Germany From Unification To ToV

Question 1

Why was Otto Von Bismarck a problem to Kaiser Wilhelm II ?

Answer 1

• he was the chancellor, most powerful and loved man in Germany
• led army to victory in 1871

KAISER SOLVED THIS BY REPLACING HIM WITH WEAKER CHANCELLORS !

Question 2

Why were the social democrats a problem to Kaiser ?

Answer 2

-they believed that Reichstag should have more power and wanted Reichstag to make LAWS!

1914- SDP were the largest party in reichstag

they believed in SOCIALISM, everything shared equally

Question 3

Why was the naval race a problem to Kaiser ?

Answer 3

WELTPOLITIK

-Spent a huge amount of money on it

Question 4

Why had Germany become unstable ?

Answer 4

• gaps between rich and poor were larger
• talk of revolution and workers began to riot
• ex-soldiers believed Germany had been stabbed in the back and could’ve won the war.

Question 5

Creation of Weimar Republic ?

Answer 5

• Nov 1918, Kaiser fled, Ebert (leader of SPD) signed armistice with allies (France, UK, USA)
• Germany was now a democracy

Question 6

Problems with Weimar Constitution ?

Answer 6

• many people did not like democracy and wanted communism back
• ARTICLE 48- ALLOWED PRESIDENT TO DO WHAT HE WANTS
• PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION-arguments with parties, difficult to pass laws

Question 7

What was the Spartacist Uprising ?

Answer 7

• communist group
• took over Berlin in 1919, Ebert fled
• Free Corps killed them, including Rosa Luxemborg
• Free corps did not like Ebert or democracy but hated communists more

Question 8

What was the Kapp Putsch ?

Answer 8

• Wolfgang Kapp gathered 5000 old soldiers (mostly Free corps) and marched to Berlin
• believed SPD had stabbed Germany in back, thought they could’ve won
• Ebert told workers to go on strike (hated soldiers and Free corps more than Ebert) which forced Kapp to flee