Threats from Left & Right

Question 1

When did Ebert become chancellor of the provisional government?

Answer 1

November 1918

Question 2

Who headed the provisional government after Imperial Germany’s collapse?

Answer 2

Ebert

Question 3

Who was the provisional government a coalition of

Answer 3

SPD and USPD

Question 4

What agreement was signed on November 10th 1918

Answer 4

Ebert-Groener Agreement

Question 5

What did the Ebert-Groener Agreement mean

Answer 5

The army would support the new government to maintain stability of republic

Ebert would oppose the spread of revolutionary socialism

Question 6

Who deal did Ebert endorse in November 1918 over trade unions

Answer 6

Stinnes - Legein Agreement

Question 7

What did the Stinnes-Legein agreement mean

Answer 7

Trade unions wouldn’t interfere with free market / ownership in return for 8 hour day / rights

Question 8

What X3 problems did Ebert face from the left

Answer 8

1. Increase in strikes / lock-outs since war’s end
2. German communists inspired by Russia

3, Workers and soldiers councils who wanted reforms

Question 9

What X3 problems did Ebert face from the right

Answer 9

1. Freikorps
2. The army

3, Nationalists against abdication of Kaiser + democratic republic

Question 10

What problems did Ebert face with the army

Answer 10

1. 1.5 million soldiers needed to be returned home

2. Allied blocked and peace terms

Question 11

What happened to the government in December 1918

Answer 11

USPD resigns over shooting of some spartacist soldiers

Question 12

What direction were the SPD moving towards in 1918-19

Answer 12

further towards the right - further away from USPD

Question 13

What was founded 1st Jan 1919

Answer 13

KPD German Communist Party

by the Spartacists

Question 14

When was the start of the Spartacist revolt

Answer 14

5th January 1919

Question 15

Where did the March Operation (left) take place

Answer 15

Merseburg

Question 16

When was the lefts March Operation

Answer 16

March 1921

Question 17

Who quashed the march operation

Answer 17

the police

Question 18

What did the left try to do in saxony (1923)

Answer 18

create a new SPD / KPD state governemnt

Question 19

Who was the new SPD / KPD state government overthrown by in 1923

Answer 19

German army

Question 20

When was the Kapp putsch

Answer 20

March 1920

Question 21

Which notorious bridgade was ordered to disband

Answer 21

Ehehardt

Question 22

How many troops were sent to march on Berlin in the K.Putsch

Answer 22

12,000

Question 23

The germany army didn’t provide resistance to the Kapp putsch, claiming

Answer 23

“Troops do not fire on troops”

Question 24

Which party called for a general strike in the K.Putsch

Answer 24

SPD

Question 25

How many days did the K. Putsch last

Answer 25

4

Question 26

What is the theory “state within a state”

Answer 26

Where a government and authority of a country are threatened by a rival power base

Question 27

When was the NSDAPs Munich Beer Hall putsch

Answer 27

November 1923

Question 28

What was the putsch a reaction to

Answer 28

Steersman calling an end to passive resistance