CREATION OF A REPUBLIC - The Council of People's Representatives Flashcards

1
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When was the CoPR set up?

A

10 November 1918

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2
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What was CoPR?

A

new gov led by the socialist groups that held power in the Reichstag

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3
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Most significant parties in the CoPR?

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Social Democrats (SPD) led by Friedrich Ebert

Independent Social Democrats (USPD) led by Hugo Haase

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4
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Who became chancellor of the CoPR?

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Ebert became chancellor with a cabinet of SPD and USPD member

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5
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What did the new gov do about its inherited problems?

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Ebert was forced to make the Ebert-Groener Pact with the amy

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What was the Ebert-Groener Pact?

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Army would support Ebert’s gov as long as the gov opposed the more left-wing ideas of parties in the Reichstag

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7
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What did the SPD and USPD want to do when they came to power?

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they didn’t agree

SPD - Ebert wanted to hold general elections asap + leave signif changes to the newly elected National Assembly that would write the new constitution

USPD - Haase wanted social + econ reforms asap and wanted nothing to do with army until it was reformed

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7
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What steps did the new gov actually take?

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First, stopped the war
- 11 November armistice signed by Matthias Erzberger of the German delegation

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8
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When the armistice was signed what did the Allies tell the Germans?

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The Allies told the Germans they couldn’t take part in treaty negotiations - humiliating for G

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9
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What happened during humiliation?

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Parties began to form + re-form
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Gov made social reforms
- 8 hour working days
- independent trade unions
- help for ex-soldier to find work
- unemployment benefits

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10
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When were the elections?

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19 January 1919

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11
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What happened to relations between SPD and USPD?

A

rift between SPD and USPD over how radical their policies should be became so great that its council members resigned

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12
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What party did many ex-USPD members join?

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German Communist Party - KPD

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