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55 Cards in this Set
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When was the TOV signed? |
. 28 June 1919 |
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Name 3 areas of Land Lost as a result of the treaty? |
Upper Silesia Alsace and Lorraine Eupen and Malmedy |
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How many troops was the German army limited too? |
100,000 |
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How much did Germany have to pay in reparations? |
132,000 million gold marks |
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What caused strikes and mutinies across Germany in October 1918? |
The navy refused to sail against the British fleet |
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When was the new government set up in Weimar? |
10 November 1918 |
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What was the Ebert Groening Pact? |
The army would support the government if the government opposed more left wing ideas |
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Who were the Freikorps? |
A private army made up of ex soldiers and unemployed youths |
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When was the Spartacist led uprising? |
January 1919 |
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What percentage of people voted in the 1919 election? |
82.7% |
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Who were the most right wing party in Weimar? |
The DNVP |
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What was the largest party in the Reichstag between 1919 and 1929? |
The SPD |
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When was Ebert elected president ? |
11 February 1919 |
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When was the weimar constitution finally passed? |
31 July 1919 |
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Why unlike Prince Max's government was Weimar able to stay in power? |
Because the most likely alternative was a more left wing government |
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How many votes did it take to gain a seat? |
60,000 |
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On average how many political parties where there during the 1920s? |
29 |
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between 1919 and 1923 how many coalitions were there? |
9 |
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How many major political figures were assassinated between 1924 and 1929? |
0 |
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How many coalitions were there between 1924-29? |
6 |
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What were the three main reasons for the collapse of the Weimar government? |
Treaty of versailles Economic problems Coalition failure |
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How many Chancellors were there between 1930 and 32? |
3 |
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What was the SA? |
Nazi Private Army |
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On what date was Hitler appointed chancellor? |
30 January 1933 |
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What were the benefits to Nazis of the Reichstag fire? |
-Credit for catching the arsonist -Able to stir up anti-communist propaganda -Nazis gained financial support from German industrialists |
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What were the main impacts of Hindenburg declaring a state of emergency? |
Hitler had the power of the police and he could govern by decree and as a result was able to arrest political opponents |
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How many votes and seats did the Nazis win in the 1933 election? |
17.5 million votes and 288 seats |
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What was passed on the 24 March 1933 and what did it allow? |
The enabling act and it allowed Hitler to pass laws without the Reichstag |
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On what date were all parties banned? |
14 July 1933? |
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When was the Night of the long Knives? |
30 June 1934 |
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Who was the head of the Reich Propaganda Ministry? |
Joseph Goebbels |
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What was Volksgemeinschaft? |
The peoples community where the whole nation would work together for the common good |
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What was Fuhrerprinzip? |
It was a leadership principle that involved a strict level of hierarchy |
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What was the Gestapo? |
Secret police set up by Goering on 26 April 1933, who eventually ran concentration camps after been taken over by Himmlers SS in 1936 |
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How many SS members were there in 1944 compared to 1939? |
over a million up from 240,000 |
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Who was in the 'Group of three'? |
Keitel,Frick and Funk |
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What was southern Poland used for? |
Poles and Undesirables |
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On what date did Germany turn on the USSR? |
22 June 1941 |
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When did Hitler commit suicide? |
30 April 1945 |
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When was the Potsdam conference? |
17 July- 2August 1945 |
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Name Three significant parties that emerged in 1945 |
SPD KPD and the CDU |
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What were the three rights that the Basic Law of the FRG promised? |
-Equal rights to German citizens,regardless of race, gender or sex -Free speech and no censorship -A state education for all |
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Which party won the highest % of votes in the 1949 elections? |
CDU (31%) |
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Who was the first chancellor of West Germany? |
Konrad Adenauer |
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How long was Adenauer in charge for? |
1949-63 |
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What two parties did Adenauer ban? |
The Socialist Reich Party and The KPD |
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On 11 May 1951, What did article 131 allow? |
Allowed ex-Nazis to work in the civil service |
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What did Adenauer do in both 1961 and 62 that led to his decline? |
-In 1961 he tried create a government controlled television station -In 1962 he supported the arrests of two journalist who had written an article criticising the performance of West German troops in Nato |
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Which two Chancellors followed Adenauer? |
Erhard(1963-66) and Kiesinger(1966-69) both led coalitions with the newly reformed SPD and CDU |
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What did the CDU/CSU split into? |
Atlanticists (supported working with the West) and Gaullists (focus on co-operation with East Germany) |
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What is Ostpolitik? |
Rejecting the Hallstein Doctrine and working with the GDR) |
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What was the Hallstein Doctrine? |
It prescribed that the Federal Republic would not establish or maintain diplomatic relations with any state that recognized the GDR |
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Who was the first SPD chancellor of the FRG? |
Willy Brandt |
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Why did Brandt resign in 1974? |
It was discovered that one of his advisers was a GDR spy and he felt he should have known |
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Who followed Brandt as chancellor |
Helmut Kohl |
