The Birth of the Weimar Republic

1. Why was it called the Weimar Republic and not the Berlin Republic? 
because they met in weimar  not berlin because berlin was to unstable and violent
 

2. What new rights did Friedrich Ebert promise the German people?

Freedom of speech, they had better working conditions, and Freedom of worship

3. Hey, a democracy. Sounds great! Why was this a shock to the Germany peoples' systems?

this was hard for the german people because they had in the past always been autocratic. This change was not easily welcomed by the rich people and the former government. politicians didnt even welcome the change.

4. What positions did the opposition on the right hold that restricted Friedrich Ebert's new government?

the right had controll of the amry or armed forces and the police and they had the important judicary postitions. so ebert didnt have control of the government and this restricted him and the government.

5. What was the name of "powerful myth" that developed and what "evidence" was there to support the myth?

the name of the powerful myth was that the Weimar people and the SPD were the "november criminals". The "evidence" that supported this was that once the kaiser left and the new party signed the  armistice treaty the people of Germany were furious. This is because all along they thought they were winning the war because the war was not being fought in their own country. Then when the allies were about to break into Germany and take over the right side of the political spectrum told the left to make a treaty and because all this was happening behind close doors the public thought that left were the criminals while in reality it was the right who were the real bad guys the left only listened to what the right told them.

6. Study Source 3: What position was Ebert elected to in Jan. 1919? Who elected him?

Ebert was elected as president of the Weimar republic, the people elected ebert but it was pretty much left for him

Nazi ideolagy

Nazi idealogy started when the Nazis drew up the 25 point program in 1920. The Nazis were based upon theses 25 points and Mein Kampf. These were affected by hitlers backround because he wrote Mein kampf and that was based on his own ideals, he also affected the 25 point program because in the beginning when it was created he was one of the Nazi leaders. 



The Nazis were really all about the 25 point program. an example of one of the points is only members of the race can be citezens. that point is shown all the way throughout the war. they only want true blue germans and no jewish people. this gave someone to blame the ww1 on which the people liked. point 20 said they wanted better educational system. people liked this a lot and it helps the nazis get in power. another thing that a lot of the german people like is that everyone had to work. this meant the rich could not just live off their money they also had to work. this meant that everyone had equal rights which the people of germany liked.This is just some points of the 25 point program.

Mein Kampf also makes up the Nazi ideolagy because of hitler and he wrote this and what was in it was what the nazis beleived and strived to succeed. it talks about the jews and how they caused the war and the economic crash and why every thing was bad. it goes on to say that they want to expand and make the germans clean as in their blood and now jewish blooded people were allowed and the wanted to make an german race, it also wanted to get rid of the treaty of versailles.

Hitler affected the nazis because he was the one making decions in what they did or how they acted. he was their leader and the most one of the most important people to the nazis. He would look back at his past and his decisions and fix them and find a way to get power by fixing or making his decisions different. he was also a great orator which would make so many people like him and they would get tranced in his speaches. This was a way to get people to follow and listen to his ideas and beleive them

Hitler's Background

1. He has always wanted to be a great leader and loved this idea of it
2. hated jews, and beleived in survival of the fittest
3. He was a very good orator and knew how to draw the crowed in
4. he really liked the idea of socialism this supported his belief in the pure blood germans and thats how they should be
5. Hitler was very moody and awkward
6. after alois did he didnt handle himself very well and did poorly
7. joins the Nazi party
8. replaces the leader and helps to form the 25 points program of the Nazi party
9. becomes the chairman of the Fuher but gets kicked out when he breaks up a meeting.
10. He loved being a soilder and was excited about being one but he didnt have any or poor leadership skills so he was only a corpral which upset him

homeworks

Chris Dennison

My thoughts on the Munich putsch

i think the Munich putsch was a very bad idea for Hitler and his troops but it helped him more than anything. it showed Hitler he had to take more control of the situation and that he cant do anything by fighting the government he had to talk to all of the people in Germany to listen to him and go the democratic way and get voted into the government. this would get the people to back him and his efforts to change the government and what he was going to do. the Munich Putsch also helped him by getting his name out there and showing he was a nationalist and that he wanted to change the government. the people were noticing him and this was very good for the Nazi party. If Ludendorff wasn’t with him helping him in this then he could have been potentially killed. it was a bad idea by Hitler but helped him and the nazi party and he could learn from his mistakes.

what were the main ideas of the NSDAP when Hitler joined it?

that Germans could only have German blood or they were thrown out and couldn’t live in Germany...such as Jewish people
demand all citizens have equal rights and obligations
if the non German citizens make the population to great then the non citizens get kicked out.
a strong central power in the Reich

Why did Hitler's putsch fail?

16. Read source 2.31 on page 54. What, according to Bullock, were the main reasons for the failure of the putsch?
the main reasons were that nothing had been properly planned, Hitler was speechless and couldn’t control what was going on and all sorts of emotions. his moods were anger despair
apathy, renewed hope, hesitation, this lead to him not getting the crowd on his side. Also
Hitler had no control and Ludendorff took over command.

Read sources 2.32 - 2.34

17. Why did Hitler consider the Nazis not ready for power?
-they were trying to fight the government and the people and now they are going to try and get
voted in
-co-operation with general ludenforff would have been absolutely impossible
-it would have been to diffucult in the year 1923 and it was prepeared well enough
18. In what ways did the failure help the Nazis?
- hitlers name is now going to be know to all of europe and his fervour of his nationalism
-they learned they didnt have to use fire power but they had to get the majority of the people to go with them and then they will be in.

19. Does Source 2.33 show that after the Munich Putsch the Nazis became a democratic party, and accepted the Weimar constitution?
yes it does show they became a demcratic party because they are willing to wait and be voted in by the people and everything will fall into place for them instead of trying to fight or take over
the government.

20. Was the Munich Putsch a complete failure?
no it wasnt because now Hitler is learning from his mistakes and now everyone knows his name and about the nazi party.

Hitler's ideals expressed Mein kamp

Volume one chapter 6

it talks about how propaganda is so important. Hitler says it must be created in order for everyone to think it’s the truth. He says you need this process. It needs to be something that is not know to a lot of people because if they know about it, the thing you are saying is going to be hard for them to believe. Later Hitler states that the process of propaganda lies within the emotions of masses. Hitler seemed to always know or find out what the people or masses wanted to hear and he would tell them this. This makes him succeed when he starts propaganda. When Germany was in crises and needed a demagogue he knew what to say and step in. according to Hitler propaganda should only be powerful and have only important facts.

Volume one, chapter 10:

The reason there is an economic collapse is because of the war and its because of the other country’s involved in the treaty of Versailles. This is what Hitler believes or says. Another reason is because of Jewish bankers, Jewish business men and just all Jewish people. Hitler believes that everyone who has only German blood should be equal.in this chapter Hitler states that he hates Marxism and shouldn’t think is needs to be around.  

Volume one, chapter 11:

Hitler believed that there were different states of racial breedes. He really thought only Germans should bread with Germans and no Jews. He wanted the German blood to be pure and clean. He feels the racial problems lie only with the Jews. A reason for explaining why Hitler felt this way is because he had trust issues. He thought if you weren’t all German you weren’t completely happy. Since he knew he could be part Jewish this could really explain why he might be unhappy and act the way he does.

Germans react angrily to the treaty

1. Germans were no aware of the situation in 1919. 
Germans were very mad at this because they were completely left out of treaty negotiations (which was going to happy even if they said they wanted to be there) and the punishments that they had received.  Especially because they had lost so much already and now they are getting blamed for the war plus losing land plus they have to pay reparations
2. War guilt and reparations
the Germans couldn't pay this reparations because it was so much and they have a bad economy because of the war. As well as the whole war was placed on their shoulders even though they did not start the war. Being the sole responsible for this great war crushed the Germans and made them even more mad.  
3. Disarmament
Disarmament made the Germans very mad because they wanted to have an army and everyone else could have an army except them. this also kept the Germans completely defenseless if an attach was carried out on them. this made them powerless to the whole world
4. German territories
German lost many territories which made them mad because many of the territories had German people and so this caused anger within Germany. also the strongest and most resourceful areas were taken from Germany crippling their economy  
5. Fourteen Points and League
The fourteen points made Germany mad because it encouraged Europeans to break away from their home countries in order to have a better government. Also the league of nations excluded Germany which made them very angry.
6. Double Standards?
Double standards made germany mad because whatever they did Britain would just do them selves and it would over shadow Germany causing there to be a double standard between the two countries .

impact of wwi on germany

Political Challenges-

-       -Stress of war led to a revolution which ended  Kaiser in November 1918

-Ex-soldiers and civilians didnt like the new government
-Germany had become a democratic republic

Social Challenges-

  -Ex-soldiers and civilians hated the new government

      -Stress of war led to a revolution which ended with the abdication of Kaiser in November 1918

-Germany had become a democratic republic, the Weimar republic

Economic challenges-

-       -Germany was almost bankrupt

-       -By 1925 the state was spending 1/3 of its budget on war pensions

-       -Industrial production was 2/3 what is used to bebefore WWI

National income was 1/3 of what it used to be in 1913

history:homework #2

1)goals of socialism?-to have a complete classless society, government is in control of everything, people are all equal, everyone whoo works will get the same benifit, such as food or medical fair
goals of liberal form?-implimnet enlightenment ideas, individual freedom, protect rights, rule law through constitutional practice

2)serfs are poor, uneducated and only lived aabout 35 years

3)alexander 11 reforms- land transference, jury trial, relaxed censorship laws, state support industries, encourages  foreign and domestic enterprise

4) because they established personal connection with downtrodden and convince simmple folk of revolutionary ideas

5)small scare revolts, land seizures, banned newspaper reports of famine

6)he criticized changes that came with industrialization and that russia was experienxing, explained the social world systematically, explained famine, socially and economcally optimistic

7)a) W. european style gov., individual liberty, individual rights, private propertty, peaceful change
b)social revolutionaries,- party for peasants,, most radical of 3, socialized all land and transfered to peasants, monarchy with democratic rebuplic
c)help workers, overthrew capitalsm, small change

8)- no longer protective"little father"., violent reaction to peacful protest, unable to meet needs of people

9)was able to appoint half of the duma, shut down 4 dumas, could make laws by decree when duma not in session and complete control over army