Weimar Republic 1919-1924

Question 1

what were the advantages of a new government?

Answer 1

• provided new leader
• all germans could vote
• bill of rights

Question 2

disadvantages of the new government

Answer 2

• too radical, too new for volatile germany

- PR encouraged lots of small parties - no one ever had enough sears to form a government

Question 3

what was the kiel mutiny?

Answer 3

on november 3, 1918, german sailors mutinied instead of attacking the british royal navy. this mutiny sparked rebellions all over the country and led to the kaisers abdication

Question 4

which party and leader led the new government?

Answer 4

SPD and friedrich ebert

Question 5

why did germans hate the new government?

Answer 5

for signing the arimistice in november 1918: they called them the november criminals

• for signing the treaty of versailles

Question 6

spartacist uprising: date

Answer 6

5 - 12 january 1919

Question 7

spartacist uprising: key facts

Answer 7

50 000 members of the post war- communist party rebelled in berlin, led by rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht

• freikorps defeated them

Question 8

kapp putsch: date

Answer 8

13-17 march 1920

Question 9

kapp putsch key facts

Answer 9

freikorps needed to be reduced due to TOE

• army refused to attack the freikorps
• defeated when ebert decided to call in a general strike

Question 10

french and belgian occupation of the ruhr

Answer 10

in 1922 france and belgium sent teoops into germanys main industrial area, the RUHR VALLEY.

the german wokers followed a policy of passive resistance - refusing to work or co operate with the foreign troops, and the government continued to pay their wages

• germany had to pay more money to the worlers (and reperations) so this led to hyperinflation

Question 11

hyperinflation key facts

Answer 11

• a loaf of bread which cost 250 marks in january 1923 had risen to 200,000 million marks in november 1923.
• it eventually cost more money to print a note than the note was worth
• workers were often paid twice per day because prices rose ro fast their wages were virtually worthless by lunchtime

Question 12

hyperinflation winners

Answer 12

businessmen and landowners found they could pay back their loans easily with worthless money

people on wages were safe as they could negotiate their wages ever day

farmers

Question 13

rebellions during the inflation

Answer 13

• black reichswehr rebelled in september 1923
• communists took over the rhineland in october
• facist nazi party attempted a putsch in munich in november