The Challenges to Weimar (1919-23) - Germany
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- Created on: 02-05-18 08:15
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- The Challenges to Weimar (1919-1923)
- The Constitution
- The President: elected by universal franchise
- Reichrat - Upper House: states are represented
- Reichstag - Lower House: elected members sit, elected by PR
- Challenges from the Left
- Spartacist Revolt in Jan 1919
- KPD created
- Munich and Bremen soviets established
- Left wanted soviets and nationalisation of industry
- 1920: KPD Ruhr uprising
- Challenges from the Right
- German Workers' Party
- 1920 Kapp Putsch
- Freikorps - government attempted to disband them. It failed and a general strike crushed them instead
- Occupation of the Ruhr
- France and Belgium invaded
- Jan 1923: Germany couldn't afford to pay reparations
- Passive resistance was called off by Stresemann
- Hyperinflation
- Printed more and more money to pay Ruhr strikers
- The value of the mark fell
- Destroyed savings and ruined those on a fixed income
- The Black Market and Barter flourished
- The Munich Putsch
- Hitler took control of Barvana
- Nazi Party and other nationalists marched on Berlin
- Hitler was arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison. He served 9 months
- The Constitution
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