Key Figures
This SPD figure led the provisional government and went on to serve as the Republic's first president (1919-1925)
Friedrich Ebert
This uprising happened in Berlin in Jan.1919 and was led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
The Spartacist Uprising
This article in the constitution allows the President to rule by decree in times of "national emergency"
Article 48
Name three key terms of the TOV that Germany had to abide by
1. Army limited to 100,000 men
2. Lost 13% of their land
3. Reparations of £6.6 billion
this group was hit the hardest by the hyperinflation crisis due to it's impact on savings and fixed pensions
Retired people
Leader of the armed forces who agreed to support the New Republic in exchange for keeping the armies independence
Wilhelm Groener
This region of Germany was taken over by Marxists before being crushed by the Freikorps in March 1919
Bavaria
This electoral system made the Reichstag representative but was also a cause for instability
(PR) Proportional Representation
The Ruhr
The economic policy followed by successive Weimar governments in order to finance the vast welfare state
Deficit Financing
Former general who was a key figure in the Munich Putsch of 1923
Erich Ludendorff
This attempted right-wing coup in 1920 failed to gain the support of General Seeckt and was halted by a general strike in Berlin
The Kapp Putsch
The Constitution also included this document which protected a number of civil liberties
Bill of Rights
Name of the financial agreement between Germany and U.S which saw large-scale investment in German industry
The Dawes Plan
The alternative way the Imperial Government raised money to finance WW1 instead of raising taxes, they sold these to the public
War Bonds
Chancellor of Germany (1923), more known for his long tenure as Foreign Secretary and his work in stabilising the Republic during the crisis of 1923/4
Gustav Stresseman
A series of KPD/SPD governments were formed in German states (Saxony/Thurginia) before being put down in 1923/4, foiling this planned revolution
German October
Welfare Provisions and Protection of Labour were types of theses rights included in the constitution
Social Rights
The diplomatic approach that was followed by the German government in the wake of the Ruhr occupation, encouraging workers not to co-operate with the French
Passive Resistance
This group within society did rather well during the hyperinflation crisis as they exploited market demands
Business owners
Key German military leader who refused to lend support to either the Kapp Putsch or the Munich Beer Hall Putsch
Hans Von Seeckt
Attempted coup in Munich, masterminded by Erich Ludendorff and carried out by a younger Adolf Hitler, ultimately unsuccessful and landed him in prison for 9 months
The 3 Political Parties that made the up the pro-democratic "Weimar-Coalition" which won 76.1% of the vote in 1919
- The SPD
- THE DDP
- ZENTRUM
The name of the newly created international organisation that Germany was not invited to join until later in the decade
The League of Nations
Whilst Stresseman was Chancellor, he replaced trillions of unstable German marks with this new currency
Retenmark