the weimar republic Flashcards
what did extreme left wing parties want
They wanted Germany to be controlled by the people.
They opposed capitalism
wanted to abolish private ownership of land and business and put it in the hands of workers.
what happened when coalitions disagreed and decisions had to be made
article 48 was activated and the chancellor could ask the president to pass the law without going through parliament
why was article 48 becoming a problem
[hint -what year]
- by 1930 the chancellor relied heavily on the president due to coalitions disagreeing in parliament
what effect did article 48 have on the german people
- it encouraged them to think a single all-powerful leader was better as parliament became essentially redundant
who were the spartacists
a communist group supported by the soviet union lead by karl liebknecht and rosa luxemburg
who lead the spartacists
rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht
were the spartacists far left or far right
far left/ left wing
what happened on janurary 1919
- the spartacists staged a revolt in berlin which they hoped would lead to a general strike
- the soldiers were armed and took over government buildings
what was the ultimate aim of the spartacist uprising 1919
to overthrow the weimar republic
how did ebert stop the spartacist uprising
- he employed a right wing group of former soldiers (the freikorps) to stop the uprising
why did ebert use the freikorps against the spartacists
he realised he needed to put extremist politaclal groups against one another
what happened between march 1920
the kapp putsch rebellion
what was the kapp putsch
in march 1920 the freikorps staged a rebellion lead by wolfgang kapp with the aim to seize control and end the weimar democratic system by bringing back the kaiser
why did the kapp putsch fail
german workers went on strike forcing kapp to flee
what happened when ebert employed the freikorps during the spartacist uprising
2,000 freikorps took down the spartacists and 150 were killed
outcome of the spartacist uprising
- failed as both leaders were killed and the government was not overthrown
- did lead to chaos in the street causing instability
- did challenge the newly formed weimar republic
when was the kapp putsch
march 1920
aims of the kapp putsch
- to restore the german kaiser and grow the german army
- to seize control and end the weimar democratic system