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Flashcards by Tom Mitchell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tom Mitchell
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| When was the Spartacists revolt? | January 1919 |
| What did the Spartacists want? | Germany to be ruled by workers' councils or soviets. |
| Who led the Spartacists? | Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. |
| What happened to Bavaria between 1918 - 1919? | Became a self-declared Socialist state. |
| What were the main 3 impacts of WW1 on Germany? | 1) Germany was virtually bankrupt. 2) Germany had a revolution and became an unstable democratic republic. 3) The war had deepened divisions in society. |
| What was agreed at the Treaty of Versailles? | To blame Germany for WW1, to reduce it's armed forces to 100,000 soldiers, to force Germany to pay £6.6 billion in reparations, to give German territories to allied forces and to set up a League of Nations. (GARGLe) |
| When did France and Belgium invade the Ruhr? | January 1923 |
| Why was the Ruhr invaded? | Because Germany failed to pay a reparations payment. The Ruhr was Germany's most industrial area and so France and Belgium took the payment in the form of goods and materials. |
| What did Germany do in resistance to the occupation of the Ruhr? | German workers carried out passive resistance and effectively went on strike. |
| Why did German Workers in the Ruhr go in strike? | So that the French would not have anything to take away. |
| What is Hyperinflation? | Hyperinflation is rapid and out of control inflation. |
| What caused hyperinflation in Weimar? | The government printing too much paper money to pay off reparations. |
| What was the effect of the strike in the Ruhr? | 100 workers were killed. Germany also suffered as the stop of production caused the collapse of its currency. |
| When was the Munich Putsch? | 8th - 9th November 1923 |
| What happened at the Munich Putsch? | Hitler tried to topple the government with 600 SA soldiers. He hijacked a government meeting and declared he was taking over the Bavarian government. |
| How was the Munich Putsch stopped? | Hitler allowed Kahr and Lossow to return home after agreeing to revolt. They then subsequently called the police and army. |
| What happened on the 9th of November 1923? | Munich Putsch was quelled by the police and army. 16 Nazis died and Hitler was arrested. |
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