German revolution & kaisers abdication

• Germany set up their own councils rather than for kaiser
• Sailors refusing to fight because of clear loss
• Kaiser abdicated
• Germany blamed for defeat on the kaiser
• Germany lost control of the country
• Germany revolution was unstable
• Impact of the war on Germany: 750,000 died, food shortages, low domestic production, naval blockade stopped food imports
• The Weimar Constitution signed the armistice to end World War II
• The 3 most serious problems for Germany were: financial, food shortages, and political instability
• Food shortages affected all of Germany, not just one class, and led to many deaths
• Germany could not make up for the demand with domestic food production
• Food shortages made many civilians angry as food is such an important thing to life
• Revolution


  A radical change from the past/present
• There was a revolution in Germany
• The Kaiser abdicated
• Armistice


  An agreement to stop the First World War
• Many Germans thought the Armistice was a 'stab in the back' and the people who signed it were traitors
• Friedrich Ebert


  Leader of the Social Democratic movement in 1913
• Friedrich Ebert


  • Promoted universal access to higher education
  • Worked closer to the working class
  • Became the youngest member (34) of the SPD
• Germany forced to retreat from war


  People wanted someone to blame and blamed the Kaiser
• There was an economic crisis in Germany
• There was rationing of food, clothes, medicine etc. in Germany
• The Kaiser was blamed for Germany's defeat

  The country protested against him and he finally abdicated