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14 Cards in this Set
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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King of Prussia; Emperor of Germany, 1888-1918
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Erich von Ludendorff
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Military dictator; hostile to Reichstag; dictated terms of Brest-Litovsk; involved in Kapp and Hitler's Munich Putsch; member of Nazi party
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Prince Max of Baden
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Appointed Chancellor by Wilhelm; approved removal of the Kaiser; handed power to Ebert
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President Woodrow Wilson
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Entered US into WWI
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Friedrich Ebert
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Leader of SPD, Chancellor then President; steered Republic to safety
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Rosa Luxembourg
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Imprisoned for opposition to WWI; caught and killed by Freikorps in Spartacist Revolution
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Karl Liebknecht
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German Socialist; co-founder of Spartacist league
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Philipp Scheidermann
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Social Democratic politician; proclaimed republic; 1st Chancellor of Weimar Republic
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Wolfgang Kapp
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Right-wing journalist; elected to Reichstag; became Chancellor; fled to Sweden
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Walther Rathenau
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Involved in Versailles Treaty; founder of the Democratic Party; had Jewish background; assassinated by nationalist extremists
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Gustav Stresemann
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Member of the Reichstag; favoured constitutional monarchy; appointed Chancellor then Foreign Minister
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Adolf Hitler
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Anti-semite; leader of Nazi Movement; attempted Munich Putsch and failed
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Gustav von Kahr
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Bavarian leader; reactionary monarchist; muddle-headed
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Paul von Hindenburg
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In overall command of German forces; advised armistice; elected President
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