after ww1, germany tried to remake germany into a democracy
first chancellor is friedrich ebert until 1925
many people feel the governments constitution was its downfall
people mad that they followed the treaty of versailles
they made the parliament in weimar, a small spa town, and not the capitol
2 challenges to weimar republic
1. left wing: 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 january 1919
brutally put down by the freikorps
luxemburg and liebknecht murdered
2. Kapp Putsch, 1920
In germany putsch stands for coup d'etat
Freikorps are asked to disband
Treaty of Versailles (100,000)
Wolfgang Kapp march on Berlin in March 1920
German workers save Weimar Republic - general strike
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
Lead to anger at the government
first chancellor is friedrich ebert until 1925
many people feel the governments constitution was its downfall
people mad that they followed the treaty of versailles
they made the parliament in weimar, a small spa town, and not the capitol
2 challenges to weimar republic
1. left wing: 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 january 1919
brutally put down by the freikorps
luxemburg and liebknecht murdered
2. Kapp Putsch, 1920
In germany putsch stands for coup d'etat
Freikorps are asked to disband
Treaty of Versailles (100,000)
Wolfgang Kapp march on Berlin in March 1920
German workers save Weimar Republic - general strike
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
Lead to anger at the government