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Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates |
November 1918 |
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Ebert becomes president |
1918 |
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Who were the Freikorps? |
Ex-soldiers from WW1 |
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Who were the November Criminals? |
The politicians who signed the armistice |
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When was the Spartacists uprising and who was their leader? |
6th January 1919 lead by Rosa Luxemburg |
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How did Ebert stop the sparticist uprising? |
He hired the Freikorps |
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When was the Weimar Constitution created? |
January 1919 |
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When was the treaty Versailles signed? |
June 1919 |
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What did the treaty of Versailles mean for Germany? |
GARGLE: Guilt: Germany has to accept war guilt Army: Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men, 0 air force and 6 battleships. Reparations: War fine of £6.6 billion Germany land: Germany had to give back land to the French (13% of Germany) LEague of Nations: Germany were prevented from joining |
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When was the Wolfgang Kapp and who supported it? |
In 1920 the Freikorps went against Ebert in and attempt to take over Germany |
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Who did the hyperinflation effect most? |
The elderly and middle classes as their savings were ruined |
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When did Hitler attempt the Munich/ Beer hall putsch |
November 1923 |
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Why did Hitler attempt a putsch in 1923 |
He though the army would support him as they had shown little loyalty to the Weimar government and he had General Ludendorff who he though could persuade the army to help him. Because German started paying reparations again Hyperinflation Anger at treaty of Versailles and Weimar Constitution Invasion of the Rhur |
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Why did the Munich/ Beer hall putsch fail? |
Nazis only had 3000 supporters Von Kahr withdrew his support Army and Government were informed and were waiting for them |
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What were the consequences of the Munich putsch? |
Hitler put on trial (Feb 1924) Lenient prison sentence (9 months) In Landsberg prison he wrote Mein Kampf |
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When was Gustav Stresemann chancellor of Germany and what did he do after? |
He was chancellor from 1923 - 24 and afterwards he became Foreign Secretary |
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How did Stresemann help Germany? |
Charlie Do You Like Lorraine Kelly?
C = Currency - Rentenmark (1923) D = Daws plan (1924) - 800,000,000 mark loan from America Y = Young plan (1929) - reduced reparations by 67% L = Locarno Treaty (1925) - Germany and France agree on their boarders L = League of Nations (1926) - Germany joins league of nations K = Kellog-Briand pact (1928) - 60 nations agreeing not to go to war |
Charlie Do You Like Lorraine Kelly? |
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What happened in 1929 to cause Germany to spiral into depression? |
The wall street crash cause the USA to really all loans. This meant German had no money and so unemployment sky rocketed. Also Stresemann died. |
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What did President Hindenburg have to do due to the Wall Street crash and the way the Weimar Government dealt with it? |
He had to run Germany using Article 48 |
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What was article 48? |
Article 48 allowed the President to ignored the Reichstag and make laws without their approval |
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How did the Nazi party advertise themselves during the 1930s? |
They used posters, meetings, radio broadcasts and SA soup kitchens |
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When was Hitler made chancellor of Germany? |
January 1933 |
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When did the Reichstag fire happen and who was accused? |
27th February 1933 (six days before the 5th march election) - Marinus van den Lubbe |
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Who did Hitler blame for the Reichstag fire? |
Marinus van den lubber who he claimed was a communist |
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How did Hitler use the Reichstag fire to gain power? |
He made Hindenburg declare a state of emergency allowing Hitler to create decrees as long as Hindenburg supported him |
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When did Hitler persuade Hindenburg to call for another election? |
5th March 1933 |
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What was the state of emergency and what did it allow Hitler to do? |
The state of emergency allowed Hitler to create decrees which meant he could arrest anyone with out trial, meaning he could arrest communist leaders and party members. |
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How many seats did the Nazi party gain in the 5th march 1933 elections? |
288 |
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Did Hitler have to join with any other party in 1933 to gain the majority vote |
Yes (he joined with the DNVP/ Nationalists to get the majority) |
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What did Hitler do with the majority vote? |
He quickly passed the Enabling act allowing him to make laws without consulting the Reichstag |
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What laws did Hitler make with the Enabling act? |
Banned opposing parties and trade unions Put Nazis in charge of all state governments |
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What and when was the Night of the Long Knives and why did Hitler do it? |
It was when Hitler had 400 SA leaders killed on June 30th 1934. Hitler did this as he, the army, Himmler and Heydrich through Rohm was becoming too powerful. Rohm had 3 million SA/ brown shirts at his disposal where as the army had only 100,000. Rohm opposed some of Hitler's policies. |
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What did Hitler do after Hindenburg died and when did this happen? |
He made himself chancellor and president and combined them into one role: Führer He made the army swear an oath of personal loyalty to Hitler This happened on August 2nd 1934 |
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Who did Hitler appoint propaganda minister? |
Goebbels |
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What forms of propaganda did the Nazis use after Hitler became the Führer? |
Posters Pictures Art exhibitions Films Hitler's speeches broadcasted Newspapers (which were checked by Nazi officials) Rallies 1936 Olympic games |
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How and why did the Nazis intimidate people into supporting them? |
They used concentration camps to imprison people who went against the Nazi state. (Run by the SS) The Gestapo (secret police) spied on people. Anyone not loyal to the Nazis were taken in the middle of the night for torture or concentration camps. Hitler youth expected to spy and report on friends and families. The Nazis did this to retain power. |
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What did Hitler want young people to become an how did he do this? |
He wanted them to become the perfect Nazis by indoctrinating them. This involved Hitler youth movements (which became compulsory in 1939) and education. |
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How did Hitler use the youth movements to indoctrinate young people in Germany? |
He trained the boys to be soldiers teaching them marching, camping, weapons training and fitness training. He taught the girls how to be mothers teaching them domestic training and fitness training. Both groups trained in total loyalty to Hitler: reading Mein Kampf, saluting the swastika, singing Nazi songs and reporting on "anti-nazis" |
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How did Hitler change education in Nazi Germany? |
Books were rewritten to support Nazi views and to show Germany without defeats. Teachers had to join the Nazi Teachers Association and Jewish children had to leave Nazi schools in 1938 |
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How did the Nazis change the lives of women? |
Women were expected to be mother so most were forced to leave their jobs. Medals for more children. People encouraged to get married. They were discouraged from wearing makeup. |
Kinder, kürch, kirche |
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How did Hitler tackle unemployment? |
He created massive public work programmes (building the autobahns). This gave millions work but they were poorly paid. (RAD). He also started compulsory military service. |
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What did all workers have to join under Hitler's rule? |
The DAF (German labour front) |
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What did all men aged 18-25 have to join for 6 months? |
The RAD (National labour service) in which they did hard labour e.g tree felling and ditch digging. |
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Which organisation was set up under Hitlers rule to organise the leisure time of the workers? |
The KDF (Strength through joy) |
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How did the KDF organise leisure time? |
Cheap theatre tickets Cruises Skiing holidays VW Beatles |
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What did Hitler's government take control of to deal with big businesses running things their way? |
They took control of prices, wages, imports and profits |
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How did Hitler promote the growth of small German businesses ? |
By closing all small Jewish businesses |
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How did Hitler help farmers? |
By helping them pay off their loans, however by doing this he also raised their quota for production giving them less free time |
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What was Hitler doing in the run up to WWII? |
He started conscripting men into the army and tried to achieve autarky (self-sufficiency) |
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How did Hitler change religion for Germans? |
Nazi bishops Carols and RE was phased out of schools Church schools were closed |
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What did Hitler agree with the pope, what was it called and when did it happen? |
1933 a concordat meaning they would stay out of each others affairs |
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What did Hitler do to minorities in Germany? |
Vagrants and the homeless were re-educated and were taught how to work. Homosexuals, blacks and gypsies were sent to concentration camps or 'sterilised' (couldn't reproduce). |
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Which laws took German citizenship from Jews and banned them from having sex or marrying Germans and when was it introduced? |
The Nuremberg Laws in September 1935 |
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When was Kristallnacht and what happened? |
On the 9th-10th November 1938 Jewish businesses were attacked. 20,000-30,000 Jews sent to concentration camps 7000 Jewish businesses/home destroyed 300 synagogues burnt All Jewish people left with 1 billion fine |
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What was the Nazi party originally called and who lead it? |
German Workers Party (DAP) lead by Anton Drexler |
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When did Hitler join the DAP and what did he rename it to? |
Hitler join in 1920 (soon became its leader) and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP/Nazi party) |
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What did Hitler introduce to the NSDAP ? |
He gave the party a new flag and created the SA/ Brownshirts lead by Ernst Rhom. This was the party's private army and Hitler's bodyguards |
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When did Hitler create the 25 point programme? |
1921 |
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Why and when did the French and Belgians invade the Ruhr? |
They invaded in 1923 because Germany couldn't afford to pay the reparations for 1922. They had decided to take the good by force. |
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How did the German workers respond to the invasion of the Rhur? |
They went on strike and refused to make the goods for the French and Belgians. They also sabotaged factories and flooded mines. |
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How did the Weimar Government support the strikers and how did it effect the economy? |
They printed more money to pay them so they could continue striking. This mean that the value of the money went down causing hyperinflation. |
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When did the Hitler Youth become compulsory |
1939 |
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