Weimar Republic

By eauchter

  • Kaiser Wilhelm II Abdicated

    was a constitutional monarchy
    abdicated & led way for a new democratic system: the Weimar Republic

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Article 231/War Guilt Clause
    Reparations
  • Period: to

    Spartacist Uprising

    left-wing militias took over Berlin
    government sent Freikorps

  • Article 48

    allowed the president to act without parliament's consent in an emergency, but didn't define what an emergency was
    a part of the Weimar Constitution

  • Ebert-Groener Pact

    Ebert wanted the Reichswehr to back the government
    Groener didn't want the government to interfere with the Reichswehr
    decided on it being a nation within the nation

  • Kapp Putsch

    elite paramilitary groups invaded Berlin
    aimed to overthrow the WR & install an aristocratic regime

  • London Schedule of Payment

    total of 132 billion gold marks (not hyperinflated currency)
    set the marks as 268:1

  • Treaty of Rapallo

    resume diplomatic relationships between the WR & SU

  • French Invasion of the Rhineland

    killed citizens & failed to achieve any of their goals

  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Hitler tried to forcefully take charge in Munich

  • Dawes Plan

    5 billion Marks total
    pay 1 billion a year for 5 years
    pay 2.5 billion per year after
    loaned 800 million from US

  • Young Plan

    2 billion Marks per year
    2/3 postponed each year if needed
    last for 59 years (end 1988)
    US banks could provide loans by J.P. Morgan