key terms

• junker


  prussian aristocracy
• nationalism


  idea that a country is superior to others
• sixteen


  number of nazis killed in beer hall putsch
• alsace lorraine


  region of france reclaimed in 1918
• passive resistance


  method of resistance used in the ruhr by german workers
• president


  leader of the weimar republic; elected by public
• proportional representation


  weimar voting method
• dreadnoughts


  massive steel warships
• stab in the back


  myth that germany lost the war due to traitorous politicians
• dawes plan


  deal that secured american loans for the weimar republic
• militarism


  idea that a nation's strength is displayed through its military
• chancellor


  leader of the reichstag; chosen by president
• prussia


  most powerful state in pre-unification germany
• place in the sun


  famous quote by wilhelm II about empire
• rentenmark


  new currency 1924
• saar


  coal region given to france for 15 years
• treaty of versailles

  june 1919 harsh treaty
• anglo german naval race


  boat building competition
• hyperinflation


  massive devaluing of currency
• reparations


  repayments for ww1 damage
• freikorps


  right wing ex soldiers in early weimar years
• ruhr


  industrial valley region of germany
• kpd


  communist party in germany
• spartacists


  left wing group who rose up in 1919
• reichstag


  german national parliament
• spd


  biggest party in reichstag under kaiser, socialist
• article 48


  backdoor to dictatorship
• weltpolitik


  german foreign policy demanding expansion
• rearising


  ongoing communist strikes/revolt after the kapp putsch
• landsberg


  prison for hitler post 1923
• industrialisation


  germany did this rapidly under the kaiser
• munich putsch


  beer hall putsch
• cabaret


  risque berlin shows
• zeittheatre


  theatre of the time
• homosexuals


  greater tolerance was shown to these
• new objectivity


  weimar school of painting
• zeitoper


  opera of the time
• bauhaus movement


  weimar architecture
• bundesrat


  german state parliament
• autocracy


  a system of government by one person with absolute power.