The Stresemann era Flashcards
What were the Left-wing beliefs
- workers should have power and rule the country as a collection of workers’ councils
- should be equality, with no different classes and no huge differences in the wealth of people in the country
What were the Right-wing beliefs
- strong leaders should rule over the people
- own country should be strong and powerful, with a large empire
Describe the Kapp Putsch
- right wing group tried to take over Germany
- led by Wolfgang Kapp
- 5000 Free Corps took over Berlin
- Ebert and government fled
When did the Kapp Putsch occur?
March 1920
Why did the Kapp Putsch fail?
-lack of support by the worker causing them to go on strike, resulting in no water, gas, electricity
What was the aim of the Kapp Putsch?
-aimed to take over the whole country, make the army strong again and win back the country lost in the TofV
What was the Red Rising in Ruhr?
-left-wing workers in the industrial area of the Ruhr stayed on strike, rose up and took over several towns
How many political murders occurred in 1919 - 1922?
over 350
Who was the man who signed the armistice and what happened to him?
- Matthias Erzberger
- shot dead on August 1921
When did the Munich Putsch occur?
-8th November 1923
What did Hitler do?
- interrupted a meeting in a beer hall in Munich
- fired a bullet into the ceiling and announced he was taking over Bavaria and then take over the whole country
- locked Kahr and companions in a small room
- Stormtroppers took over government buildings and arrested officials
- Ludendorff supported him
Why did the Munich Putsch fail?
- Kahr promised to help him and was released
- went back on his word and contacted the police
- led to a short gun battle
- leaving 16 Nazis and 3 policemen dead
