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23 Cards in this Set
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How did the German government pay for the war
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1) by not raising taxes
20 borrowed from German central ank to finance war, printed more paper currency to pay bills |
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When did inflation begin and how harshely did it begin at?
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during the war, quadruple inflation
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Name 5 events that happened in Germany in the aftermath of World War I?
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-hyperinflation
- kapp putsch conservtive takeover - walter rathenenau killed - allies set reparations at $33 billion Germans avoid paying |
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How did the German government respond to the French invasion of the Ruhr Valley?
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- called on workers to strike
- printed more money for workers |
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What happened after the french invasion of the Ruhr valley?
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-economy completely collapses
- people resort to batering - life's savings lost |
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Name 3 aspects of the Dawes plan
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- used retenmarks to fix economy
- US banks to Germany to invest in economy - US gets interest, Germany begins to recover |
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During the recovery, the moderate parties
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thrived
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During the recovery, the Nazis
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struggled
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What American event triggered the end of the german recovery?
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the Great depression
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How did Germans get sucked into the Great depression
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- NYSE collapsed
- banks start recalling loans to german banks - industries closed |
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On November 9, 1918, __________________ abdicated an fled to holland
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Kaiser Wilhelm
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SPD (social democrats) under _____________________ assume power (majority party in Reichstag, moderate and middle class)
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Freidrich Ebert
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Armistice signed with Allies on __-__-____ @ __ am
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11-11-1918 @ 11 am
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Radical socialists declare separate government under
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Rosa Luxembourg, karl Liebnecht
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From Fall 1919 to Spring 1919 there was
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open civil war
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The SPD and _______________ fought commies
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Freikorps
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Luxembourg and Liebknecht both end up
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murdered y ary
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the ____________ and ______________ declare independence, but are both crushed by ________________-
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Rhineland, Bavaria, Freikorps
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New government allows president, who serves for __ years, can rule
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7, by decree
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______________ in bicamereal legisltaure most legislative power in Reichstag
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proportional representation
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__________________ was the supreme German commander in Western Front that reported that the Germans could not win the war
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Erich von Lendendorff
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Germans were really hurt by the arrival of
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2 million fresh US troops
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At the port of Kiel, a mutiny occured by the sailors and workers over
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a command to attack the british
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