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The Weimar Republic Name _______________________________________ Timeline 1918: Abdication of the Kaiser 1. On Nov. 10, 1918 Kaiser ________________ fled to ____________ 2. Why did the Kaiser abdicate? 1918: The End of World War I 3. Why was Germany forced to seek peace? 4. When was the armistice signed? (exact date and time) ______________________________________ 5. What is the General Staff? _____________________ 6. What name was given to those who negotiated the Treaty of Versailles? 7. Why was the news of a German surrender a shock for the German people? 1919: Spartacist Revolution 8. __________________________ and _____________________ founded the Spartacists, a revolutionary anti-war faction within the moderate Social Democratic Party 9. What did the Spartacist’s hope to create? 10. Who was used to put down the rebellion? ____________________ 1919: Weimar Established 11. When and where was the Weimar Republic established? 12. The Weimar Republic was established under the leadership of the ___________________________________ View Socialist Newspaper from Nov. 9, 1918 13. Who was named as the Chancellor of the Weimar Republic? ___________________________ View the Weimar Constitution 14. Look at articles 109-137. What are your reactions? 15. What was the significance of Article 48? 16. Article 48 is often called The _________________ Act Weimar Politics 17. Prior to World War I, who had the right to vote in Germany? 18. Under the Weimar Constitution, who had the right to vote? 1920: Berlin Kapp Putsch 19. Who led the first attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic? 20. How effective was the Social Democrats leadership in trying to get the military to put down the rebellion? 21. What was President Ebert’s reaction? 22. Although the Weimar Republic survived this first coup attempt, what was its major pitfall? 1920: Founding the Nazi Party 23. The German workers party became known as the _________________ ____________ German Workers Party or the Nazi’s (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei-NSDAP) 24. View the following party platforms and write 3 sentences comparing and contrasting the three parties. Communist Party Platform (KPD) Nazi Party Platform (NSDAP) Social Democratic Party SPD 1920: Paul Whitman Band 25. ________________ became a symbol of American culture to Germans. 26. How was American Jazz viewed in Germany? Founding of the Hitler Youth 27. What was the name of the first Nazi Youth Organization? 1922 - Walter Rathenau Assassinated 28. What role did Walter Rathenau play in the ending of World War I? 29.. What position did Walter Rathenau hold in the Weimar Republic? 1923: Berlin Riots on Hyperinflation 30. Who did these Germans blame for the hyperinflation and why did they blame t7 them? 31. Why did American Jewish leaders tended to play down the seriousness of the situation? German Inflation 1919-1923 32. What two methods did Germany use to finance the war? a. b. 33. What segments of the German population endured the most hardship? a. b. 34. In 1919, how many German marks equaled a U.S. dollar? ________ By Nov. 1923, that number rose to ________________________________. View a picture of German women waiting in line to buy substandard meat. 1923: Dawes Plan 35. What was the Dawes Act and what was its effect? 1923: Hyper-Inflation At Its Highest 36. How did hyper-inflation change shopping? 1923: 1923 - Kurt Tucholsky Attacks Judges 37. Why did Kurt Tucholsky attack judges? 1923 - Munich Beer Hall Putsch 38. What was Hitler's sentence for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch? 39. In what way was the law not followed in Hitler's sentencing? Hitler's Final Speech at His Trial for Treason, March 27, 1924 40. What did Hitler's speech at his trial for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch allow him for the very first time? 1924-1929 41. In his speech, Hitler says he is the destroyer of ____________________ 42. Who does he claim to want as his partner in this battle? ______________ 43. The period between 1924-1929 was known as the __________________________ 44. What position in the Weimar Republic did Gustav Stresemann hold between 19231929? ___________________________ 1925 - Friedrich Ebert Dies Before Re-election 44. Who was Friedrich Ebert? 1925: Paul von Hindenburg 45. What role did Paul von Hindenburg play in World War I? 46. Who did Hindenburg say was responsible for Germany's defeat in World War I? 47. Paul von Hindenburg becomes the _______ President of the Weimar Republic. 1926: Black Reichswehr Investigation 48. What were these investigations? 1926: German joins the League of Nations 49. What was the significance of Germany joining the League of Nations? 1927 - Founding of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute 50. What did the Kaiser Wilhelm institute pave the way for? 1928 - Kellog-Briand-Stresemann Pact 51. What was this treaty? 52. Who signed this treaty? 1929: The Young Plan 53. What was the Young Plan? 1929 - Nazis Protest Opening of "All's Quiet on the Western Front" 54. How popular was the book All's Quiet on the Western Front"? 1929 - Ruth Fisher Loses Leadership Position in German Communist Party 55. Why did the Communist Party aid Hitler and help him to destroy the Weimar Republic? 1929: U.S. Stock Market Crashes 56. How and why did the U.S. stock market crash bring despair to Germany? 57. How had German Industrialists invested the short-term loans from the U.S.? 58. What were many Germans feeling at this time? a. b. c. 1930: Max Schmelling Wins Heavyweight Title 59. Who did Max Schelling defeat for the heavyweight title? ______________ 60. How did Hitler react to this news? 1932: Unemployment 61. By 1932, how many Germans were unemployed? ___________________ 1932 Elections 62. What percent of the vote was obtained by Hitler and the Nazi Party? ______ View 1932 Election ballot 63. What is significant about this ballot? 1933 - Hitler named the last Weimar Chancellor 63. What was Hitler's first action as Chancellor of the Weimar Republic? 1933 - Weimar Republic Destroyed 64. The Nazi's used violence to intimidate voters in the 1933 elections and yet, they only received __________ percent of the vote. 65. What was the significance of the Enabling Act? Culture In The Weimar Republic If you were any sort of progressive artist, writer, musician, filmmaker, photographer, or director, Berlin during the Weimar Republic was the place to be. Germans were in the forefront of the most exciting developments. The unprecedented freedom and widespread latitude for varieties of cultural expression led to an explosion of artistic production, Berlin, the heart of Germany, was liberal, open, tolerant, and creative. In many ways, the arts were a mirror of the eagerness of Germans to survive, despite difficult circumstances, and live their lives during the Weimar Republic.