navy laws and impact of ww1

• what were the navy laws?

  series of navy laws that spent lots of money to increase size of navy and army
• when were the navy laws introduced between?

  1898-1912
• why were the navy laws introduced?

  Kaiser wanted a large navy to help him take over more countries and protect those already in the German empire
• what was the impact of the navy laws?

  -taxes increased because of how much money being spent which led to many germans in debt before the war began

  -started a naval race with Britain which contributed to ww1
• what was the reaction to ww1 in germany in 1914?

  -war popular/patriotic

  -british naval blockade stopped food imports leading to food shortages
• what was the reaction to ww1 in germany in 1915-16?

  -protesters demanded end of war

  -war weariness

  -soldiers worn down by bombing and gas ect
• when did the kaiser abdicate?

  9th November 1918
• who took over germany?

  friedrich ebert (leader of sdp) temporarily took lead
• what were the social impacts of ww1?

  -gap between rich and poor increased

  -many women worked in factories during war which traditionalists didn't agree with

  -high casualty rate-2 million died
• what were the economic impacts of ww1?

  -germany went bankrupt

  -by 1918 industrial production was down by 1/3 compared to pre war

  -war pensions would cost a fortune
• how much debt was germany in by the end of ww1?

  33 billion
• what were the political impacts of ww1?

  -massive political unrest

  -uprisings,strikes-naval mutiny 1918

  -kaiser abdicated

  -weimar republic begam
• what was the revolution as the end of ww1?


  -army,navy and workers demanded end of war by mass protests and strikes
• what were the results of the revolution?


  collapse of monarchy

  creation of weimar republic