The Weimar Republic and Opposition to It Flashcards
Who was the new leader of the Weimar Republic?
Freidrich Ebert
What were eberts political views?
Socialism
What were eberts first actions as president of the Weimar Republic?
Sign the armistice with the allies
Who were eberts right wing opponents?
The kaisers former army, advisors, judiciary, civil service and industry
Who were eberts left wing opponents?
Communists
When was the first democratic election in the newly formed Weimar Republic?
January 1919
Why was the new government named the Weimar Republic?
The first meetings took place in Weimar as Berlin was unstable with lots of violent uprisings
Name 3 similarities and 3 differences between the kaisers Germany and Weimar Germany
Sim: kaiser/president summons and dismisses the reichstag, kaiser/president appoints chancellor and ministers, votes for laws
Dif: Weimar had the right for free speech, Weimar had more voting opportunities, the kaiser has a say in everything whereas the president does not
Who is left wing?
Communists
Who is right wing?
Nazis
Who were the middle party in the Weimar Republic?
Liberalism
Who were the SDP?
Social Democratic Party
Who led the SDP?
Freidrich Ebert
Who was rosa Luxembourg?
Co founder of the spartacist league and was captured by freikorps troops during the spartacist uprising in January 1919. She was originally Jewish and was a Marxist theorist
Who was Karl Liebnicht?
Co founder of the spartacist league, part of the reichstag, opposed to WWI, murdered by freikorps, lawyer for the left wing socialists, member of the SDP
Who was Dr Kapp?
A strict nationalist (like hitler), leader of the Kapp putsch which was unsuccessful, died of cancer
Who was freidrich eberts opposition during 1919-1920’s
- rosa Luxembourg
- Karl Liebnicht
- Dr Kapp
Who were the freikorps?
Ex army members set up to protect the Weimar Republic
What happened in August 1919?
The German constitution was published
When was the Kapp putsch?
March 1920
What happened in the Kapp putsch?
Dr Kapp matches the freikorps into Berlin and declared new government.
When was the Kapp putsch defeated and why?
The 18th March 1920, they were defeated by general strike workers
Who were the spartacists?
Communists
What date did the kaiser abdicate his throne?
9th November 1918
What did the spartacists want?
They wanted to seize power from Ebert and make Germany communist
What happened in the spartacist uprising?
They organised a general strike and formed a revolution, firing guns and displaying communist flags
What were the consequences of the spartacist uprising?
The freikorps shot the spartacists and killed their 2 leaders, rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebnicht
What did Dr Kapp want?
Dictatorship in Germany
What happened in the Kapp putsch?
The freikorps marched into Berlin and demanded a new government. The uprising nearly succeeded as over 5000 freikorps went to fight. The plan was to recover land taken from Germany during the treaty of Versailles and rebuild Germany’s military strength
What were the consequences of the Kapp putsch?
Berlin stopped, there were no buses, trains, water, gas or electricity. They eventually abandoned their plans and fled to Sweden
