Political Instability and Extremism Flashcards
The problems of coalition government
Why was the number of parties not a major issue?
The main issue was the what of parties?
Many parties were dedicated to what?
When did the Scheidemann cabinet reign?
What brought the Fehrenbach coalition down in May 1921?
How many coalitions were there between February 1919 and November 1923?
After when did the SPD stop taking a leading role in coalitions?
Challenge from the left
When did the Spartacists stage an armed uprising in Berlin?
The revolt was poorly organised and they failed to do what?
How was the revolt put down by Ebert?
When was the revolt crushed by clearing the way for elections?
Why did the left feel disillusioned meaning this was not the end of left wing revolt?
Despite the KPD being radical it did have strong support where?
Left wing uprisings
When was there another spartacist uprising in Berlin and a communist government set up in Bavaria (both were suppressed)?
When was there a wave of strikes in the Industrial Halle and Ruhr valley?
How many filled the “red army” of the 1920 strike in Berlin with issues elsewhere causing 1,000 of them to die along with 250 police?
When did the KPD try to force a revolution beginning with a rising in Saxony but to no avail as 145 died?
When were there further strikes in Saxony and Hamburg?
The Challenge from the Right
What was the limit of what the right agreed on?
What were the two forms of leadership that different elements of the right wanted?
Where were there groups fighting for separation from Germany with these divisions weakening the right?
The majority of what were anti-republican conservatives?
When did defence Minister Noske ask 2 Freikorps units of total 12,000 to disband?
Where were the units stationed and who refused to disband one?
What did Seeckt tell Chancellor Bauer despite him and Ludendorff remaining non-committal
There was tension between which two elements of the Putsch
After how many days did the Putsch collapse?
Political assassinations
Nationalists organised themselves into leagues known as what?
Some leagues were actively supported by members of what (like Rohm)?
When was Haase shot in front of the Reichstag and when did he die?
What had Haase been a member of?
When was the law “for the protection of the republic” passed causing what to need to disband?
Where did the right wing government refuse to implement the measures?
How many right wing murderers went unpunished with 1 convicted?
How many left wing murderers were sentenced to death?
The assassination of Erzberger
When was he killed in the Black forest and by who?
When had he been shot before?
He was Germany’s representative on what?
After he died his wife received letters with people threatening to do what?
The assassination of Rathenau
When was he killed?
What had his job been?
After being shot by 4 members of Organisation Consul what else did they do?
What were his “crimes”?
He had signed the armistice and tried to do what?
How many lined the streets of Berlin after he died with the value of the mark falling?
On average, how long did each of his killers get in prison?
The establishment of the Nazis
The Nazis were alone in arguing that what should be dealt with before the French?
When was passive resistance called off without concessions - a betrayal?
In Bavaria, the government declared a state of emergency and appointed who as state commissioner?
There was growing want for a what?
Beer Hall Putsch
When did they gain the support of Ludendorff and set out to win over Kahr and Lossow?
When did Hitler burst into a Munich Beer Hall where there was a meeting of 2,000?
Who was appointed commander in chief as Kahr and Lossow accepted
What did the SA fail to do meaning by the 9th it was clear the plan had failed?
What became a Nazi tale?
What happened to Hitler in the battle?
What did Ludendorff do?
Who called in troops to finally crush it?
