Challenges from left and right

• Left wing challenger to Weimar Republic 


  the section of a political party or system that advocates for greater social and economic equality, and typically favors socially liberal ideas; the liberal or progressive group or section.
• Right wing challenger to Weimar Republic 


  the section of a political party or system that advocates for free enterprise and private ownership, and typically favors socially traditional ideas; the conservative group or section.
• timeline of Weimar republic challenges 


  • 5 January 1919: Spartacist Uprising began.
  • 15 January 1919: Rosa Luxemburg killed.
  • June 1919: Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the war, and Allies imposed terms of the treaty.
  • March 1920: Kapp Putsch.
  • 6 June 1920: Elections showed less support for moderate political parties
• What did extreme left wing believe regarding political power?

  Workers should hold political power
• What was the main goal of extreme left wing ideology?

  To treat all people as equals
• Who was the main left-wing political party?

  The Communist Party (KPD)
• What inspired the extreme left wing in Germany?

  The Russian Revolution of 1917
• What did extreme right wing seek to restore?

  A strong authoritarian government and the Kaiser
• What economic system did extreme right wing believe in?

  Capitalism
• What was the main right-wing political party?

  The National Party (DNVP)
• How did extreme right wing view the Communists?

  They hated the Communists
• What was the relationship between the extreme right wing and the Kaiser?

  They sought a return of the Kaiser
• What did extreme right wing aim to protect?

  The interests of private businesses and landowners
• What event did the extreme right wing oppose?

  The mutiny at the end of the First World War
• What did the extreme left wing argue regarding land and businesses?

  Workers should own the land and businesses
• What type of government did the extreme right wing want?

  A strong authoritarian government
• What was the extreme right wing's view on capitalism?

  They believed in capitalism
• How did the extreme left and right wings differ in their views on government?

  Left wing wanted equality; right wing wanted authority