The establishment of the Weimar republic and its early problems notes

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    • The German revolution of 1918. The strengths and weaknesses of the new constitution
      • Weaknesses
        • Wasted ammunition
        • Lost many important possessions duing war
        • Soldiers began fighting as the war was taking too long
        • Needed food
        • Russian Federation fell as their army was defeated
        • The country was slowly dying
        • Germany was low on provisions
        • Germany lost an important ally
      • Strengths
        • Revolution began
        • Allied with Russisa at the end of the war
    • The Recovery of Germany
      • The German currency
        • Built new roads, railways and factories
        • Gustav Stresemann tried to help Germany's case
        • Borrowed 3 million marks from America
        • Exports and imports increased
      • The Kellog - Briand pact
        • Solved international disputes
        • Created by the USA secretary and French foreign Minister
      • The reparation issue
        • The loans from America payed off reparations but there was a triangle of money as the allies were paying off debts too
      • League of Nations
        • Supposed to stop future wars
        • America, Germany and Russia couldnt join
        • Created by the Treaty of Versailles
        • Organisation with multiple countries
      • The Young plan
        • Foreign countires couldn't control Germany's money
        • Germany had to pay less in reparations
        • Germany had more time to pay off reparations
      • The Locarno Pact
        • No German troops in the Rhineland
        • France gets Alsaice - Lorraine back
        • No force to be used when borders are arranged
      • The Welfare reforms
        • Unemployment benefits
        • Working time maximum introduced
        • Minimum wage introduced
    • French Occupation of the Ruhr
      • Confiscated raw materials and machiney
      • French arrested workers who didn't work enough
      • German's resented the French
      • Germany became crippled
      • German troops = 100,000
      • French troops = 750,000
    • Causes and effects of Hyperinflation
      • 2000 printing shops printing money
      • Prices raised as more money was printed
      • 300 paper mills printing money
      • Bread Prices
        • 1922 -= 200 Marks
        • 1919 = 1 Mark
        • 1923 = 1000 Marks
      • More money printed
      • Prices raised
      • Recieving less money
      • Needed  money to pay debts
    • The Spartacist and Kapp uprisings
      • Spartacist
        • 100,000 communists filled main buildings
        • Tried to gain power by overthrowing someone or something by force
        • All of this effort was destroyed by 1919 and the leaders were executed
      • Kapp Putsch
        • Many workers wanted to go on strike and didn't want the kaiser to return
        • 50,000 people tried to overthrow the Weimar Republic
        • The revolt ran out of resources and was shut down until Hitler began it again later on
        • Wanted a Kaiser

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