The Weimar Republic Flashcards
Describe the spartacist revolution
- Early 1919
- Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht
- Captured buildings in Berlin
- Crushed by the freikorps
Describe the kapp putsch
- March 1920
- Wolfgang knapp and waltzer Von Walther
- Helped by freikorps
- Stopped by general strike
- Never punished
Why did hyperinflation happen?
- Germany borrowed for ww1
- Inflation increased to pay for passive inflation
- Started by the kaiser
What were the effects of hyperinflation?
- Debts erased
- Savings destroyed
- Economy ruined
Describe the occupation of the Ruhr
- January 1923
- Germany missed reparations
- France and Belgium seized resources as payment
- Passive resistance ensued
- Workers evicted
What was the beer hall putsch?
- November 1923
- Adolf attempted to seize power
- Got arrested
- Trial televised
What did stresemann do to help Weimar?
- Formed grand coalition
- Economic-Dawes/Young plans, rentenmark
- Foreign-league of nations, Locarno and Kellogg-Briand
What was the Dawes plan?
April 1924
Huge American loan to help Germany pay reparations and rebuild
Lent 800 million
what was the young plan?
plan to reduce reparations in 1929
how did the political scene stabilise in weimar?
1928 the SDs form a coalition with other republican parties
what were the achievements of the Weimar republic?
- Dawes/Young plan
- locarno treaties
- economy healed
Describe the Kiel mutiny
- October 1918 sailors refused to fight
- Set up soviets all over the country
- 9 November tell kaiser army can’t be trusted
- 10 November kaiser abdicates
WhT were the early problems Elbert faced?
- Not elected
- Had to form a coalition
- Economy wrecked
- November criminals label
What were the good aspects of the Weimar constitution?
- Suffrage over 20
- Proportional representation
- Civil rights
- President
What were the bad aspects of the Weimar constitution?
- Proportional representation meant lots of coalitions
2. Article 48 could be abused
