Events
Second Reich unified by Kaiser
-Prussia is most powerful
-Reps from each state were sent to the Budesrat
-Reichstag had same jobs
-Ruled by KaiserSpartacist Uprising
-germany to be ruled by working class
-50,000 worker strikeWilhelm Issues up to 1914
-industrialisation lead to more socialism,
he was forced to take care of his citizens
-wanted to be powerful like other countries
(Weltpolitik)
-wanted larger navy then Britain
owed a lot of money to othersWilhelm comes into power
-cousin with futue King George V
-aimed to beat his cousin (context)WW1 begins, impact on Germany
-rich/poor divide widens
-anger
-food shortage
-'November Criminals' who ended the war
-Kaiser gives up some power
-Germany owed loadsTreaty of Versailles signed
-Land, Rhineland
-Army is reduced, only 100,000 men
-Money is owed, $6.6 billion
-Blame all on Germany
Called the 'Diktat', they were forced to signWeimar republic Formed
-high unemployment
-hyperinflation (1923), bread was 200
billion marksNew
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