week 3 quiz

• who were the november criminals?


  members of the social-democratic German government that signed the armistice (treaty of versailles) in 1918.
• what was the 'stab in the back' theory?

  the belief that the politicians who had signed the Treaty (also called the November criminals) had betrayed Germany along with Jews and communists.
• which group of people mainly joined violent protests in Germany after WW1?


  demobolised (ex) soldiers
• who was the president of Germany from 1919 - 1923?


  President Ebert
• who were the Spartacists and what was their aim?


  the Spartacists were left-wing revolutionaries who wanted a Communist government in power.
• who was the Spartacist leader?

  Rosa Luxembourg
• when was the Spartacist Uprising?

  January 1919
• who were the Freikorp and what was their aim?


  the Freikorps were a right-wing militaristic group who wanted a return of the Kaiser to power.
• who was the Freikorp leader?

  Dr Wolfgang Kapp
• when was the Kapp Putsch?

  March 1920
• name 5 features of the Weimar Constitution

  - President

  - chancellor

  - reichstag

  - reichsrat

  - the german people
• what were the 3 crises of 1923?


  - The Ruhr Crisis

  - Hyperinflation

  - Munich Putsch
• why did French forces move into the Ruhr?


  Germany had not kept up the reparation payments.
• how did Stresemann solve problems in the Ruhr?


  he agreed to resume repayment of reparations.
• what was the Dawes Plan?


  an agreement from American banks to lend Germany money in 1924.
• what was Hyper-inflation?


  the government prints too much money. it's value goes down and the prices go up.
• how did Stresemann solve Hyper-inflation?


  he scrapped old German money and introduced the Rentenmark. once this currency has stabilised, he introduced a new permanent currency called the Reichsmark.
• what was the Munich Putsch?

  an attempt by Hitler & Nazis to take control of the local government at a beer hall in Bavaria. (1923)
• why did the Putsch fail?

  Hitler did not have the support of the army or police.
• when did Gustav Stresemann die?

  October 1929