Threats from Left & Right Flashcards
When did Ebert become chancellor of the provisional government?
November 1918
Who headed the provisional government after Imperial Germany’s collapse?
Ebert
Who was the provisional government a coalition of
SPD and USPD
What agreement was signed on November 10th 1918
Ebert-Groener Agreement
What did the Ebert-Groener Agreement mean
The army would support the new government to maintain stability of republic
Ebert would oppose the spread of revolutionary socialism
Who deal did Ebert endorse in November 1918 over trade unions
Stinnes - Legein Agreement
What did the Stinnes-Legein agreement mean
Trade unions wouldn’t interfere with free market / ownership in return for 8 hour day / rights
What X3 problems did Ebert face from the left
- Increase in strikes / lock-outs since war’s end
- German communists inspired by Russia
3, Workers and soldiers councils who wanted reforms
What X3 problems did Ebert face from the right
- Freikorps
- The army
3, Nationalists against abdication of Kaiser + democratic republic
What problems did Ebert face with the army
- 1.5 million soldiers needed to be returned home
2. Allied blocked and peace terms
What happened to the government in December 1918
USPD resigns over shooting of some spartacist soldiers
What direction were the SPD moving towards in 1918-19
further towards the right - further away from USPD
What was founded 1st Jan 1919
KPD German Communist Party
by the Spartacists
When was the start of the Spartacist revolt
5th January 1919
Where did the March Operation (left) take place
Merseburg
When was the lefts March Operation
March 1921
Who quashed the march operation
the police
What did the left try to do in saxony (1923)
create a new SPD / KPD state governemnt
Who was the new SPD / KPD state government overthrown by in 1923
German army
When was the Kapp putsch
March 1920
Which notorious bridgade was ordered to disband
Ehehardt
How many troops were sent to march on Berlin in the K.Putsch
12,000
The germany army didn’t provide resistance to the Kapp putsch, claiming
“Troops do not fire on troops”
Which party called for a general strike in the K.Putsch
SPD
How many days did the K. Putsch last
4
What is the theory “state within a state”
Where a government and authority of a country are threatened by a rival power base
When was the NSDAPs Munich Beer Hall putsch
November 1923
What was the putsch a reaction to
Steersman calling an end to passive resistance
