the war ends

• how long did WW1 last and what officially ended it?

  • lasted from 1914-18
  • signing of armistice ended it on November 11th 1918
• what did allies set up that inflicted problems upon Germany?

  • naval blockades which prevented imports of food and essential goods
  • by 1918 many people had faced starvation
• who did the public have an opinion on?

  public opinion turned against Kaiser Wilhelm II who ruled the German empire like a king
• how did people show they were against the kaiser?

  • November 1918 Germany navy rebelled and refused to board their ships
  • German troops refused to control rioters
  • Jewish communist Kurl Eisner encouraged a general uprising which sparked mass strikes in Munich
• what called to the kaisers resignation?

  November 1918 public protest held in berlin in which members of the SPD ( social democratic party ) called for the kaisers resignation
• when did the kaiser resign and who declared the now republic?

  • Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates on the 9th of November 1918
  • same day SPD and independent social democratic party (USPD) declared a republic
• what allowed Germany to finally be a democracy ?

  monarchy had been abolished
• what was agreed to end WW1 and when?

  • November 11th 1918
  • ceasefire was agreed
• who did not support the signing of the armistice and why?

  • right wing Germans as they viewed this signing as a betrayal
  • they believed Germany could have still won the war
  • new republic under pressure to sign the armistic
  • due to the conditions of the country and people they had no choice but to sign the armistice
• what was set up to help control Germany?

  • temporary national government
  • combination of the SPD and USPD
  • called the council of people representatives
  • controlled Germany until January 1919 when elections for a new Reichstag was held