1) What was Germany called after the war? The Weimar Republic.

1) What was Germany called after the war?

The

Weimar

Republic

2) Explain why it got this new name? [2]

• WEIMAR – Because Germany’s capital (Berlin) was too unsafe to meet in, so they met in Weimar instead.

• REPUBLIC – Because it now had an elected leader (a President) instead of a King or KAISER.

• The Kaiser had run off to Holland at the end of the war!

3) When did the war end?

11th

NOVEMBER

1918

4) Which word is used for the official end of the war?

ARMISTICE

5) What did many Germans believe their leaders

had done to them by ending the war?

STABBED THEM IN

THE BACK!!

6) What nickname was given to Germany’s leaders who had agreed to end the war (the armistice)?

THE NOVEMBER CRIMINALS

7) What was the Reichstag?

German Parliament

8) What does democracy mean?

One person=

One vote

9) When was this treaty signed?

July

1919

10) What kind of treaty were the Germans hoping for?

A fair treaty

11) Why did they expect this kind of treaty?

• The American President had been talking about how important it was to be fair.

• He’d been talking about “PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY”, a treaty that looked forward not back.

11A) What’s a good way of remembering the key terms of the treaty?

L A M BLAND

ARMY

MONEY

BLAME

12) In terms of land, list two of the key terms.

• Germany lost 13% of its land (and about 6 million people who lived there).

• Germany was split in two to give Poland access to the sea (the Polish Corridor).

13) What size of army was Germany allowed?

100,000

soldiers

14) Who did the treaty blame for starting the war?

Germany

15) What was the name of the massive fines Germany had to pay as a result?

REPARATIONS

16) How much did Germany have to pay in total?

£6,600 million!!

17) Why did Germany have no choice but to accept the treaty?

• She would be invaded if she didn’t accept the terms.

18) What do LEFT-WING people want to happen?

They want CHANGE!!!

• They want the gap between rich and poor to be made much smaller – workers should be looked after better and paid more.

19) What do RIGHT-WING people want?

They want things to

stay the SAME!!!

• Basically they’re happy to keep things as they are – allow rich people to stay rich, and keep paying the workers the same.

20) Communism is a left-wing idea: true or

false?

TRUE

• Communism is the most extreme left-wing idea EVERYBODY SHOULD BE EQUAL!!

• This will happen through a REVOLUTION!!!

21) Who were the Freikorps?

• Soldiers who had fought in the First World War, who now joined together.

• They hated the new democratic Weimar Republic – they saw democracy as weak.

• BUT THEY HATED COMMUNISM MORE!

22) Were they left-wing or right-wing?

RIGHT-WING!!![They hated democracy, and wanted the

strong leadership of the Kaiser back]

23) Which group tried to take power in 1919? Were they extreme left-wing or extreme right-wing?

SPARTACISTS

• They were a LEFT-WING, COMMUNIST group.

24) Which group stopped them? Were they extreme left-wing or extreme right-wing?

THE FREIKORPS!!!

• They were RIGHT-WING[They hated democracy, and wanted the

strong leadership of the Kaiser back]

25) Was the ‘Red Rising of the Ruhr’ in 1920 started by the Communists or the right-wing?

COMMUNISTS!!!

26) Which group tried to take power in the 1920 Kapp Putsch?

THE FREIKORPS!!!

• They thought that the Weimar Republic was so weak that it would be easy to take over.

• Led by Dr Kapp.

27) How was the Kapp Putsch by the Freikorps stopped?

A strike by Berlin’s workers.

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

28) Why did the French invade the Ruhr in 1923?

Because Germany had not paid any reparations in 1922, and under the terms of Versailles France was allowed to invade and help herself to what she wanted from Germany.

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

29) How did the Germans react to the French invasion?

PASSIVE RESISTANCE

• The Germans couldn’t fight the French – small army and too weak after the war, so they everyone in the Ruhr went on strike instead = Passive Resistance.

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

30) What economic problem did Passive Resistance lead to?

1923!!! - HYPERINFLATION!!! – 1923!!!

• The German government had told all its workers to stop working, but it still had to pay them! It did this by printing loads of money, but this meant that money lost all its value!!

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

31) Give examples of how Hyperinflation made life difficult for Germans.

• Money lost all its value – at one stage an egg cost 80 million marks.

• People had to carry money around in wheelbarrows.

• By the time you got to the front of a queue the price of what you were buying had doubled.

1923 – YEAROF CRISIS!

32) Give two groups of people who really suffered from Hyperinflation?

• 1) Pensioners – they were on a fixed income. There was no way this could keep up with the crazy prices.

• 2) People with savings in the bank. Their savings had lost all their value.

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

33) Which man solved Hyperinflation, and how did he do it? [2 key measures]

STRESEMANN

1) Ended Passive Resistance

2) Introduced a new currency – the Rentenmark

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

34) Why was ending Passive Resistance so unpopular with right-wing extremists like the Nazis?

It was like “giving in” to the French.

• It was as if Stresemann was saying the Treaty of Versailles was fair, and that Germany should be paying reparations.

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

35) What did the Nazis do at the end of 1923 which showed how angry they were?

The Munich Putsch

Hitler and the Nazis tried to start a national revolution in Munich. It failed.

1923 - YEAR OF CRISIS!

36) Why did the Munich Putsch fail?

• Hitler had assumed the army and police would support him and join in.

• They did not.

1923- YEAR OF CRISIS!

37) What important lesson did Hitler learn from the failure of the Munich Putsch?

• That he would have to take power legally, and GET VOTED IN TO POWER.

• He had tried a violent revolution and it had failed.

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

38) What is the correct order of the following 5 events of 1923?

• Ending of Passive Resistance

• Hyperinflation

• Munich Putsch

• Invasion of the Ruhr

• Passive Resistance

1923 – YEAR OF CRISIS!

Correct order of events:

1) Invasion of the Ruhr

2) Passive Resistance

3) Hyperinflation

4) Ending of Passive Resistance

5) Munich Putsch

39) Name the two jobs that Stresemann did in the German government.

Chancellor

Foreign Minister

40) What two things did Stresemann do to end the crisis of hyperinflation?

• Introduce a new currency – the RENTENMARK

• Called off passive resistance

41) What is the name of the policy linked with Stresemann?

FULFILMENT!

42) Explain how this theory was meant to work.

Germany would fulfil, or agree to, the terms

of the Treaty of Versailles

43) What happened in 1924 that showed that the theory was working. How did it help Germany?

The DAWES PLAN gave Germany longer to pay the Allies and the US lent them 800 million marks!

• It helped Germany because they could then

improve housing, hospitals, schools and

roads

44) What was decided at the Locarno Pact of 1925?

Germany, France, Belgium & Italy agreed

not to invade one another

45) Which organisation was Germany allowed to join in 1926?

The LEAGUE OF NATIONS!

46) Why was Stresemann unpopular with right-wing extremists?

They thought he was weak because he:

had “given in” to the French over the Ruhr crisis

he had agreed to fulfil the terms of Versailles

47) What happened in 1929 which helped Germany?

The YOUNG PLAN lowered the reparations that Germany had

to pay

47a) Which event in 1929 brought the Golden Years to an end?

The Wall Street Crash

48) Did Hitler take power by force?

NO NO NO!!!

49) What lesson had the failure of the Munich Putsch taught Hitler?

To take power legally!

50) Which event in 1929 played a key role in helping Hitler come to power?

The Wall Street Crash

51) As one thing in Germany got worse and worse, more and more people voted for the Nazis. What was that thing and how big was the problem by 1932?

Unemployment

6 million unemployed by1932!!!

52) The Nazis twisted the truth and told lies to win people’s support. What’s the word for this?

Propaganda!

53) Give an example of a key Nazi slogan used in the elections.

“Hitler – our last

hope!”

54) Why did the fact that the Communists were getting stronger actually help the Nazis?

Because many people really FEARED that

the Communists would take over the

country. So they turned to the Nazis instead!

55) Who was the President of Germany both before & after Hitler came to power?

HINDENBURG!

56) What were the names of the 3 chancellors who failed to solve the problems of the Great Depression?

1) Bruning

2) Papen

3) Schleicher

57) What percentage voted for Nazis in 1928?

2%(the year before the Wall

Street Crash!)

58) What percentage voted for Nazis in 1932?

37% !!!(After the Wall Street Crash – by 1932 6 million

people were unemployed.)

59) Why did Hindenburg have no choice but to ask Hitler to become Chancellor?

3 Chancellors had come and gone in three years (B,P,S) and all failed–

Hindenburg chose Hitler because he was the most popular figure …

60) When did Hitler become Chancellor?

30th

January 1933

61) 1923 KEY ECONOMIC PROBLEM = ?

HYPERINFLATION

62) 1924 – MASSIVE FINANACIAL BOOST = ?

DAWES PLAN

63) 1929 – AMERICA’S ECONOMY COLLAPSES = ?

Wall Street Crash

64) 1929-32 – KEY ECONOMIC PROBLEM IN GERMANY = ?

UNEMPLOYMENT !!!UNEMPLOYMENT !!!

6 million in 19326 million in 1932