Test

Question 1

When did the spartacists try to overthrow the Weimar government?

Answer 1

6th January 1919

Question 2

When did the Kapp Putsch happen & how many people demonstrated?

Answer 2

1929 & 5000

Question 3

What happens during the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 3

Right wings lead by Kapp tried to take control
Government ordered people to strike
Kapp fled the city and was captured

Question 4

What happened during the spartacist uprising?

Answer 4

100 000 communists protested in Berlin led by Luxemburg and Liebnecht
Took over buildaings etc
Government sent Friekorps (250 000 ex soldiers) to arrest and kill communists
Leaders killed

Question 5

What caused hyperinflation?

Answer 5

Fr + bel soldiers invaded the Ruhr as Germany didn’t pay reparations January 1923
German ordered workers to go on strike
Government had to print money to pay workers
Currency collapsed

Question 6

What were successes of the Weimar Government in 1920s?

Answer 6

• Stresemann created new currency (rentenmark) November 1923
• Dawes plan by Stresemann ($800 million loan from USA)
• Germany admitted to league of nations after Locarno treaty (promise not to change western border)