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Why did Kaiser Wilhelm have difficulty ruling Germany up to 1914? |
- Not all Germans liked how the country was being run - Political Parties complained that they didn’t have enough power - There was a growth in socialism - Germany became industrialised which made workers want more help |
What groups didn’t like the Kaiser? |
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What impact did Prussia’s dominance have on Germany? |
- The most important people in Germany were Prussian (including the Kaiser) - Prussia was militaristic - Germans had to pay to build up their navy |
What nationality was the Kaiser and what was important to Prussia? |
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What negative impact did WW1 have on Germany during the war? |
- Social: 600,000 widows and 2 million fatherless children - Economic: Rationing led to the black market - There was nearly a revolution (like in Russia) against the Government and the Kaiser |
What were some social and economic factors? What did Russia do? |
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Why was Germany so unstable in the years 1919-1923? |
- The Weimar Government was too democratic - There were a lot of political assassinations - There were violent attempts (e.g. the Spartacist Uprising) |
What was happening in the Government? |
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Why was 1924-1929 a Golden Age for Germany? |
- Stresemann fixed the hyperinflation problem by introducing a new currency, the Retenmark - Culture was thriving and there was no longer any censorship (e.g. Cabaret) - The Weimar Political system began to work - Germany began to become a big country again |
What was changed and what started to work? |
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Why wasn’t 1924-1929 a Golden Age for Germany? |
- The economic recovery was based on borrowed money from America - Traditional Germans didn’t like the new culture - The Political system still wasn’t good compared to other countries like Britain |
Where did Germany get their money from and who still wasn’t happy? |
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How did the Great Depression impact on Germany? |
- The German economy collapsed - The German Government collapsed - People began voting for more extreme parties (e.g. Nazis 卐and Communists ☭) |
What collapsed and who did people vote for? |
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How and why did the Nazi Party become popular? 卐 |
- Germans believed that democracy didn’t work because of the Great Depression - People were scared of communists ☭ - Hitler was seen as a likeable and strong leader - The Nazi Party became organised |
Who did people like and who didn’t they like? |
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Who voted for the Nazis? 卐 |
- The Middle Class - Women - Proud and traditional Germans - The unemployed |
What classes and groups? |
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How did Hitler become Chancellor? |
- The Nazi party did well in elections - The Nazi Party became the biggest party in the 1923 Reichstag elections - Hitler was underestimated |
What happened in the Reichstag elections? |
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How did the Reichstag fire help Hitler remove opposition? |
- It got people to stop voting for the Communists ☭ - It got rid of other political parties - The courts did what Hitler wanted them to do - The Catholic Church didn’t oppose him because Hitler made an agreement with the Pope |
What happened to other political parties? |
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How did the Night of the Long Knives and death of Hindenburg help Hitler get control? |
- Hitler removed outside opposition from within the Nazi party - When Hindenburg died, a new President wasn’t appointed so Hitler declares himself “Führer” |
What did Hitler become? |
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How did the Nazi Party reduce unemployment? 卐 |
- They got people to build things - Hitler used rearmament and opened more jobs in the army - He used invisible unemployment by not counting ‘undesirables’ in the figures |
What jobs did he give and who didn’t he count? |
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Who benefited the most out of the Nazi economic policy? 卐 |
- Hitler worked hard to keep workers happy by making things cheaper (Strength Through Joy Scheme) - Big Business owners benefitted - Small business owners suffered - Farmers were partially happy as prices became more stable |
Who did Hitler try to keep happy? |
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What impact did WW1 have on Germany after the war finished? |
- Germany has to pay France reparations of £6.6 million - Hyperinflation - Revolution - Germany was blamed and humiliated |
What effects did the Treaty of Versailles have? |
