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History
Germany KQ1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the treat of Versailles signed? | june 28 1919 |
| How much in reparations did Germany have to pay? | £6.6 billion |
| How much was Germanys military cut down, in terms of men? | 6 million to 100,000 |
| What was the article number where Germany had to take the blame for war? | article 231 |
| What is the German word for 'stabbed in the back'? | Dolchstoss |
| How much land did Germany lose, what percentage? | 13% |
| What were the politicians who signed the treaty known as? | November criminals |
| True or false - The Germans were not allowed Tanks, aircraft and submarines? | True |
| True or false - Germany were allowed to join the league of nations? | False |
| What was the Weimar republics system of voting called after WWI? | proportional representation |
| Why was proportional representation bad for the government? | No laws could be passed easily by one party in the government, meaning nothing ever changed |
| Why was article 48 important in making the president of Germany strong? | It gave the president to make 'emergency' decisions if needed, weaking the government |
| What did Wolfgang Kapp lead? | Kapp Putsch |
| Who lead the spartacist uprising? | Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg |
| Were the spartacists left or right? | left |
| who put down the Spartacists? | The Reichswehr and the Berlin Friekorps |
| What happened to the leaders of the spartacists? | Captured and killed |
| What happened when the German army was ordered to put down the Kapp putsch? | " the army does not fire on the army" and they didn't fire at them |
| How were the Kapp Putsch put down? | The German president sked the public to not support the strike, this paid of and the putsch eventually lost. |
| Who tried to take power off the government in the 'Munich beer hall putsch? | Nazi's |
| What happened during the Munich beer hall putsch? | Nazi's stormed the beer hall, they locked away the politicians, forced them to support the Nazi's. |
| What happened in the aftermath of the Munich beer hall putsch, what happened to Hitler? | Hitler was found guilty and sentenced to 5 years prison, he was released of 9 months. |
| When was the munich beer hall putsch? | November 8th 1923 |
| What year was the spartacist uprising? | 1919 |
| What year was the Kapp putsch? | 1920 |
| What happened in the Ruhr, how did it happen? | Germany missed a reparation payment so France and Belgium took the Ruhr, the workers went on passive resistance, Germany lost lots of money from not having the Ruhr, workers not paid. |
| Why did hyperinflation happen? | Germany over-printing money from paying the Ruhr workers |
| What was the effect of hyperinflation? | People lost savings and wages, moeny became almost worthless overnight |
| What new currency was put in place to help combat hyperinflation? | The Rentenmark, replaced the reichsmark |
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