History HL
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Chapters
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Chapter 1 - China 1839-60 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 2 - The Opening Of China To Foreigners 1860-1901 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 3 - Defeat & Revolution 1901-25 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 4 - Nationalists & Communists 1924-45 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 5 - The Japanese Threat & Communist Takeover 1931-49 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 6 - China & The Wider World 1949-76 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 7 - Government, Economy & Society Under Mao After 1949 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 8 - The Cultural Revolution 1966 -76 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 9 - Deng Xiaoping
Chapter 10 - China & The Wider World 1978-97 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 11 - Concluding Survey (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 12 - Jews, Arabs & The British 1900-39 (Middle East)
Chapter 13 - The Birth Of Isreal 1939-49 (Middle East)
Chapter 14 - Arab-Israeli Wars In 1956, 1967, & 1973 (Middle East)
Chapter 15 - Nasser, Egypt & Arab Nationalism (Middle East)
Chapter 16 - The Palestinian Problem (Middle East)
Chapter 17 - The Challenges Of Peace-Making 1991-2008: Israelis & Palestinians (Middle East)
Chapter 18 - The Iran-Iraq War 1980-8 (Middle East)
Chapter 19 - Iraq & The West 1988-2008 (Middle East)
Chapter 20 - From Arab Nationalism To IsIamic Fundamentalism (Middle East)
Chapter 21 - Truman (Cold War 1945- 81)
Chapter 22 - The Korean War (Cold War 1945-81)
Chapter 23 - Eisenhower & Dulles (Cold war 1945 -81)
Chapter 25 - Kennedy To Carter (Cold War 1945-81)
Chapter 26 - Weimar Germany - 1918-1933 (European States)
Chapter 27 - Hitler’s Germany - 1933-1939 (European States)
Chapter 28 - Italy - 1918-1922 (European States)
Chapter 29 - Mussolini’s Italy - 1922-1939 (European States)
Chapter 30 - Spain - 1918-1936 (European States)
Chapter 31 - The Spanish Civil War - 1936-1939 (European States)
Chapter 32 - The Soviet Union - 1918-1929 (European States)
Chapter 33 - The Soviet Union - 1929-1939 (European States)
History HL
Chapter 26 - Weimar Germany - 1918-1933 (European States)
Weimar Republic Challenges 1919-1923 Political and Economic Analysis
449 words
3 mins read
Last edited on 16th Oct 2024
Table of content
Snapshot 📓
1919-1923 was like a wild roller coaster for Germany, especially its young Weimar Republic. Imagine trying to set up a government with all sorts of political bad guys trying to mess you up. That's how it felt!
Political Challenges 🏛
- 🕰 Instability Alert!
- From 1919 to 1923, Weimar witnessed SIX governments.
- The longest-serving of which? Just six months.
- People's Shift 🔄
- Folks were shifting their love from middle-of-the-road parties to extreme ones.
- 🧠 Thought-provokers
- How did public opinion change from 1919 to 1920? (Hint: Check election table!)
- Make a timeline of political threats to Weimar from 1919 to 1923.
- Left vs Right: Which was scarier for Weimar's long-run?
- How would you feel as a Republican seeing the political madness of 1919-23?
Economic Hurdles 💰
- 🌍 War's Aftermath
- Imagine you threw a massive party thinking you'd win a lottery to pay off. But, you lost. Germany felt similarly after WWI.
- The bill: A whopping 144,000 million marks in debt!
- Bonuses (not the good kind): Rising inflation, reparations to pay, and lost industries.
- Hyperinflation Havoc, 1923 🚀
- Definition Time: When prices go bananas, and money feels like it's from a board game.
- Why? The war debt started it, but Weimar's decisions fanned the flames.
- Instead of unpopular choices like raising taxes, Weimar printed more money.
- Reparations weren't the big bad wolf of inflation, but they did play a part.
- The French-Belgian Drama
- Scenario: Imagine your friend taking over your treehouse because you didn’t give back their comic books. In 1923, French and Belgian troops occupied Ruhr, a key German region, because of missed reparations.
- Weimar's reaction: Stop ALL payments, no cooperation, and hold a big strike.
- Consequences: Even though they supported the strikers, they lost big business, needed to import coal, and saw their currency crash.
- Hyperinflation's Fallout
- Some folks, like those with debts, made bank💰. But if you had savings? Oops, almost worthless now!
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Chapter 26 - Weimar Germany - 1918-1933 (European States)
Weimar Republic Challenges 1919-1923 Political and Economic Analysis
449 words
3 mins read
Last edited on 16th Oct 2024
Table of content
Snapshot 📓
1919-1923 was like a wild roller coaster for Germany, especially its young Weimar Republic. Imagine trying to set up a government with all sorts of political bad guys trying to mess you up. That's how it felt!
Political Challenges 🏛
- 🕰 Instability Alert!
- From 1919 to 1923, Weimar witnessed SIX governments.
- The longest-serving of which? Just six months.
- People's Shift 🔄
- Folks were shifting their love from middle-of-the-road parties to extreme ones.
- 🧠 Thought-provokers
- How did public opinion change from 1919 to 1920? (Hint: Check election table!)
- Make a timeline of political threats to Weimar from 1919 to 1923.
- Left vs Right: Which was scarier for Weimar's long-run?
- How would you feel as a Republican seeing the political madness of 1919-23?
Economic Hurdles 💰
- 🌍 War's Aftermath
- Imagine you threw a massive party thinking you'd win a lottery to pay off. But, you lost. Germany felt similarly after WWI.
- The bill: A whopping 144,000 million marks in debt!
- Bonuses (not the good kind): Rising inflation, reparations to pay, and lost industries.
- Hyperinflation Havoc, 1923 🚀
- Definition Time: When prices go bananas, and money feels like it's from a board game.
- Why? The war debt started it, but Weimar's decisions fanned the flames.
- Instead of unpopular choices like raising taxes, Weimar printed more money.
- Reparations weren't the big bad wolf of inflation, but they did play a part.
- The French-Belgian Drama
- Scenario: Imagine your friend taking over your treehouse because you didn’t give back their comic books. In 1923, French and Belgian troops occupied Ruhr, a key German region, because of missed reparations.
- Weimar's reaction: Stop ALL payments, no cooperation, and hold a big strike.
- Consequences: Even though they supported the strikers, they lost big business, needed to import coal, and saw their currency crash.
- Hyperinflation's Fallout
- Some folks, like those with debts, made bank💰. But if you had savings? Oops, almost worthless now!
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