The Weimar Republic 1918-29

Question 1

The origins of the republic (what happens?)1918-19

Answer 1

• legacy of ww1 - which is abdication of the Kaiser armistice and revolution, .
• setting up of the Weimar Republic. strengths and weaknesses of the new Constitution.

Question 2

The early challenges to the Weimar Republic,1919-23

Answer 2

• early unpopularity of the Republic, including the
‘stab in the back’ theory and tov tearms .
• Challenges to Republic from Left and Right: Spartacists, Freikorps, the Kapp Putsch.
• The challenges of 1923: hyperinflation; reasons for, and effects of, the French occupation of the Ruhr.

Question 3

The recovery of the Republic ❤️‍🩹
1924-29

Answer 3

• Reasons for economic recovery, work of Stresemann -the Rentenmark, the Dawes and Young Plans and American loans and investment.
• impact on domestic policies of Stresemann’s achievements abroad: the Locarno Pact, joining the League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

Question 4

Changes in society,
1924-29

Answer 4

•standard of living, wages, housing, unemployment insurance.
• position of women in work, politics and leisure.
• Cultural changes: developments in architecture, art and cinema.