First German Democracy Flashcards
What were freikorps?
Group of ex-soldiers who remained armed and wanted to return Germany to a kaiser like rule.
What were communists?
Supporters of political system where everyone owns everything collectively and gets an equal share
What is a manifesto?
A document produced by political parties showing their policies.
What is a power vacuum?
A situation with no clear group in control
What does reich mean?
German word for empire.
What was the reichstag?
German parliament
What were spartacists?
A communist revolutionary group
When did kaiser flee, and where to?
Emperor kaiser wilhelm 2 fled on 9 November, 1918, leaving a power vacuum
Holland
How did spartacists try to start a revolution?
By seizing important government buildings and publishing a manifesto
How did Freidrich Ebert defeat the spartacists?
He asked for freikorp help, who defeated the spartacists.
What did Ebert do with the remaining government?
Took them to Weimar, and wrote the constitution of new Germany, called Weimar Republic.
Who was the first president of Weimar Republic?
Freidrich Ebert
