History Weimar Germany

• The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that officially ended World War I and was signed in 1919.
• When was armistice?


  November 11, 1918
• When was the treaty of versailles?


  28th June 1919
• When was the Weimar constitution?

  11th August 1919
• What is the Weimar Republic?


  German government from 1919 to 1933.
• What is the Kaiser?

  German Emperor (abdicated in 1918)
• What is the Reichstag?

  The German parliament
• Who could vote in weimar?

  Everyone over 20 (also had equal rights)
• What was Article 48?

  It allowed for the president to make laws without going to the Reichstag first (only in emergencies)
• List 3 positives of the Weimar constitution?

  1. The votes were more fair for voters
• List 3 pros of the Weimar constitution

  1. Smaller parties got a say in the reichstag
  2. Everyone was equal in voting and law
  3. there was a lot of variety as lots of parties had influence due to no majority
• list 3 cons of the Weimar constitution

  1. Law making was very slow (people had to make deals with other parties)
  2. Government was weak due to no main majority (could only use article 48)
  3. Extreme parties got a say in government
• when was the Russian revolution?

  1917
• when was the spartacist uprising?

  5th January 1919
• who lead the spartacist uprising?

  Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
• How did the government deal with the spartacist uprising?

  The use of the freikorps
• when was the kapp putsch?

  March 1920
• who lead the kapp putsch?

  Wolfgang kapp
• how many soldiers did Wolfgang kapp take to Berlin?

  5000
• how did president Ebert deal with the kapp putsch?

  Generalstrike
• when was Fredrich ebert president?

  1919-1925
• when did the German economy collapse?

  1923
• when did france and Belgium invade the Saar and the Ruhr ?

  January 1923
• how many french and Belgium soldiers invaded the saar and the Ruhr?

  60,000
• why did france and Belgium invade the Saar and the Ruhr?

  germany said they could not pay the reparations for 3 years
• when was the hyperinflation?


  1923
• how many Germans were made unemployed by the hyperinflation?

  6 million
• when did Gustav stresman become chancellor?

  1923-1929 (golden years)
• what did streseman resolve?

  hyperinflation- introduced rentenmark

  german economy

  reparations

  relations
• how did streseman fix the German economy?

  Dawes plan- restructured reparations

  Young plan- america would continue loans to germany
• what was the Dawes plan?

  -the plan that restructured reparations payments.

  -50 billion marks stayed the same but they had an indefinite time to pay relations
• what was the young plan?

  -the plan that meant the US would continue loans to germany

  -total reparations amount reduced by 20% and germany was given the ability to postpone 2/3 payments annually so they had 59 years to pay
• how did streseman fix the damaged relations?

  • Locarno treaties
  • league of nations
  • kellogg Briand pact
• What was the Locarno treaties?

  Agreements to secure post-WWI territorial boundaries in Europe.

  france, germany and belgium
• What was the League of Nations?

  A group of nations that agreed to talk through problems rather than declaring war on eachother.

  -germany was banned from joining until 1926
• how was buildings and architecture reformed after 1924?


  became modernised, stable and hygienic
• how was entertainment reformed after 1924?


  film and cinema was introduced, new tech, new fashion
• how did women change after 1924?


  They were more social, wore makeup, equal, individuals, independent, less modest, gay
• how were wages reformed after 1924?


  wages increased by 10% every year until 1928

  -german workers were some of the best paid in Europe

  -unemployment remained high (128,000 in 1928)