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The Spartakist Uprising, 1919
- Began by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg
- Turned a socialist group, Spartakists League into German Communist Party
- Tried to take over Berlin in January 1919
- uprising brutally put down by the Freikorps
- The communist uprising didn't work
- Luxembourg and Liebknecht murdered so that these uprisings wouldn't happen again !
The Kapp Putsch, 1920
- In German Putsch stands for Coup d'etat
- Freikorps are asked to disband
- Treaty of Versailles (100,000 army)
- Wolfgang workers save Weimar Republic- General Strike
- Left wing people didn't want right wing they wanted democracy so they made a general strike
The Freikorps (Free Corps)
The Weimar Republic
- Democratic Gov't formed after WWI
- First Chancellor is Friedrich Ebert until 1925
- seen as a sell out for agreeing to the Treaty of Versailles
- Many people feel the governments constitution was its downfall
- People mad that they followed Treaty of Versailles
- President (elects judges, commanders in armed forces) = the queen/governor general for Canada
- Chancellor (head of government) = Prime Minister
- Reichstag (parliament) elected
Hyper Inflation
- Caused by:
- Need to pay reparations
- unemployment
- Refusal of workers to work in Ruhr region which was occupied by the french
- this prompts the Dawes Plan
- Leads to:
- French Occupation of region in 1923
- New Reichsmark
Summary
In Germany at this time there was an uprising called the spartakist uprising that was a communist uprising. This uprising was shut down by the Freikorps which was called the Kapp Putsch (right wing people). Because the left wing people didn't want the right wing people in power they decided to go on a general strike. This created a democratic government called the Weimar republic. Most people saw this as sort of a sell out because they agreed on the Treaty of Versailles which was unwanted by much of the people. The President and chancellor were elected into the Reichstag (parliament). During this time there was a big issue with Hyper Inflation. The currency ended up being worth more to burn then to buy wood with.