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Spartacist Uprising
The Spartacitst League was a comminist party that led the Spartakists uprising of January 1919 which was led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Their objective was to overthrow Ebert's democratic gov. and establish a comminust gov. The Spartacists seized newspaper offices in Berlin and would voilently street fight. The Gov. t reacted to this by using force to crush the uprising and they also murdered the 2 leaders. Although it failed, the uprising showed the weakness of the Weimar Republic. -
The Kapp Putsch
The Kapp Putsch was a rebellion lead by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp. He tried to overthrow the Weimar repucblic in favor of a Nationalist government. Dr. Kapp led a rebellion of Freikorp soldiers in Berlin. This caused a general strike which brought the rebellion to a halt. The government survived but the Putsch showed that the republic was weak. -
The Dawes Plan
An American banker loaned Germany 800 million gold marks to help kick-start the economy. From now on, Germany only needed to pay reparations which it could afford. A new currency was also created to replace the old one. Finally, by 1928, industrial production exceeded pre-war levels for the first time. -
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Political achievements of the Weimar Republic
July, 1925: France agreed to leave the Ruhr.
1925: The Locarno Treaties provided equality for Germany and other countries.
1926: Germany was admitted into the League of Nations
1929: The Young Plan reduced Germany's amount of reparations from 6.6 billion pounds to 2 billion pounds. -
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Economic Recovery for Germany
In the years 1923-1929, Germany's ecomony and politics began to recover. Stresemann continued to use his influence to bring normality back to Germany. -
Gustav Stresemann's Solution
Gustav Stresemann became Chancellor and Foreign Minister in August 1923 and had a rescue plan for the Weimar Republic. He managed to end the passive resistance in the Ruhr, he stabilized the currency, and he resumed the reparation payments. This laid the foundations for a period of economic and political recovery between 1924 and 1929. -
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Political Instability returns to Germany
The Nazis and the Communists grow rapidly in Germany. In the 1928 general election, they only made up 13% but it rose to 31% in 1930, and 52% in 1932. Parties that supported the Weimar Republic started to contract making the Republic seem like thye could only prosper under favorable conditions. -
Germany's renewed economic crisis
Because Germany was completely reliant on American loans during this time, after the Wall Street Crash on 1929, Germany's economy plummeted. Germany suffered a double blow and it reached its worst in 1932. German unemployment was at 6 million and this was about 10% higher than the unemployment levels in other countries.
