the spartakist uprising 1919
-Began by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
- Turned a socialist group, Spartakists League into German Communist Party
-Tried to take over Berlin in January 1919
-Brutally put down by the Freikorps
-Luxemburg and Liebknecht murdered
- Turned a socialist group, Spartakists League into German Communist Party
-Tried to take over Berlin in January 1919
-Brutally put down by the Freikorps
-Luxemburg and Liebknecht murdered
summary
The Spartakist Uprising was started by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg when they turned themselves from a socialist group into a German communist party. They tried to take over Berlin in 1919 but were put down by the Freikorps and Liebknecht and Luxemburg were murdered.
the kapp putsch 1920
- In German Putsch stands for Coup d'etat
-Freikorps are asked to disband
-Treaty of Versailles (100,000 army)
-Wolfgang Kapp march on Berlin in March 1920
-German workers save Weimar Republic - general strike
-Freikorps are asked to disband
-Treaty of Versailles (100,000 army)
-Wolfgang Kapp march on Berlin in March 1920
-German workers save Weimar Republic - general strike
summary
The Kapp Putsch of 1920 was an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic. But the German workers saved the Weimar Republic by going on a general strike.
the freikorps ( free corps)
- An anti-revolutionary volunteer force
-Army officers set it up as the army demobilized after WWI
-Instrumental in putting down Spartakists and attacking Berlin a year later
-Army officers set it up as the army demobilized after WWI
-Instrumental in putting down Spartakists and attacking Berlin a year later
summary
The Freikorps (Free Corps) was an anti-revolutionary volunteer force when the German army was demobilized after WWI. It was the instrumental in taking down the Spartakists and attacking Berlin the following year.
the weimar republic
- Democratic Government formed after WWI
-First Chancellor is Friedrich Ebert until 1925
-Many people feel the government's constitution was its downfall
-People mad that they followed Treaty of Versailles
-First Chancellor is Friedrich Ebert until 1925
-Many people feel the government's constitution was its downfall
-People mad that they followed Treaty of Versailles
summary
The Weimar Republic, a democratic government formed after World War I, was the result of many being mad that Germany had followed the Treaty of Versailles and that the constitution of the government was the reason of their country's downfall. Their first chancellor was Friedrich Ebert until 1925.
hyper inflation
- Caused by:
-Need to pay reparations
-Unemployment
-Refusal of workers to work in Ruhr Region
Leads to:
-French Occupation of region in 1923
-New Reichsmark
-Need to pay reparations
-Unemployment
-Refusal of workers to work in Ruhr Region
Leads to:
-French Occupation of region in 1923
-New Reichsmark
summary
Hyper Inflation was caused by unemployment, need to pay the reparations due from World War I, and the refusal of the workers to work in the Ruhr Region. Hyper Inflation also led to the French Occupation of the Region in 1923 and also the New Reichsmark.