Weimar Government 1919-1923

Weimar Government 1919-1923

1. Germany and the War

   • Failed
     • New U.S. Troops
     • British Navy Blockade
     • Flu epidemic
   • Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates
     • Weimar Government
       • Friedrich Ebert President
       • Stab In The Back Theory: unpopular

2. BAD!!

   • Proportional Representation
     • Weak Coalition
     • No clear majority in Reichstag
   • Article 48
     • President take action in crisis
     • Easily lead to dictatorship

3. Kapp Putsch

   • March 1920
   • Freikorps seized Berlin
     • Government fled
   • Wolfgang Kapp
     • Right Wing
   • Army refused to attack
     • Lack of support for gov.t

4. Spartacist Rising

   • Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht
     • Right Wing- Communists
   • January 1919
   • Republic used Freikorps
     • Dependent on army