1.2 opposition and Control - Weimar

Question 1

What did TofV impose (GARL)

Answer 1

• Guilt Clause (article 231)
• Army max 100,000 troops
• Reparations (132 million gold marks)
• Lost land (Alsace+lorraine, Polish Corridor, Rhineland)

Question 2

What was TofV regarded as

Answer 2

Diktat (dictated peace)
Stab in the back

Question 3

Why did extremist Groups oppose the Weimar

Answer 3

• Liberalism + indecisive Gov

Question 4

What happened on 4th jan 1919

Answer 4

Gov dismissed Eichorn (popular Berlin Police chief)
Radical USPD member

Question 5

What happened on 6th Jan 1919

Answer 5

Thousands of Armed workers (spartacists + Unionists) took key buildings

Question 6

Who ended the Spartacist Uprising

Answer 6

• Ebert moved to Weimar
• Freikorps crush rebellion

Question 7

Who was executed after the Spartacists uprising

Answer 7

Rosa Luxembourg + Karl liebknicht

Question 8

When was the Kapp Putsch

Answer 8

1920

Question 9

Who was involved in Kapp Putsch

Answer 9

Wolfgang Kapp, Freikorps leaders + Ludendorff

Question 10

what was the results of the Kapp Putsch

Answer 10

Didn’t gain popular support
Kapp Govt lasted 4 days

Question 11

When was the Munich Putsch

Answer 11

1923

Question 12

Who was involved in Munich Putsch

Answer 12

Hitler + 600 SA members + Ludendorff

Question 13

What were the Short term results of Munich Putsch

Answer 13

Nazi party banned
Hitler arrested 5 years

Question 14

Who stopped the Munich Putsch

Answer 14

Police + Army

Question 15

What were long term results of Munich Putsch

Answer 15

• Hitler writes mein Kampf
• organised Hitler Youth

Question 16

What allegiance was the Weimar Government

Answer 16

Centre-Right

Question 17

How many political assassinations between 1919-22

Answer 17

376

Question 18

How many political assassinations committed by RW extremists

Answer 18

356

Question 19

Why was the Weimar Gov so vulnerable +limited in controlling opposition

Answer 19

• Open to critiscm with free speech + press
• Not strong and radical enough to take sides

Question 20

when was the Ebert-Groener pact

Answer 20

10th Nov 1918

Question 21

What was the Ebert-Groener pact

Answer 21

Army support new Gov, as long as opposed LW ideas

Question 22

When was the Stinnes-Legien Agreement

Answer 22

15th November 1918

Question 23

What was the Stinnes-Legien agreement

Answer 23

Ebert offers legislation on working hours + union representation

Question 24

what was weird about Ebert-groener pact and Stinnes-Legien pact

Answer 24

Neither side knew about it
-Half hearted alliances

Question 25

Which states did Communists take over + set up own Gov

Answer 25

- Bavaria - Saxony - Thuringia

Question 26

What happened in Bavaria when taken over by communists

Answer 26

Put down by Army

Question 27

What happened in Saxony + Thuringia taken over by Communists

Answer 27

Reichexecution (fed Gov removes State gov, replaces with Military Gov)

Question 28

How many people voted in First elections

Answer 28

83% (great turnout)

Question 29

Who moderately supported Weimar

Answer 29

Centre party, DDP,DVP (mostly middle-class + Catholics)

Question 30

How many votes were pro-constitution in 1919 and Nov 1932

Answer 30

1919 - 80.5% 1932 - 35% BIG DROP IN SUPPORT

Question 31

What were the votes in Anti constitution 1919 + 1932

Answer 31

1919 - 17.9% 1932 - 58.3%

Question 32

What happened to support for SPD 1924-29

Answer 32

Rose

Question 33

How many seats did SPD get in 1924 + 1928

Answer 33

1924 - 131 seats 1928 - 153 seats (Econ was improving, Support improving)