KO8 The Weimar Republic 1918-1929 :I

Question 1

When was the Kapp putsch?

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

When was the sparticist uprising?

Answer 2

1919 (right before the T of V)

Question 3

Why did Ebert struggle to get the support of the people when he was elected?

Answer 3

Germany didn’t trust a democracy

Question 4

Who led the spartacist uprising?

Answer 4

Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht

Question 5

What did the Spartacists do to threaten Ebert’s government?

Answer 5

They got 500,000 people to join a general strike. Additionally, they took important buildings and armed themselves.

Question 6

Who did Ebert turn to for help against the Spartacist uprising? And why?

Answer 6

He turned to the Freidkorps because they were the freed German army and blamed the communists for losing WW1 so they were happy to help.

Question 7

Why did the Freidkorps turn on Ebert after defeating the Spartacists?

Answer 7

They also mistrusted democracy and blamed Ebert for signing the Treaty of Versailles in which the army was limited to 100,000 men.

Question 8

Who led the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 8

Wolfgang Kapp

Question 9

Where does Ebert’s government flee to after the Freidkorps march into Berlin?

Answer 9

Dresden

Question 10

Who did Ebert ask for help in defeating the Freidkorps? And why did they help?

Answer 10

He asked the workers to help even though many of them were communist. They helped because they decided that life would be worse for them with the Freidkorps ruling than with Ebert

Question 11

How did Ebert defeat the Kapp putsch?

Answer 11

The workers went on a general strike which caused Kapp to give up

Question 12

How did the Spartacist uprising and Kapp Putsch weaken Ebert’s government?

Answer 12

Ebert had to use all of these political extremists to keep his government going; democracy looked unstable.

Question 13

When was the Munich putsch?

Answer 13

1923

Question 14

What was going on at the same time as the Munich putsch in Germany?

Answer 14

Streseman just called off passive resistance in the Ruhr

Question 15

How many Nazi stormtroopers were shot and killed by police after they took some official buildings?

Answer 15

14

Question 16

How much prison time was given to Hitler after the Munich Putsch?

Answer 16

He was given 5 years but only served 9 months which shows he had sympathy and support from some important figures

Question 17

What were the short term and long term effects of the Munich putsch?

Answer 17

Short term= the nazi party was humiliated
Long term= Hitler gained publicity

Question 18

What did Hitler realise after the Munich putsch?

Answer 18

He realised he couldn’t take power by force and had to by democratic means

Question 19

Who was Stresemann?

Answer 19

• Chancellor for a few months in 1923
• Foreign minister from 1923-1929

Question 20

When was the golden age in Germany?

Answer 20

1924-1929

Question 21

When was Ebert president?

Answer 21

1919-1925

Question 22

When was Hindenburg president?

Answer 22

1925-1934

Question 23

Name two examples of culture shown after 1923

Answer 23

• Bauhaus movement
• German Cinema

Question 24

When was the Dawes plan signed?

Answer 24

1924

Question 25

What was the Bauhaus movement?

Answer 25

• A new style of design
• They rejected traditional styles
• First exhibition attracted 15,000 visitors

Question 26

What is the name of the star (actress) born from the golden age of German cinema?

Answer 26

Marlene Dietrich

Question 27

What was the Wandervogel movement?

Answer 27

It was a reaction to Weimar culture and they called for a return to simple country values

Question 28

How much money was the Dawes plan?

Answer 28

800 million marks

Question 29

When does Germany reach pre-war industrial levels?

Answer 29

1928

Question 30

What percent of the vote did the Nazis have in 1928?

Answer 30

less than 3%

Question 31

Why did the Kaiser abdicate?

Answer 31

the kiel mutiny

Question 32

what does mutiny mean?

Answer 32

refuse to follow orders from the proper authorities

Question 33

Why did the German sailors not carry out their attack in 1918?

Answer 33

They knew the war was lost and didn’t want to risk their lives for a lost cause

Question 34

How did the Kiel mutiny lead to the Kaiser’s abdication?

Answer 34

It sparked revolutions all over the country

Question 35

Name a revolt in response to the Kiel mutiny:

Answer 35

the bavarian uprising

Question 36

What was the bavarian uprising?

Answer 36

in response to the Kiel Mutiny Socialists in Bavaria declared an independent Socialist Republic (it didn’t last very long tho)