Historia

History questions:
1) Who was the first leader of the Waimar Republic?
Frederich Ebert
2) Why was the Waimar Republic called like this?
Because the new government met at the new town of Weimar as Berlin was thought to be too violent and unstable.
3)Threat from the left: Communist party known as SPARTICISTS. They wants the country to be ruled ny soviets and councils.
4) Threatfrom Right: Some anti.communist.ex soldiers had formed themselves into vigilante groups called FREIKORPS. They were people who has grown up during the successful days of the Kaiser’s Germany and they liked his dictatorial and Germany having a strong army anf to have an empire.
5) What was the Kapp Putsch?
March 1920 Kapp led 5000 freikorps into Berlin in a rebellion known as the Kapp Putsch. Aftera few says Kapp realized he couldn’t win so he left the country.
6)What was the Munich Putsch?
November 1923, Hitler had an attempted rebellion in Munich, known as the Munich Putsch. Hitler and the murderers were given short prison sentences.
7) What happened in Ruhr?
January 1923, French and Belgian troops entered the Rhur and took what was owed to them in the form of raw materials andgoods. The government ordered the workers to go on strike.
8)Who replaced Ebert?
August 1923, gov. of Gustav Stresemann took over
9) What was the Dawes Plan?
A plan in which American loans were given to Germany.
10) What did the Locano treaties decide?
It was guaranteed not to change Germany’s western borders with France and Belgium.
11) When was Germany accepted into the league of Nations?In 1926.
12)What did the young Plan decide?
It lightened the reparations burden on Germany and led to the final removal of British , French and Belgian troops from the Rhineland.
13) Origin of Nazi party?
Nazis began as the German’s workers party. In 1919 Adolf Hitler joined the party and in 1920 renamed it as National Socialist worker’s party of Nazis or Nazis.
14)Who were the nov.criminal?
Socialist politicians who signed the traty of Versailles.
15)Who formed part of the SA?
About 55% were unemployed people. Many were ex-servicemen from the war.
16)What was the SS?
A paramilitary group fanatically loyal to Hitler.
17) Who was appointed by Hitler to be in charge of the nazi propaganda?
Joseph Goebbles.
18)What was the negative cohesion?
People that supported theNazis, not because they share Nazi fears and dislikes.
19) Why did German people support the Nazis?
Because they has disillusionment with democracy , they were afraid of the Communist threat and they were tired of the decadence during the Weimar Republic.
20)Who was chancellor before Hitler?
KURT VON SHLEICHER.
21) How did Hitler become chancellor in 1933?
Hitler didn’t win the election. He waschosen chancellor because he got enough support in the Reichstag and was able to control the communism
22)What was the Raichstag fire?
On 27 february, the Reichstag building was burnt down so Hitler blamed the communists and demanded special emergency power to deal with the situation.
23) What was the ENABLING ACT?
It allowed Hitler to make laws without consulting the Reichstag. Using the SSand SA he intimidated the Reichstag to passing it.
24) What happened during the night of the long knives?
On the weekend 29-30 june squads odf SS men broke into the homen of Rhom and other leading figures in the SA and arrested them. Hitler accused Rhom of plotting to overthorow and murder him. Over the weekend Rhom and 400 otrhe were executed
25)When did Hitler become Furer?
2 August 193426) What were the means the Nazis used to exert total control over Germany and its people.
1) The SS: a paramilitary group that were fanatics loyal to Hitler.
2) The Gestapo; secret police
3) Police and councils
4) Concentration camps.
27)What was there little opposition?
1) The nazi had success; economic recovery was appreciated
2) People has economic fears: german...