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 don by the Frikorps
- Luxemburg and Liebknecht murdered.
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The Kapp Putsch, 1920
- In German Putsch stands for Coup d'etat
- Freikorps are asked to disband
- Treaty of Versailled (100,000 army)
- Wolfgang Kapp march on Berlin in March 1920
- German workers save Weimar REpublic- general strike
The Freikorps (Free Corps)
An anti revolutionary volunteer force
The Weimar Republic
- Democratic Gov't 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
- Reichstag (Parliament)
- Chancellor (Prime minister)
- President (G.G)
"Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary. "
Friedrich Ebert
Friedrich Ebert
PROBLEMS THE GOVERNMENT FACED
- HYPER INFLATION
- Caused by:
- Need to pay reparations
- Unemployment
- Refusal f workers to work in Ruhr region (Solved by the Dawes Plane 1920)
- Leads to:
- French Occupation ofregion in 1923
- New Reichsmark
SUMMARY
The Weimar Republic was established in 1919 to replaced the imperial form of government. The first chancellor was Friedrich Ebert, which made many people angry because they followed the Treaty of Versailles. Also, most people had realized that the downfall was due to the constitution of the government during this time.