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The German Revolution, otherwise known as the November revolution, was a civil conflict at the end of WW1 that resulted in the replacement of the federal German government with the Weimar Republic -
William II was abdicated, and the Weimar Republic was formed on November 9, 1918. -
Ceasefire between Allies and Germany, ending hostility between the two on November 11, 1918. Arguably setup the structure for WW2 through Germany. -
o An agreement between the Friedrich Ebert, the Chancellor of Germany, and Wilhelm Groener, General of the German Army, on November 10, 1918. This agreement aided the formation of the Weimar Republic. -
o 100,000 workers went on strike in Berlin and challenged the government, showing the will and determination of left-wing Germans.
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o Socialist state in Bavaria from 1918-1919 and formed the work council republic. -
Treaty that ended WW1, and required that Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, and give up large amounts of territory -
An attempt to overthrow the SPD government in March 1920 by the army officers, right-wing nationalists, and Freikorps members failed because of public opposition. -
This was an uprising of the left-wings workers that occurred in Ruhr, Germany on March 1920 -
Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany occurred from 1921-1923 as they printed money and that increased prices by a significant amount, making German marks (currency) worth very little -
The treaty was an agreement signed on April 16th, 1922, which signed between the nations Germany and Russia to form friendly diplomatic relations. -
Was formed in 1923, was a correlation between the Social Democratic Party, SPD, the Catholic Centre Party and the liberal parties Democratic Party, DDP and People's Party, DVP. -
Chancellor Stresemann implemented the Renten mark in November of 1923 in order to take out the old and inflated German mark. This would go on to solve the hyperinflation crisis and they would now have the currency regulated by the central bank. -
The Ruhr occupation by French and Belgium troops occurred because reparation payments slowed down and took materials from the Ruhr industries. -
A failed coup against the Weimar Republic by the Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi party and others such as Erich Ludendorff by marching on Feldherrnhalle. -
he golden age was between the years 1924 and 1929 which saw massive economic recovery in Germany, better living conditions, and growing prosperity. The golden age was started by the quick industrial growth that sprung about in Germany. -
Dawes plan was an agreement between the allies and Germany that Germany would have reduced short term loans ($50 million per year) in order for them to be easier to pay back and Germany would get a large loan ($25 billion) from the United States. -
Hindenburg won the election on April 26, 1925 where he would get over 900,000 more votes than his greatest opponent, the centrist party, represented by Wilhelm Marx. -
A series of seven different treaties that had been negotiated in Locarno, Switzerland that were signed on October 5-16, 1925 where all the Western European allies had been trying to find post-war territory settlements in return for restoring relations with Germany. -
Germany entered the League of Nations until 1926 and then withdraw in 1933 when Hitler removed it-self. -
The Treaty of Berlin was a treaty made on April 24, 1926 where Germany and the Soviet Union had agreed to stay neutral in the event that a third-party attacks one of them in the next five years. -
The plan reduced the amount to 2,000,000 marks a year and extended the time to 58 years to pay back the war dues. Also, France agreed to de-militarize the Rhineland.