government and oppositions 1914-1924

Question 1

what were the freikorps

Answer 1

volunteer military units made of ex soldiers
nationalist

Question 2

when was the ebert - groener pact signed and what was it

Answer 2

10 november 1918
agreeing to work with the right wing army to supress left wing revolutionaries in return for a promise that the governemnt would maintain the authority of the army and its officers

Question 3

what was the stinnes and legien pact and when was it signed

Answer 3

15 november 1918
agreed that employers would recognise the legality of the trade unions and introduce 8 hour days whilst unions promised to stop unofficial strike and an arbitration board was set up to mediate future conflict

Question 4

when were the elections for the new reichtag

Answer 4

january 1919

Question 5

when was the spartacists rebelion

Answer 5

5 jan 1919

Question 6

who lead the spartacists rebellion

Answer 6

liebknecht and luxemburg

Question 7

what did the spartacist try to do and how were they put down

Answer 7

the wanted to inspire people to help over turn the SDP before the next election

freikorps fort them from the 10 to the 12 and more than 100 workers were killed

Question 8

when was the republic of soveit workers declared in bavaria

Answer 8

march 1919

Question 9

when was the kapp putch and why

Answer 9

march 1920
because 2 freikorps units 12 miles from berlin comprising of 1200were disbanded

Question 10

how many right wing political assassination’s between 1919 and 1923

Answer 10

354

Question 11

how many left wing political assassination’s

Answer 11

22

Question 12

when does the uspd join the kpd

Answer 12

1920

Question 13

what was the stab in the back legend

Answer 13

right wing supporters believed that the october revolutions caused the collapse of the military and not the other way around. thus believing that victory was snatched from germany due to the disturbances

Question 14

results of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 14

£6.6 billion reparations
100,000 soldiers
10,000 ton navy ships
no submarines or aircraft
polish corridor cut germany in 2
war guilt
exclusion from league of nations

Question 15

events of kapp putch

Answer 15

wolfgang kapp and supporters marched into berlin and declared himself chancellor
eberts gov fled dresden and ordered the army to stop the putsch but they said no
luckily the ordinary workers went on strike across the country and within 4 days the putsch collapsed

Question 16

why was the ruhr occupied by 100,000 french and belgium troops and when

Answer 16

11 jan 1923
to take coal and steel instead of reparations because they were behind

Question 17

how did the workers respond to occupation of the ruhr

Answer 17

they were given strike pay and told not to cooperate with french
132 germans were killed
french bought in their own workers but the mines were only making 1/3 of annual output

Question 18

when was the munich putsch

Answer 18

nov 1923

Question 19

what did the election results for the weimar republic look like

Answer 19

jan 1919 - 76% in favour of moderate parties
1920 - moved more towards extreme left and right

Question 20

why was the weimar politically unstable

Answer 20

hatred of the treaty of versailles

fear of communists

coalition governments SDP and DVP made decisions difficult

economic issues

Question 21

what was fulfilment

Answer 21

cooperation with the treaty of versailles and is a foreign policy