Challenges to the Weimar 1919-1932 Flashcards

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Weimar constitution key structures

A

Proportional representation-parties were represented in proportion to how many votes they got, Federation-the president is accountable to the Reichstag and the voters, Veto-lost its power to block laws passed up from the Reichstag, Article48-passed in state of emergency and gave the president all of the power

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SPARTACISTS REVOLT (COMMUNISTS)
When and where did they try to seize power?
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January 1919 in Berlin

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SPARTACISTS REVOLT (COMMUNISTS)
How many workers were involved in the strike?
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Over 100000

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SPARTACISTS REVOLT (COMMUNISTS)
What buildings did they hold?
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Key government building-telegraph offices

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SPARTACISTS REVOLT (COMMUNISTS)
Who stopped the threat?
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The Freikorps and the military

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SPARTACISTS REVOLT (COMMUNISTS)
Who was murdered?
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The leaders, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

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SPARTACISTS REVOLT (COMMUNISTS)
What did the workers hoped would happen?
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That their industry would be nationalised and a soviet-style government would be established

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COMMUNISTS

What/when were they able to take control?

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The Ruhr on March 1920

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COMMUNISTS

Why was there a revolt?

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They viewed that the army was undemocratic

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COMMUNISTS

What happened to them?

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They were quickly crushed by the army and the Freikorps

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KAPP PUTSCH (RW)
What happened?
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One group marched into Berlin and proclaimed as Chancellor Wolfgang Kapp

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KAPP PUTSCH (RW)
What did the government do and why?
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They had to flee because the army refused to crush the rising

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KAPP PUTSCH (RW)
Why did the rising stop?
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The trade unions called a general strike which stopped public services (water, gas, electricity)

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KAPP PUTSCH (RW)
What was the positive impact of the rising?
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At the June 1920 elections the army installed a right wing government in Bavaria-remain a hot bed for radicalism

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KAPP PUTSCH (RW)
What was the negative impact if the rising?
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There was further left wing uprisings

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MUNICH PUTSCH (RW)
What did the conservative catholic regime want to do in 1923 in Bavaria?
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They wanted to unite all right wing elements and restore pre-war Germany values

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MUNICH PUTSCH (RW)
What happened on the 8th of November?
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There was a putsch in Munich and then they are going to march into Berlin

18
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MUNICH PUTSCH (RW)
What did they want to establish?
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A military dictatorship with the support of Ludendorff

19
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MUNICH PUTSCH (RW)
How did it help Hitler to gain popularity?
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He was arrested and used his trial to gain popularity and attention. He wrote a book which said all of his policies

20
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INVASION OF THE RUHR

When did it happen?

A

January 1923

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

Why did it happen?

A

Germany fell behind on it’s reparation payments for coal and timber

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

Who sent troops to occupy the Ruhr?

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France and Belgium

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

What happened when the workers went on strike?

A

The payments were stopped

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

What did the French do that caused tension?

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They brought their own workers in the mines and factories

25
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INVASION OF THE RUHR

What was the new government called?

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The ‘Great Coalition’, formed by Gustav Stresemann (chancellor)

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

What was Stresemann’s challenges?

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Some DNVP were planning a coup to bring in a dictatorship, KPD were planning uprisings in Saxony, Hamburg and Thuringia, There were plans for a nationalist coup in Bavaria

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

How severe was hyperinflation?

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In January 1919, 8.9 marks=$1, in October 1923, 4200000000000=$1. Many had to carry their wages in wheelbarrows

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

What did the decline of the marks ruin?

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Pensions, civil servants and middle class members who were on fixed incomes or reliant on savings

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

What did hyperinflation cause an increase of?

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The black market and gambling

30
Q

INVASION OF THE RUHR

What did people who had loans do?

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They were able to pay them off as they were made worthless

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INVASION OF THE RUHR

How did Stresemann help to save the New Republic?

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He ended passive resistance, cooperated with allies and he brought in a new currency and destroyed the old worthless mark