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| Question | Answer |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Abdicated - 9 November 1918 |
| January 1919 | Spartacist Uprising (5-12) Elections (19) |
| Friedrich Ebert | First Weimar President (SPD) Until death in 1925 |
| Ebert- Groener Pact | The Army would support the new Republic (but not interfere in military matters) |
| System of Voting | Proportional representation '+' = 'very democratic / representative '-' = led to unstable coalition government |
| Dolschtoss Legende | 'Stab-in-the - back Myth' German Army had not been defeated - it was 'betrayed' by weak politicians who agreed to the Armistice on November 11 (November Criminals) |
| 28 June 1918 | Treaty of Versailles |
| 3 Socialist 'threats' | Jan 1919 - Spartacists Uprising. May 1919 - Bavaria Socialist Republic proclaimed. March 1920 - Rhur (workers) uprising |
| 2 Right-wing 'threats' | Kapp Putsch - March 1920 Munich (Beerhall) Putsch - November 1919 |
| No. Of Chancellors between 1919 and 1923 | 6! |
| Freikorps | Military units formed after WWI Strongly nationalist / right -wing Used to suppress 'left wing' threats |
| Matthias Erzburger | Signed the Armistice (Assassinated 1922) |
| Political Violence | 356 assassinations |
| 'Moderate / Liberal' Political Parties (Supported Democracy) | SPD - Social Democrats Zentrum - Centre Party DDP - German Democratic Party |
| 'Anti Weimar' Political Parties | Left Wing - KPD (Communists) Right Wing - DNVP / DVP / NSDAP (Nazis) |
| Ruhr Crisis - 1923 | Germany defaulted on reparations. French + Belgians occupy the Ruhr. Government order 'Passive Resistance' French + Belgians kill 100+ Inflation becomes hyper-inflation Munich Putsch |
| Ending the 'Ruhr Crisis' | Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor) Call off Passive Resistance Restart reparations payments (fulfillment) New Currency (Rentenmark) Negotiate international loans (800 million Gold Mark) |
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