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| Why did army and the SD form an alliance |
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| Army agreed to support SD government while the SDs allowed the army to crush Bolshevik(communism) groups like the Spartakists |
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| Who were the Spartakist, what was their fate |
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| Spartakist were broken group from SD gov who formed Communist party, they tried a revolution in Berlin. They got raped and their leaders ROSA LUXEMBERG and KARL LIEBKNECHT were executed. |
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| Who were November Criminals how did they get title. |
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| Citizens refused to believe they lost war. Easier to believe SD stabbed germany in the back. Right wing extremeist branded Weimar politicians as November Criminals(ppl that signed treaty) |
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| Due to the military claus only 100 000 soldiers allowed. Soldiers who stopped their service voluntary joined paramilitary groups called Freikorps in order to get sum semblance of military life. |
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| Why did the Kapp Putsch fail |
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| 2 Freikorps lead by Dr.Kapp tried to overthrow government in revoluton(putsch). The putsch(revolution) failed when official army refused to participate in an illegal action. |
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| Why did Germany have difficulty making reparations payments? |
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| They had no cash reserves and no means of raising any foreign capital. |
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| Why did Germany's Currency devalue so rapidly? |
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| They printed more money and the money was no backed up in anyway(secured, made Germany's money worth less. |
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| What effect did devaluation have on the average German? |
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| People's saving were wiped out by rising prices and the working class found their standard of living destroyed. |
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| What was the Stab in the Back Theory |
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| People refused to believed they lost the war but instead believed the the SD stabbed Germany in the back |
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| What was a rentenmark and how was it financed? |
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| Rentenmark was introduced and backed by a mortgage on all land and industry. By summer of 1924 the German economy had recovered enough for the rentenmarks to be withdrawn and the Reichmark was reinstated |
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| What was the Dawes Plan? How did it help Germany |
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| plan allowed Germany to pay reparations on a schedule more consistent with its ability to pay, it didn't change amount they had to pay thought |
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| the young plan reduced the bill of reparations to 2billion pounds or 2.2 billion |
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| How did Germany evade military restrictions placed by the treaty of Versailles? |
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| Subs built with secret contracts with Spain and Holland, Air force disguised as civilian airplanes. Army(Reichwehr)became training school for officers while paramilitary groups kept up soldering skills of average man. Army, industrialists and politicians worked together to keeps Germany military strong |
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| Why allies shocked by Treaty of Rapallo |
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| Because they were fighting each other in the war. Then they cancelled all reparations. Germany officer went to Russia to train Russians. Germans were allowed to practice in Russian Tanks |
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| Why democracy failed in Germany after WW1 |
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| Gustav Stressemann the leading SD politician, died. Then global depression allowed hitler to take control |
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| Who was the president of the SD and who was the Chancellor, what year |
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| Freidrich Ebert, Philip Schiedemann was chancellor. |
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| posponement of all payments cuz of the depression |
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| give up demands that germany pay reparations |
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Germany-Falling production
America- over production |
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| Germany acknowleges its borders with France and Belgium, Agree to demilitarization of Rhineland Britain and Italy act as guarentators. |
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| What happen when Germany started missing payments |
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| The allies went into Germany and took over the Ruhr Valley. The industrial heart of Germany |
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