Source Analysis Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who was the Kaiser
King/Emperor
Who was the Chancellor
Chief minister
What was the Reichstag
Parliament
Who were the Sparticist leaders
Karl Leibknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
When was the Sparticist uprising
January 1919
What did the Sparticists want
A communist revolution like that of Russia
What did the Sparticists do
Stage revolutions and political unrest
How were the Sparticists defeated
The Freikorps are ordered to shoot anyone with a gun killing over 150
When was the Kupp Putsch
March 13th to 18th 1920
What was the Kupp Putsch
Extreme right wings attempt to overthrow the government
What are the Freikorps
A military unit
Who led the Kapp Putsch
Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Luttwitz
What happened in the Kapp Putsch
General von Luttwitz refused to obey government orders to dissolute the Freikorps
Who refused army intervention
General von Seeckt
What was the government response to the Kapp Putsch
President Elbert, Chancellor Bauer and the Cabinet left Berlin
Significance of the Kapp Putsch
It was the first attempt by radical right to seize power, revealed the power of the Germany army in the state
When was the treaty of versailles signed
28th June 1919
How much reparations were require
132 billion gold mark
Why did France occupy the Ruhr
Germany announced after its 1st payment in August 1921 that it wouldn’t be able to pay its second
How many troops occupied the Ruhr
By January 1923, 60 000 troops occupied the Ruhr
What was passive resistance
German workers on the Ruhr went on strike
What was the result of passive resistance
French bought workers to the Ruhr, thousands of Germans were removed, over 150 Germans were killed
How much was 1 USD in gold mark pre war
4.2 gold mark
How much was 1 USD in gold mark Jan 1920
64.8 gold mark
