Ds1- Was The Weimar Republic Doomed From The Start? Flashcards
(29 cards)
Weimar Germany
Name for germany 1919-33, name came from the German town in which the gov was held
Kiel Mutiny
3 nov 1918- At main german naval base in Kiel, German soldiers refused to follow orders to attack British royal army
Abdication of the Kaiser
9 nov 1918- rebellions all over germany lead to the collapse of german gov and forced kaiser wilhelm 2 to abdicate
Ebert
Chancellor of germany, leader socialist democratic party (SDP) after abdiation, first democratic leader
November criminals
Whom Germans hated in the gov for signing the armastice
Stab in the back theory
Many germans felt that the politicians who signed the TOV were stabbing the public in the back
Democratic gov
A gov which has been voted in by the public
Constitution
The set of laws by which a country is governed, rule book for the gov
Coalitions
Whn two parties group together to form a majority
Constituency
An area of land which holds one seat in parliament
Proportional representation
A system in which the seats in parliament are awarded for a certain amount of votes for a party
First past the post
Party with the most votes in a constituency gets one seat in parliament, party with most seats becomes the gov
Spartacist uprising
- 1919
- lead by rosa luxemberg and liebknecht
- wanted a communist uprising like in russia
- wanted a germany rules by workers councils (soviet)- didnt want democracy
- 5th jan 1919-captured HQ of gov newspaper and telegram offices
- bitter street fighting against freikorps
- rosa luxemberg and liebknecht killed- no leader
Kap putsch
- 1920
- friekorps
- lead by kapp
- hated army restrictions and terrioty loss from tov
- many freikorps were demobbed soldiers
- 10th jan- freikorps took over communist hq
- 15th jan- crushed spartacists
- march 1920- kpp lead 5000 freikorps in berlin march
- army ordered to fire on freikorps- refused
- politicians appealed to workers for general strike
- kapp left country and was never punished
Hyperinflation
1923- gov printed too much money, became worthless
Stresemann becomes chancellor
1923
Streseman calls of general strike (in ruhr)
Aug 1923
Introduced retenmark
Oct 1923
Army crushed munich putsch
Nov 1923
-showed lack of response for democratic gob, hitler served 9 months but gained publicity
Started to pay back reparations
End 1923
Dawes plan
Apr 1924
- germany and usa
- germany pay back reparations over longer period of time
- german currency reorganised
- 800 mill marks us loan to german industry
Joined lon
1926
Locarno treaties
1925
- gave germany improved reputation
- fr, belgium and germany
- accept borders as drawn up by tov w/ fr and belgium
- rhineland remian remilitarised
- fr protect poland and czech if attacked by germany
- germany not to use force to settle disputes- through negotiation
Young plan
1929
-pay reparations over 58y
