Challenges facing the Weimar Republic (1918-23) Flashcards
What year was the 2nd Reich (Empire) Created
1871
2 officers who led Germany in WW1
Paul von Hindenburg
Erich Ludendorff
1st Chancellor of Germany
Prince Max von Baden
When did Germany become a Constitutional Monarchy
26th October 1918
What event provoked the German Revolution
Kiel Mutiny
November 1918
Mutiny as Naval Command issued order to fight Royal Navy in English Channel
What happened on 28th November 1918
Kaiser Abdicated
Who was power transferred to after the Kaisers abdication
Chancellor Friedruch Ebert
MSPD
After the Kasiers abdication who claimed a republic & a soviet state
Republic declared by Schidenmann
Soviet state declared by Karl Leibkneckt
Leader of the Reichswehr that agreeded to support new republic
General Groener
Which party did Ebert belong to
MSPD
What was the spatacist rising
General strike turned armed Communist insurgency
Crushed by Friekops and Army
Extrajudicial killing of Karl Leibkneckt and Rosa Luxemberg
What was DIKTAT
Dictated peace
imposed by victors
What did the Treaty of Versailles limit the Military too
100,000 men
No Air Force
6 Battleships
What was reparations set at originally
£6.6billion
What voting system did weimar adopt
Proportional representaion
What granted the power to the President
Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution
Under the Weimar Constitution what % was required to call a referendum
10%
Soviet Republic in Bavaria
Raterepublik
Raterepublik
April 1919
Had its own Red Guard & Workers Councils
KPD Eguene Levine
took local elites hostage