Ebert’s actions against the Communists and Stresemann’s currency reforms.
What were Stresemann's currency reforms?
Stresemann stopped the Government from printing money: He scrapped the old currency, the mark, and brought in a new one – The Renten (temporary) mark.
Stresemann took out a huge loan from the USA called the Dawes Plan
Popular support - most German people supported the Republic; e.g. they responded to the call for strike in the Ruhr in 1923; and went out on strike to thwart the Kapp Putsch in 1920; most working-class people voted for Ebert’s socialists (the SPD).
Weakness of opponents - the Communists lacked support and never gained more than 15% in Reichstag elections; right-wing groups (e.g. the Nazis) were seen as extremists and had little support
