Political turmoil 1918-21 Flashcards
What were the causes of the rising threat of a Communist revolution?
The naval blockades created shortages.
Democracy was imposed on the Germans.
The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 saw Lenin and Trotsky take over the Provisional Government with the Communist Party. This led to councils, (soviets), forming in October 1918 by soldiers, sailors, and workers.
Ebert made an agreement with the army leader of the Reichswehr, Groener : ‘ If we …. you and give you s….t, you’ll give us s….t in return.’ This made Weimar …. on the army. The army disagreed with Weimar but saw this better than a …. takeover.
Supply, support, support, disagreed, Communist.
In …. 1918, the Spartacist League formed from the SDP party, led by Karl …. and …. Luxemburg. Clashes with the …. followed, leading to … deaths. The KPD formed at the end of December.
Dec, Liebknecht, Rosa, army, 16
January …, 1919, demonstrations and attempt to create the communist state led to Ebert and …. the Defence Minister putting this down with the R….r and the Freikorps. Luxemburg and Liebknecht were killed. This led to an uprising with 1000 deaths in … in March, and one in …. in April. These events made Weimar move to Weimar, hence the name.
6, Noske, Reichswehr, Berlin, Munich.
What were the causes for the Kapp Putsch (1920)?
- High taxes for the upper classes due to the reparations.
- The harsh terms of Versailles caused resentment to Weimar. They were the November Criminals.
- In March 1920 they announced they would reduce the army size and disband the Freikorps.
Who was involved at the Kapp Putsch?
The leader of the Freikorps, Ehrhardt, refused to comply and formed a plan with Wolfgang Kapp to seize Berlin and make a right-wing government with Kapp as Chancellor. General Luttwitz of the Reichswehr supported this.
What happened at the Kapp Putsch?
Events started with a successful Putsch on March 13, 1920. This led to Weimar fleeing to Dresden and then Stuttgart. The Weimar politicians asked the public to strike, with civil servants supporting this. This led to the putsch coming to an end.
How many officers were involved at the Kapp Putsch? How many murders were there between 1918-21? How many by the right?
400, few were arrested.
376 were killed, with 374 murders by the right.
