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Early Weimar
political parties, Ebert's problems, Ebert's deals UNFINISHED
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| list the 4 main parties in the Reichstag in 1918-19 | moderate socialists, communists, radical socialists, center party |
| SPD | moderate socialists |
| KPD | communists |
| USPD | radical socialists |
| Z | center party |
| leaders of the SPD | Philipp Sheidemann and Friedrich Ebert |
| leaders of the KPD | Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg |
| origins of the USPD | split from SPD in 1917 by members who were against war |
| aims of SPD | establish democratic republic via democratic means |
| aims of KPD | seize power through revolution |
| aims of center party | defend interests of catholic church,, support new democracy |
| Ebert's economic problems | food/ resource shortages, high inflation and flue epidemic as result of war |
| Ebert's military problems | resentment RE German defeat, need for armistice and peace treaty negotiations, demobilization of 1.5 million troops |
| Ebert's political problems | radical left-wing calling for communist revolution, right-wing elites were hostile to new regime |
| right-wing elites against new regime | universities, judiciaries, civil servants, Junkers/ landowners |
| how did Ebert placate hostile conservative elites | kept civil servants and judges in service |
| Ebert-Groener agreement | government would maintain authority of existing army officers in exchange for army support |