📚 Part 1: Key Events and Concepts

1. Which of the following was NOT a term of the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany?

Payment of reparations to Allied powers

Reduction of German army to 100,000 men

Loss of all overseas colonies

Immediate admission to the League of Nations

2. The Spartacist revolt of January 1919 was led by:

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party

Wolfgang Kapp and right-wing nationalists

Friedrich Ebert and the SPD

3. Which factors contributed to the hyperinflation crisis of 1923? (Select all that apply)

French occupation of the Ruhr

German policy of passive resistance

Excessive printing of money

Introduction of the Dawes Plan

4. The Dawes Plan (1924) aimed to solve Germany's economic problems by:

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5. Complete the following: Between 1919-1923, the Weimar Republic faced _______ major political uprisings, including threats from both the _______ and the _______.

📖 Part 2: Source Analysis

6. Study this excerpt from Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution:

"If a state does not fulfil the duties imposed upon it by the constitution or by federal law, the President may enforce such duties with the aid of armed force... The President may take the measures necessary to restore public order and security."

a) What powers did Article 48 give to the German President?

b) How might this article be seen as both a strength and weakness of the Weimar Constitution?

7. Analyse the following propaganda slogan from 1919: "The November Criminals have sold Germany to her enemies!"

a) Who were the "November Criminals" referring to?

b) How did such propaganda undermine the Weimar Republic's legitimacy?