Section 1: Key Vocabulary Subject: History Tier 3 Definition Year: 10 Summer 1—Democracy to Dictatorship: and Growth of Democracy Article 48 (n) An emergency law which allows the president to suspend the constitution (law) and pass Section 2: Important Ideas Section 3: Chronology

laws without asking the Parliament. The 1871 German states unify to become Germany. Free Corps A right-wing group of ex-soliders who threw a 1881 Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes leader of Germany. (n) rebellion in 1920 to overthrow the left-wing The President (Elected every 7 years and is the su- 1915 500 women protest German Parliament for in- government. preme commander of the army) Reparations A fine the German government was forced to (v) pay due to its involvement in the First World 1918 Mutiny in Kiel. German navy followed to follow The Chancellor War. Germany was ordered to pay £6.6 Billion orders. to the winning nations. Needs majority support from the 9 Nov Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and secretly leaves Spartacist German communists who wanted a revolution Reichstag. 1918 Germany never to return. League (n) like the one that had happened in Russia in 11 Nov Germany Surrender, ending the First World War. 1917. Article 48: An emergency law Reichstag (n) The main elected German parliament. Reichstag (Lower House) the president 6 Jan Left-wing Spartacists protest against the new Weimar The name given to Germany’s democratic 1919 Weimar Government. Republic (n) (voted) system between 1913 and 1933. Voted for by the German public can make Diktat (n) Nickname given by many Germans to the using proportional representa- which means Jan 1919 Left-Wing Ebert wins the election becoming the hated Treaty of Versailles; translated as tion. Has 421 members in 1919 they do not German President. ‘dictated peace.’ and 647 in 1933. Elected every 4 have to be May Right-Wing Free Corps protest the Weimar Gov- Red Rising (n) Left-Wing voters uprising in March 1920, the years. Their role is to make laws. checked by the 1919 ernment. ` Ruhr region of Germany. Reichstag. This Reichsrat () 1922 Germany ordered to pay £6.6. billion over the next Tier 2 Definition meant they 66 years. Abdicate (v) To give up the throne of a country. Each state sent representatives. could suspend Chancellor (n) In Germany, the chief minister or Prime 55 from 18 states in total. They the constitu- Jan 1923 France and Belgium invade German land called Minister of the Government. cannot make laws but could ap- tion. the Ruhr when they don’t pay reparations. Constitution Set of rules by which a country is governed by. prove them. 1923 Hyperinflation. A loaf of bread is worth £201 bil- (v) lion marks. Socialism (v) A system of government which supports democracy and greater government Nov 1923 Munich Putsch. Hitler and the Nazi party rise involvement in the economy and society. Voters: Everyone over the age of 20 can against the government. Trade Unions Group of workers formed to protect their vote for the Reichstag and the President. 1924 German currency changes to Rentenmark then (n) interests. Reichsmark. Democratic A system of running a country in which all 1925 Germany signs Locarno Pact with Britain, France, Ideas/ key words you have seen before: Kaiser Wilhelm II, Republic (n) adults have the right to vote for the Belgium and Italy promising never to invade each Weltpolitik, , abdicate, armistice, treaty, government they want. other. Hyperinflatio Sudden, dramatic rise in prices. democracy, parliament, Ruhr, League of Nations and 1925 Germany joins the League of Nations n (v) rebellion.