Texts on Weimar Germany 1919 - 1923.

Today and next lesson we will be working with Germany and the problems of the Weimar Republic 1919 – 1923.

Next week we will start with Hitler and his rise to power.

Your task is to use the texts and do the following tasks. Your books, both Traynor and Morris Murphy, also contain some material that can be used.

1. Fill in the Chart from schoolhistory.co.uk.
2. What caused the Hyperinflation in Germany?
3. How is this the biggest obstacle for a democratic Germany?
4. What impact on German politics did the Communist uprisings in Berlin and Munich have?
5. Names and stuff to remember:
1. Who was Ebert?
2. Who was Scheidemann?
3. Who was Kurt Eisner?
4. Who was Gustav Noske?
5. Who was Karl Liebknecht?
6. Who was Rosa Luxemburg?
7. Where and when did the Spartacist Uprising take place?
8. What contribution to German history did von Epp do?
9. What was the Kapp Putsch?