history

• Who was kaiser Wilhelm


  Leader of Germany in 1871,cousin of George the V and begun germany's industrialisation
• What did german industrialisation do?


  Made businessmen rich and produced more iron,steel and coal then Britain
• What happened when the British naval blockade happened?


  led to food shortages so german people starved and restricted germans ability to trade
• What else happened to Germans after the world war one

  Hyperinflation,money lost value
• On the 9th of Novemeber who abdicated?

  Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Who took over after Kaiser left?


  Friedrich Ebert leader of SPD party
• What did Friedrich Ebert promise he would do for Germany?

  Hold elections and end the war
• What was signed in 1918 11th of November

  armistice ending ww1
• What made Kaiser leave

  Kiel Mutiny germany was out of control
• What happened in the Kiel mutiny?

  The main German naval base Kiel,Fustrated German sailors rebelled against orders to attack British Navy.Sparking rebellions all over Germany.Wilhelm left Germany and Friedrich Ebert took over.
• When was the treaty of Versailles signed

  1919 allies met to discuss Germany blamed Germany and punished them with the Treaty of Versailles.
• How did the treaty of versailles punish germany

  Territory military and financially
• What does BRAT stand for

  Blame reparations armed forces and territory
• What caused the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr?

  Germany missed a payment from the treaty of Versailles
• What was the Ruhr?

  It was the main industrial area in Germany
• Why didn't Germany pay France and Belgian 


  They didn't have the money for it but France and Belgian thought they were lying so took over the Ruhr
• What was Passive resistance during this time?

  It was were the German workers were told not to work and do what France and Belgian said and if the Germans listened to this they would then get there wages
• What caused Hyperinflation?

  Loss of productivity as the German Workers were using passive resistance and Germany printed more money to pay the workers this made money lose its value.
• What was good about Hyperinflation?


  People could pay loans back easily.Farmers coped well as people still needed products peoples wages were changed everyday this was good at first but then turned bad.
• What was bad about Hyperinflation?

  People on fixed incomes found that the money they were earning wasnt matching up with the prices.People that lent money to people and people with savings.
• What was the four parts of the empires central government like

  The emperor (kaiser) controlled everything.The Chancellor in charge of government and Bundesrat.The Bundesrat had power over the Bundestag and could approve of them.Bundestag federal parliament.
• What did the Weimar Republic promise?


  to give Germany a government that truly represented the views of the whole country
• What year was the Weimar Republic formed?

  1919
• What were the strengths of the Weimar Republic?

  A genuine democracy,the power from Reichstag and The bill of rights which gave them freedom of speech no matter what.
• What were the weakness of the Weimar Republic?

  Proportional representation,too many people having a say .arcticle 48 which meant the President had the power to make his own laws with nobody's input if there was an emergency this was overused.
• Why did the new republic get off on a troubled start?


  Germans were angry about the government signing the treaty of versailles .Hated them for signing armistice as they were defeated.All this unpopularity meant it faced political uprisings from both sides.
• What was the Spartacists uprising?


  5-12 Jan 1919 50,000 communists rebelled in Berlin led my Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht .The Friekorps (ex soldiers) defeated them and killed the leaders.Communists rebelled in other places after this Friekorps crushed them all in the end.
• What was the Kapp Putsch?


  Dr Wolfgang Kapp led a Friekorps takeover in Berlin.The regular amry refused to attack the Friekorps.It was to get the land that was took from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles.
• What did Stresseman want to do for Germany?


  wanted to fix hyperinflation and improve Germanys international relations.
• What were Stresseman's foreign polices?

  Locarno treaties in 1925-Germany,France and Belgium agreed to respect their post Versailles border for peace.Germans entry into the league of nations because they signed the Locarno treaties.Kellog-Briand Pact 62 countries it was made so they could talk peacefully with each other and no war.
• What was Stresseman's economic policies?


  He changed the currency to Retenmark stopped printing the money this helped hyperinflation.Dawes Plan US loaned money to Germany and Germanys reparations were lowered.Young plan reduced the reparation money loans continued.
• What was Weimar Culture like in the Weimar Golden Years?

  Good time for artists poets writers performers they could now do what they wanted to do as kaiser wasn't in control anymore.Bauhaus for art and design .Literature,cinema became very popular.
• What were good things about the Golden years?

  Industrial production was higher,exports sending good rose by 40 percent, hourly wages rose every year mostly, IG Farben became the largest industrial company in Europe.Pension health and employment insurance schemes.
• What were the bad things about the Golden years?

  Agriculture lowered.Germany spent more on imports then exports buying more then making.Unemployment increased in 1929 to 1.9 million
• What were the other bad things about the Golden years?


  German industry became dependent on the US loans and the Government ended up spending more than it recieved in taxes.
• What was the Munich Putsch ?

  8th November 1923 Hitler had promised to overturn the treaty of Versailles and destroy communism and restore Germanys glory.He planned to capture Munich they marched and then nazis got killed by the police.
• When did Stresseman die?

  3rd October 1929
• When was the Wall Street Crash and What was it ?

  24th October 1929 American companies and banks went out of business and millions lost their jobs the depression
• Why was Germany the worst effected from the Wall Street Crash?

  Because us asked for the loans back on short notice
• Treaty of Versailles


  Peace treaty that ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany. Germans were extremely angry about the treaty and saw it as unjust and humiliating.