Crisis Era Timeline

Question 1

77% voted for Pro-Weimar party in Reichstag election

Answer 1

January 1919

Question 2

Spartacist rising in Berlin

Answer 2

5th January 1919

Question 3

Weimar constitution drafted and ratified

Answer 3

Early 1919

Question 4

The Kaiser is forced to abdicate and flees to Belgium.

Answer 4

9th November 1918

Question 5

Ebert is put in charge of the country

Answer 5

9th November 1918

Question 6

Kurt Eisner declares a socialist republic in Bavaria

Answer 6

November 1918

Question 7

Riots and violence occur in Germany’s major cities.

Answer 7

Early November 1918

Question 8

USPD threatens to withdraw from Government unless the Kaiser abdicates

Answer 8

7th November 1918

Question 9

Ebert-Groener pact is signed

Answer 9

10th November 1918

Question 10

Armistice

Answer 10

11th November 1918

Question 11

ZAG ratified

Answer 11

15th November 1918

Question 12

Councils vote in favour of rule by National Assembly

Answer 12

December 1918

Question 13

Prince Max of Bavaria becomes Chancellor

Answer 13

3rd October 1918

Question 14

200,000 Berliners go on strike

Answer 14

January 1918

Question 15

SPD are the biggest party in the election for the first time

Answer 15

Pre-WW1

Question 16

SPD splits after the Russian revolution

Answer 16

1917

Question 17

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Answer 17

March 1918

Question 18

Reichstag peace resolution passes 212:206

Answer 18

July 1918

Question 19

Ludendorff offensive fails

Answer 19

Spring 1918

Question 20

Burgfrieden is proclaimed

Answer 20

Early WW1

Question 21

Wilson’s 3rd note

Answer 21

23rd October 1918

Question 22

OHL recommend that the Kaiser abdicates

Answer 22

29th September 1918

Question 23

The OHL is sidelined

Answer 23

26th October 1918

Question 24

Growth of sailors, soldiers and workers councils across Germany

Answer 24

Late October 1918

Question 25

First constitutional reforms

Answer 25

28th October 1918

Question 26

Sailors Mutiny at Kiel

Answer 26

Late October 1918

Question 27

First Friekorps formation near Hagen

Answer 27

14th December 1918

Question 28

Ebert is made president

Answer 28

11th February 1919

Question 29

Weimar Republic is established and Hugo Preuss drafts the constitution

Answer 29

Early 1919

Question 30

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 30

28th June 1919

Question 31

The Kapp Putsch

Answer 31

17th March 1920

Question 32

The Kapp Putsch is overthrown

Answer 32

20th March 1920

Question 33

Socialist parties receive 40% of the vote in Reichstag election

Answer 33

6th June 1920

Question 34

WW1 reparations are set to 6.6m marks

Answer 34

April 1920

Question 35

Rapallo pact is made is made with Russia

Answer 35

April 1922

Question 36

Rathenau is assassinated

Answer 36

24th June 1922

Question 37

France occupies the Ruhr

Answer 37

27th December 1922