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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