The Impact of WW1
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The German leader who abdicated on 9th November 1918.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
The frequency of new presidential elections.
Every 7 years
Gave the president the power to rule by decree - passing laws without support of Reichstag.
Article 48
The voting system that ensured extreme parties were represented, making stability difficult and causing many coalitions.
Proportional Representation
The number of separation coalitions throughout the fourteen years of the Weimar Republic.
20
The duration of the longest government during the Weimar Republic.
2 years
The date when the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
(28th) June 1919
The percentage of territory that Germany lost after the Treaty of Versailles.
13%
The War Guilt Clause, which stated that Germany had to accept blame for starting the war and agree to pay reparations.
Article 231
The maximum size to which the German army could not exceed according to the Treaty of Versailles.
100 000
The amount Germany was forced to pay in reparations.
£6,600 million
The German word for the belief that Weimar politicians ('November Criminals') had stabbed the army in the back.
Dolchstoss
The leaders of the Spartacist League which eventually became the Communist Party in 1919.
Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemborg
The measures announced by the Weimar government in March 1920 leading to the Kapp Putsch.
Plans to reduce the size of the army and disband the Freikorps
The number of murders carried out during uprisings between 1919-1922.
376
The number of right-wingers sentenced to death as a result of political uprisings.
0
The location where France sent troops in 1921 and again in 1923 after Germany failed to pay reparations.
The Ruhr (in the Rhineland)
The reason why the French and Belgians decided to take the goods they needed in the Ruhr.
The violence in 1923 between the occupiers and the German population
The main economic impact of the occupation of the Ruhr in 1923.
Hyperinflation
The individual who became German Chancellor in the summer of 1923.
Gustav Stresemann