Glossary
German state from the end of WW1 (1918) to the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor (1933).
Weimar Republic
What is a constitution?
List of basic principles and laws of a country, written down in a single document.
Paramilitary group made up of mainly WW1 veterans, who combined right-wing ideas with violent means.
Freikorps
Why did Belgium and France invade the Ruhr in 1923?
Because Germany had stopped paying reparations.
Name for the most famour German actress?
Marlene Dietrich.
Agreement in 1924 where American loaned money to Weimar Germany so they could pay off their reparations.
Dawes Plan
German head of state under the Weimar constitution. Elected every seven years, they could exercise emergency powers only in extraordinary circumstances.
President
What were the aims of the Spartacists in Weimar?
To turn Germany into a Communist state. Full equality for all citizens.
How did Stresemann got rid of hyperinflation?
New currency: rentenmark
What were artists painting about in the 1920s? Mention two.
Reality, consequences of war, failing morality, abstract feelings
In Weimar Germany, conservative and nationalist ideology that wanted the return to an imperial past and concentrate power under the Kaiser.
Right-wing
How was the Chancellor elected?
The president chose him.
Who led the Spartacists?
Karl Liebnecht and Rosa Luxemburg
How did the Ruhr invasion lead to hyperinflation?
Worker strikes - money printing
How did architecture change from the 19th to the 20th century?
Minimalism, focus on function, industrial design, less color and ornament
Stab-in-the-back myth after World War 1, when many Germans believed they lost the war because of treason from politicians, Jews and communists.
Dolchstoss
Who could vote under the Weimar Constitution?
All men and women over 21.
How was the Kapp Putsch stopped? Why?
Worker strikes, because they did not agree with the principles followed by the Freikorps.
Besides a new currency, what else did Stresemann do for Weimar's economic and diplomatic recovery? Mention three.
Dawes Plan, Young Plan, Locarno Treaty, League of Nations, Kelogg-Briand Pact
What allowed the changes in culture in the Weimar Republic?
Funding for museums and galleries, no censorship, freedom of speech, experience of war
Electoral system where the divisions in population are refleced proportionaly in those being elected.
Proportional Representation
What were two problems in the constitution? Why?
Article 48, Proportional Representation, Coalition Governments
What do the Spartacist uprising and the Kapp Putsch teach us about the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic?
That the Weimar Republic was not strong enough to fight uprisings, and had to rely on people outside the army to crush them.
What are two problems that are still happening in Stresemann's Weimar?
Dependance on USA, the consequences of the ToV were still present, extremist parties gained support
Mention three positive changes for women in the new Constitution.
Women had equal rights legally, right to vote and stand in elections, more loose clothes, make up, out unescorted, divorce, less wife-oriented lives