early challenges of the weimar republic 1919-23 Flashcards
what were the 4 main requirements from the treaty were:
land, army, money and blame
how much was reparations at the beginning and how much was it lowered to (dawes plan)
$6.6 billion at the start and $2.5 billion later
what did the treaty have to do with their army
had it limited to 10000 me, no heavy artillary, nevy limited to 6 battleships, no subs, most of fleet destroyed, no air force, rhineland demiliterised
what article stated that germany had to take all the blame for the war
231
what land was lost to france
alsace lorraine
who were the big 3
david lloyed george (britain) georges clemenceau (france) woodrow wilson (america)
what was the stab in the back theory
the leaders were known as the november criminals because they got germany into the mess of war and then made no negotiations in the treaty of versailles which meant germany suffered greatly
date of the spartacist uprising
5th january 1919
key figures of the spartacist uprising
rosa luxenburg and karl leibknecht
what motivated the spartacist uprising
not happy with the weimar republic wanted a communist state Russian revolution weren't happy with the treaty roman slaves spartans
what did they do in the spartacist uprising
attempted to overthrow ebert and the weimar republic
seized HQ of government
strikes
what was eberts response to the spartacist uprising
captured and killed leaders
killed many spartacists
crushed the risings
date of the kapp putsch
13th-17th march 1920
leaders of kapp putsch
dr wolfgang kapp and freikorps ehrhardt
what inspired the kapp putsch
- weren’t happy with the treaty
- defence minister disbanded 12000 friekorps (due to treaty) even though they helped stop the other uprisings #rude
what di the kapp putsch do
went on stirike
marched and took berlin
enstated a leader
ebert’s (president) response to the kapp putsch
imprisioned wolfgang
when did the french leave the ruhr
25th august 1925
why did the french invade the ruhr on 11th jan 1923
fed up with germans defulting on their reparation payments they simply took what they are owed rather than wait around
how many french and belgium troops march into the industrial rurh
60000
what was the ruhr used for
50% of germany’s coal iron and steel reserves
what did the germans do in response to france taking the ruhr
passive resistance- went on strike, set factories on fire, flodded the mines ect
why did germany start printing more money
because they thought it would be a good idea in order to pay off the money quickly which didn’t work and money became worthless
5 impacts of hyperinflation
1) people had to shop with wheel barrows of money
2) barting became common
3) pensions and savings became worthless
4) in resturants the price of food became higher by the time food arrived
5) the poor became even poorer and winter of 1923 meant that many lived in freezing conditions and burnt furniture for heat
3 negatives of hyperinflation
wages rose but not as quickly as prices
money became worthless
effected all classes and meant people couldn’t afford anything so living conditions were terrible
3 positives of hyperinflation
people who had buisness in germany but were in other countries succeded
farmers benefitted-paid more for food
foreign visitors could buy more for their money
