Interwar Germany - 1920-39 (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Year Weimar Republic established
Year Weimar Republic established
1919
Weimar president's term length
Weimar president's term length
Seven years
First president of Weimar Republic
First president of Weimar Republic
Friedrich Ebert
When was Treaty of Versailles signed?
When was Treaty of Versailles signed?
28 June 1919
Territory lost to France in Treaty
Territory lost to France in Treaty
Alsace-Lorraine
German army troop limit under Treaty
German army troop limit under Treaty
100,000 troops
War Guilt Clause article number
War Guilt Clause article number
Article 231
Year of severe hyperinflation
Year of severe hyperinflation
1923
'Stab in the Back' myth in German
'Stab in the Back' myth in German
Dolchstoßlegende
Leaders of the Spartacists
Leaders of the Spartacists
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
Date of Spartacist Uprising
Date of Spartacist Uprising
January 1919
Paramilitary groups that crushed Spartacist uprising
Paramilitary groups that crushed Spartacist uprising
Freikorps
Date of Kapp Putsch
Date of Kapp Putsch
March 1920
Leader of Kapp Putsch
Leader of Kapp Putsch
Wolfgang Kapp
Two assassinated Weimar ministers
Two assassinated Weimar ministers
Walther Rathenau and Matthias Erzberger