Post-War Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who advised the Kaiser to form a new government?
Ludendorff and Hindenburg
Who was it proposed the new government be made out of?
Representatives of Reichstag parties
What did this new government make Germany?
a democracy
Ludendorff and Hindenburg didn’t want actually want democracy, they would have rather had a
constitutional monarchy
Who was the first Chancellor?
Prince Max
When did the Kaiser abdicate?
9th November 1918
When was the armistice?
What also happened?
11th November 1918
Prince Max stood aside
When was the revolution from below
November 1918
Who ordered a last ditch attack on the British in November 1918?
Admiral Scheer
What was set up when sailors refused to attack the British?
Kiel Mutiny
What happened as a result of the Kiel mutiny in other cities, name some
Seized by soviets
e.g Hamburg, Munich
A coalition left-wing government was formed after November 1918 led by
Ebert
What did left-wing socialists think of war
opposed war
What did left-wing socialists do in 1917?
Broke away and formed the ‘independent socialists’
What did moderate social democrats think of war
support war
Who was a group of hard line marxists who were associated with the social democrats
Spartacus League
Who did the Separatists want the state controlled by?
Proletariat
What did the Spartacists do in 1919?
Split from Independent socialists to form the KPD
Who was the largest party in the 1912 Reichstag election
SPD
What did the SPD want?
socialist republic
w/ parliamentary democracy
Who proposed an election of a national assembly
SPD
Who was Ebert’s government a coalition of
SPD and USPD
What was the agreement that said the army would support Ebert’s government?
When was it signed?
Ebert-Groener Agreement
November 1918
When did the USPD resign from Ebert’s coalition?
December 1918
