Weimar associated with?
- why did nationalists oppose the Locarno Treaty?