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The Beggining of the Weimar Republic
Ludendorff, general and prominent nationalist leader of Germany, handed power to the Weimar Republic in August 11th, 1918. He did this because he did not want to be burdened for signing the Treaty of Versailles. -
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
exactly three months later, the Weimar Republic was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles. As a result, the Weimar was blamed for betraying Germany. -
The Communist Party
The Spartacist Party, founded in the summer of 1915, decided to change their party name to the German Communist Party. -
Spartacist Uprising
The German Commust Party started an uprising reffered to as the Spartacist Uprising. The goverment had to order the army and the Freikorps to shoot all Spartacists, and ended the uprisng. -
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Cultural sucesses of the Weimar Republic.
The dawn of a democratic republic encouraged activities of artists, writers and and filmers. There was also an expansion in night clubs, dance halls, and restaurants. This also gave more oppertunities for a wide group of artists. Many of these events were regarded negativly by the right wing, however. -
Kapp Putsch
Since the Treaty of Versailles restriced the amount of soldiers allowed in the millitery, many discharged soldiers joined the Friekorps. When the Weimar Republic tried to disband the Kriekorps in responce, there was a revolt, known as the Kapp Putsch. -
French Invasion of the Ruhr
Since Germany could not keep up with their reparations payment, imposed on them by the Treaty of Versailles, France decided to invade the Ruhr and take materials from Germany to make up for her lost payments. Since the Ruhr was a main producer for various materials in Germany, she was damaged by this invasion. -
Stresemann
Stresemann became foreign minister in 1923. -
The Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was a loan from America to Germany, giving her eight hundred million gold marks to jump start her economy. A permanent currency, the Reichmark, replaced the Rentenmark to finish settling the economy. -
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Return to Political instability in Germany.
the NAZIs and Communists, two opposing extreeme parties, slowly grew in power.
combined, they grew from 13 percent of the vote in 1928 to 52 percent in 1932. -
Stresemann's Death
by the time of his death, Germany had equal terms with the major powers as a result of his emergancy measures introsuced in 1923. France had left the Ruhr and Germany had been accepted into the League of Nations. -
Renewed Economic Crisis
Germany's uneployment was still very high and farming buisnesses still hadn't recovered. But most importantly, Germany relied fully on America to help her economic revival. When the wall street crash ocoured in October, 1929, America was forced to call back loans immediatly from Germany. -
German uneployment
German eployment reached it's highest point stood at six million, about 10 precent higher than the uneployment levels found in France, Britain, and Japan.
