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20 Cards in this Set
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Who was the first President of the Weimar Republic?
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Friedrich Ebert
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What party was the first President of the Weimar Republic leader of?
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The Social Democratic Party
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Why was it called the Weimar Republic?
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Because Weimar was the city in which the new government was established
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What is the name of the German Parliament? (Hint: It's not the Weimar Reublic)
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The Reichstag
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What was the name of rebellion that happened in Berlin in 1919?
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The Spartacist Rebellion
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Which document did most Germans despise the Weimar for signing?
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The Treaty of Versaillies
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What was the name of the leader who took control of Berlin in 1920 with help from right-wing paramilitants?
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Dr. Wolfgang Kapp
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What was the name of the right-wing paramilitary organisation that was both a threat and an ally to the Weimar?
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The Freikorps (Free Corps)
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What event happened in response to Germany missing a reparations payment?
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The Occupation of the Ruhr
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Name one agreement which attempted to reduce Germany's debt and reparation payments.
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The Dawes Plan or the Young Plan
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Who succeeded Friedrich Ebert as President of the Reichstag in 1925?
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Who as Foreign Minister was a great asset to the Weimar Republic?
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Gustav Stresemann
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What was the name of the new currency that replaced the Deutsche Mark to solve Hyperinflation?
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The Rentenmark
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Name one of the extremist parties active in the years of the Weimar?
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The National Socialist Party (Nazis) or the Communist Party
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What name did Hitler refer to as the people who signed the Armstice?
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The November Criminals
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What was written up in 1919 that allowed the Weimar Republic to be formed?
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The Weimar Constitution
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Name one of the POLITICAL weaknesses of the Weimar Republic?
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Article 48 or Proportional Representation
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Which world-wide event, beginning in America, plunged Germany into mass unemployment and debt?
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The Wall Street Crash
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Which Germany politician and Chancellor, along with the President von Hindenburg, treid to secure Hitler's support in the Reichstag?
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Franz von Papen
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In which city was Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch?
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Munich
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