Chapter 3- Weimar democracy

• describe the kapp putsch

  • right wing politician and journalists Wolfgang kapp gathered 5000 men
  • they took over berlin
  • he wanted to recover land lost from the treaty
  • president Ebert fled but the kapp didn't have workers support
  • workers went on strike
• when did assasinations take place ?

  etween 1919 & 1922 there were 350 political murders mostly carried out by right wing extremists
• why did these assassinations take place ?

  they wanted to eliminate those responsible for the treaty
• describe the red rising Ruhr

  • left wing workers stayed on strike after kapp putsch
  • they took over several towns known as red rising
• when was the Munich putsch ?

  November 1923
• describe the Munich putsch

  why- Hitler promised to overturn the treaty & restore Germany

  how- he planned to capture munich and march Berlin

  what- Hitler & supporters marched through Berlin, police got involved leaving 3 police & 16 Nazis shot
• how did stressemen help Germany ?

  • stopped printing bank notes and replaced them with a temporary renten mark
  • he arranged the dawes plan
  • used American money to re build germany
  • worked to improve German relations
  • signed the Locarno pact with allies
  • joined the league of nations
• what was the Locarno pact ?

  a pact with allies to never invade eachother
• what was the league of nations ?


  the first world wide intergovernmental organisation
• what were some ongoing problems ?

  • political parties could not agree on anything
  • large groups of Germans were poor
  • German prosperity was built on American loans
• what did cinema bring to the 20's ?

  • popularity
  • ore technically advanced films
• what did nightlife bring to the 20's ?

  • Germany became the centre for plays, shows and opers
  • American jazz
• what did literature bring to the 20's ?

  • 120 newspapers and magazines
  • anti-war novels
• what did art & design bring to the 20's ?

  • art showed reality
  • modern architecture
• what were the reactions to the change during the 20's ?

  • some Germans embraced the change
  • they wanted to celebrate traditional German values & culture
  • Nazis hated nightclubs and arts