CREATION OF A REPUBLIC - Would Germany have a communist revolution?

Question 1

What did Max von Baden achieve?

Answer 1

• constitutional reform, all men can vote (not just 25+)
• ministers + army responsible to gov not Kaiser

Question 2

What problems did Max face?

Answer 2

• still unrest + talk of revolution
• 28 Oct 1918, navy refused to sail against British fleet

Question 3

What did 28 Oct 1918 set off?

Answer 3

set off strikes + munities across Germany
- army wouldn’t help stop them

Spartacists still wanted revolution like in Russia
Workers’ + Soldiers’ councils set up - some more radical but all wanted change

Question 4

What was Max forced to do?

Answer 4

To press the Kaiser to abdicate
- Kaiser refused

Question 5

What forced the Kaiser to abdicate?

Answer 5

8 November, Bavaria broke from G + declared itself a Republic
K couldn’t ignore, he abdicated + fled to Holland

Question 6

What happened to Max’s gov

Answer 6

had to resign - lasted less than a month!

Question 7

What did Max ask the Allies for?

Answer 7

in October, an armistice
- but they rejected it

Question 8

Max’s gov pros + cons

Answer 8

:( lasted less than a month

:) put in place democratic framework
:) weakened/removed the Kaiser
:) put forward idea of an armistice