Opposition To The Weimar Republic Flashcards
Name the treaty that was a led to political discontent and opposition
Treaty of Versailles
Why was the Weimar government always going to have trouble controlling opposition?
- it had to come to power through a revolution and it as trying to set up a new liberal government
- right wing groups wanted a strong government
- left wing groups felt the Weimar Republic was not radical enough
- democracy meant people wee free to criticise the government
Give examples of left wing uprisings
Spartacists, communist uprisings in Saxons, Bavaria and Thuringia
What did the government use to put down left wing uprisings?
The army and freikorps
Name the term used to explain a takeover by the federal government and the army until the Weimar government could be put back in place
Reichsexekution - this was the government dealt with attempts to establish communist governments in Saxony and Thuringia
Why did the spartacists want to overthrow the government in 1919?
the government had dismissed the police chief of Berlin who was a radical USPD member.
What did the spartacists do and what happened to their revolt?
Armed workers took over key buildings like newspaper offices in Berlin. The freikorps crushed the rebellion and executed the leaders. I he government found it easy to put down left wing rebellions
Give examples of other early communist rebellions
Communist takeovers were attempted in Bavaria in 1919 and saxony and Thuringia in 1923
Name two right wing uprisings
- kapp putch 1920
- Munich putsch 1923
Describe the events of the kapp putsch
- supported by ludenorff
- they took over Berlin on 12 March 1920
- 4 leaders proclaimed a new government
- Trade unions did not support the putsch and carried out a general strike, therefore four days after the strike the Kapp government fell
When did the Hitler carry out the Munich putsch?
November 1923
Who supported the Munich putsch?
The nazis and Ludendorff
Although seeming a failure, hoe could the putsch be seen as a success for hitler?
- gave him publicity at his trial
- he wrote Mein Kampf in prison
- hitler realised he should attempt power by legal means
Who was the Ebert Groener pact between and what did it say?
It was a pact between Ebert and the leader of the army.
It said that the army would support the government as long as the government opposed left wing parties in the reichstag
What agreement was made between Ebert and the trade unions in 1918?
The stinnes legien agreement. For their support, Ebert would pass laws on working hours and union representation
