History- creation of the WR

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  • The Creation of the Weimar Republic
    • Threats from the Left/Right
      • Kapp Putsch 1920: 12,000 troops encouraged to march on Berlin. Govt fled to Dresden and strikes ordered. Defeated
      • Munich Putsch 1923: AH and nazis march on Bavarian gvt meeting in beerhall. Force leaders to support putsch. Attempted to take Munich + defeated by Bavarian police
      • Spartacist Uprising 1919: Aimed to create soviet republic. Called for strikes. 100 dead. Freikorps put down.
    • The New Constitution
      • The President- elected every 7 years. Article 48. Supreme commander of army.
      • Parliament: 2 houses. Reichstag= main law making body. Reichsrat= reps of all 17 regional gvts
      • Bill of Rights= freedom of speech/ equality in eyes of law etc
    • Economic Crises
      • Occupation of the Ruhr- can't pay back reparations so French occupy Ruhr. Workers strike so French workers brought in. Led to Hyperinflation
      • Hyperinflation-more money printed to pay reparations. Money became worthless. Elderly suffered. Rise in crime. rise in voting for extreme parties
    • The TOV
      • Reparations: fixed in 1921 @ £6600mn
      • Guilt Clause: Germany had to accept that it was @ fault for WW1
      • Territory: Loss of territory/land/ e.g. Alsace-Lorraine went to French. Creation of Polish corridor.
    • The German Revolution
      • Uprisings as realisation that war was lost/ national shock over defeat
      • Bavaria declared a soviet republic
      • Germany declared a republic 9th November 1918
      • Ebert= new chancellor and manages to get support of army commander.
      • First elections take place Jan 1919

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