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Name problems the weimar republic faced 1918-1923 |
- Had to except the harsh terms of the treaty. - Weakness of its constition - hyperinflation - french occupation of the Ruhr. - The weimar republic did not have a charismatic leader. |
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What did the treaty include? |
Germany had to except war guilt Had to pay £6600 million in repartions Had to give up large amounts of territory Had to agree to disarm its army. |
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What was there reaction? |
They were very annoyed when they saw the very harsh treaty. They were not allowed to negotiate. They felt the terms were extremely humiliating. Many germans attacked the new weimar democratic government for signing it. |
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What name was given to the politicians who signed it? |
November criminals |
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What was the new party called in 1919? |
DAP |
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When did Hitler join the Dap? |
September 1919 |
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What made him rise to organisational hierarchy? |
- his extra ordinary talents as a public speaker. |
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What was the twenty five point programme about? |
- nationalism - violent anti-semitism And vast promises to all social classes |
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What did the DAP's name change to? |
NSDAP |
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By 1922-1923 |
Hitler ran the party he was loosing its character as a political party and instead was developing into q group of disciplined followers willing to submit to Hitlers personal wishes. |
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Munich putsch |
November 1923 hitler and his followers staged the beer hall munich pustch a failed takeover of the government in Bavaria |
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How did it work? |
- Hitler had initally approached Von Kahr to lead the march in berlin but von kahr backed away. Hitler moved ahead without him. |
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What happened? |
Hitler took hundreds of his followers and surrounded the hall that evening. Hitler and about 20 associates burst into the hall and hitler fired a shot into the ceiling and declared a 'national revolution' |
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How many people died? |
4 police and 16 nazis |
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What happened to hitler? |
- he was sentenced to 5 years his popularity did increase during his trial as his defence speeches were put in newspapers. - but he did serve less than a year of his sentence. |
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Why did the putsch fail? |
- only a few nazis marched - it was poorly planned - hitler fled after the gun shot. |
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What was the main reasons for hyperinflation? |
- The invasion of the Ruhr was the final blow - the fact they could not cope with the repayments. - also businessmen had been selling shares on the stock market. |
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What did hyperinflation cause? |
Overnight many peoples life savings became worthless and workers found that their wages could not keep up with the rising prices. |
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Who solved hyperinflation? |
Gustav Streseman the new chancellor of germany |
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How? |
Made sure old banknotes were recalled and destroyed and there was the new rentmark in their place. |
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The economy 1924-1929 |
Often described as the golden age because of the economic security and improved living standards. |
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American loans |
- The dying german economy was injected with more than $25 billion of foreign money. - also the american government and US corporations also provided Germany with financial and industrial expertise. |
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When was the dawes plan put in place? |
- There was to be a two-year freeze on the payment of reparations. - The Usa offered huge loans to Germany. - the french agreed to take their troops out of the Ruhr |
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The nazi party 1924-1929 |
By 1923 the impact of hyperinflation made Hitler confident enough to bid for power. Hitler began in 1925 to reorganise the party. |
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The SA |
Began to organise monitor troops that kept nazi meetings from being broke up by marxists and fought with them in the street. |
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What caused the wall streef crash of 1929? |
- The US called its loans to germany and the german economy collapsed - The number of unemployment grew people starved on the streets. - people wanted to someone to blame and looked to extreme solutions. |
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What did hitler do? |
Offered them someone to go to. |
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What happened to the nazis? |
- They won 12 seats the impact of the depression must have been a significant factor in the changing fortunes of the nazi party. |
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By 1932 how many were unemployed? |
6 million this meant people became poor and they felt rejected and unwanted by their country. |
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How did the nazis become the largest party in Germany 1929-33? |
- The depression weakened Weimar. - propaganda- there propaganda gave people a sense of national pride. - The role of the SA. Took part in parades they also fought communist military groups in the streets and the deaths suffered. |
