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