1 - challenges to weimar (1919-23)

Question 1

Spartacist Uprising

Answer 1

1919, socialist revolt in Germany, led by the Spartacist League (Karl Liebknecht & Rosa Luxemburg), seeking a communist government, but it was suppressed by the Freikorps

Question 2

Kapp Putsch

Answer 2

1920, right-wing coup attempt in Germany led by Wolfgang Kapp, trying to overthrow the Weimar Republic when they tried to disband the Friedkorps, but ultimately failed due to a general strike

Question 3

Munich Putsch

Answer 3

1923, failed coup led by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party in Munich, Germany, aiming to overthrow the Weimar Republic, but was quickly put down & Hitler imprisoned

Question 4

Invasion of the Ruhr

Answer 4

1923, Germany fell behind on reparation payments so French and Belgian troops occupied Germany’s Ruhr region, payments were halted & workers went on strike, added to inflation, French brought in their own workers

Question 5

Hyperinflation

Answer 5

1923, where more and more money was printed and therefore made currency worthless, destroyed savings, black market flourished, industrialists benefitted however

Question 6

Weimar Constitution

Answer 6

• president
• Reichstrat (upper house - individual states represented)
• Reichstag (lower house - proportional representation, allowed many small parties to form a coalition government)

Question 7

Freikorps

Answer 7

right-wing former soldiers who acted as a paramilitary group

Question 8

special-interest parties

Answer 8

parties formed to campaign on specific issues, eg. compensation for losses during hyperinflation

Question 9

When was Hindenburg elected president?

Answer 9

1925

Question 10

Hindenburg’s view on the Republic

Answer 10

wanted to exclude SPD from government, & bring in right-wing DNVP