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Early Weimar
Ebert's problems, Ebert's deals, first national assembly
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| list the 4 main parties in the Reichstag in 1918-19 | SPD (socialist democrats), USPD (independant socialist democrats), KPD (communists), Z (centre party) |
| leaders and goals of SPD (2) | -Freidrich Ebert Philip Scheidermann - establish sociatlist republic via parliamentary democracy -maintain law and order using existing systems |
| leaders and goals of KPD (1) | -Karl Leiberknecht, Rosa Luxemburg -establish communist republic through revolution |
| leaders and goals USPD (3) | -Hugo Haase -establish socialist republic -reform army -introduce welfare benefits |
| goals of Z (2) | -defend interests of catholic church -support new regime |
| Ebert's economic problems | resource shortages, high inflation, unemployment |
| 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, army |
| how did Ebert placate hostile conservative elites | kept civil servants and judges in service |
| Ebert-Groener agreement 1918 | army would support government, government would keep army in power |
| results of Ebert Groener agreement | -army used un-parliamentary methods to supress left-wing revolts e.g. Rhure -Friekorps formed and used by government -arm can undermine democracy |
| Stinnes-Legien agreement 1918 | central working association set up to prevent further social unrest |
| results of Stinnes-Legien agreement | -8 hour working days -industrialists resent Weimar regime as power is given to workers |
| example of left-wing parties calling for revolution | Spartacist uprising in January 1919 |
| when was the first national assembly held | February 1918 |
| which 3 parties formed the first Weimar coalition | socialist democratic party (SPD), centre party (Z), democratic party (DDP) |
| left wing uprisings which Ebert crushed with army | KPD Berlin January 1919, soviets Bavaria 1919, Spartacists Rhuhr 1920, KPD Saxony and Thuringia 1923 |
| what was the KPD uprising in Saxony and Thuringia 1923 called, why? | German October because of Russian revolution in october 1917 |
| list right-wing uprisings under Ebert | Kapp Putsch 1920, Munich Putsch 1923 |
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