(1)+Why+Was+Germany+in+Turmoil+After+WW1?

= Glossary Terms: =
 * ====**Weimar**: A city in Thuringia, in central Germany; pop. 59,000.====
 * ====**Republic**: A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.====
 * ====**Reichstag**: The main legislature of the German state under the Second and Third Reichs====
 * ====**Hyperinflation**: At the of end World War I, Germany was forced to make a choice. Either pay the £6 600 000 000 and be in debt until 1987 or sign the 'Treaty of Versailles' and be forced to pay reparations. By signing the 'Treaty of Versailles' citizens had to par 'War Taxes'. Hyperinflation in Germany, is when the amount paid in the reparations are increased.====
 * ====**Treaty of Versailles**: A treaty made up of several strict guidelines designed by The Allied Powers that offered a mutual peace between The Allied Powers and Germany, should Germany sign it. As Germany was on the losing side of World War I, they did, citing negative consequences for it's economy but allowing the war to be ended peacefully.====
 * ====**National-Socialism**: __Nazism__**;** the common short form title of **National Socialism,** was the ideology and practice of the National Socialist German Worker's Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany. It is a unique variety of fascism that incorporates biological racism and anti-Semitism.====
 * ====**Kapp Putsch**: __The Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch__; A 1920 coup attempted by Wolfgang Kapp, his followers and military personnel toward the end of the German Revolution (1918-1919) with the intention of toppling the Weimar Republic, and in turn stopping certain repercussions of the Treaty of Versailles.====
 * ====**Kaiser**: A German title, meaning emperor. A Kaiser was the ruler of a monarchy, like a king or queen.====

=**Significant People:**=


 * Gustav Stresemann**: **( t __ his needs completion!) __**


 * Friedrich Ebert**: German Politician from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who served as Chancellor of Germany and its first president during the Weimar period.


 * The Spartacists Leauge:** was a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement organized in germany during and just after the politically volatile years of WW1


 * Rosa Luxemburg & Karl Liebknecht: ** The Spartacus League founders

=Significant Events:= From this PowerPoint, add the significant terms, people and events to THIS wiki page.

**A culmination of Demi, Brittany & Melody's work:**

//"Everything went black before my eyes. So it had all been in vain. The deaths of 2 million who died. Did all this happen so that a gang of wretched criminals could lay hands on the Fatherland." - Adolf Hitler ("Mein Kampf") //

'November Criminals' was the name given to the civilian German Government by those (by right-wing people) believed that they could have been victorious in World War, because the armistice was signed, Many soldiers believed that they had been 'stabbed in the back'. This phrase is actually from a legend of the same name composed by the right-wing oriented people of Germany. This legend does resemble the death of Siegfried in the Epic Poem, the 'Nibelungenlied'.

The Spartacists were are group of left-wing, Communist supporters that aimed to rebuild Germany as what they believed a perfect society should be like: a land where all the factories and farms where maintain by the state; a land with a workers' militias rather than a police or army; a land governed by the military and workers; a land like Russia. 10 days after the rebellion in Berlin, on the 15th of January 1919, the founders of the Spartacists (Karl Liebkneckt and Rosa Luxemburg) were murdered by Horse Guards Division of the Army - the Freikorps.

With the 'Treaty of Versailles' in place, there were many consequences for the already struggling town. Consequences including losing territory, a decrease in the military (with 100 000 men for the army and six battleship, six cruisers and twelve destroyers for the navy and no airborne crafts) and loss of colonies, reparations (taxes that pay for the war) and the guilt of starting World War. While discussing the treaty, German leaders were not included.

During the times of March, 1920, the Kapp Putsch (a deadly conservatist group) were rebelling in the city of Berlin. The self-proclaimed leader was Dr. Wolfgang Kapp. Dr. Wolfgang Kapp was also a a conservatist politician. Because the military didn't stop them, many leaders of the new Republic were forced to leave and find safety. Finally, after three days of the revolt, Dr. Kapps' reign was ended when the General Strike workers stopped him.

The German Economy collapsed partly due to the strain of the reparations paid by the Germans. The winning nations of WW1, confiscated the industrial equipment owned by the Germans. Also, France occupied the industrial area called the Ruhr during January, 1923. In November of the same year, 4200 billion marks were equal to one mark in the first year of WW1. Just a loaf of bread would cost over 200 billion marks.

The November Criminals were Germans against signing the armistice in belief they were able to win the war.
 * Why was the german government in 1918 labeled the 'November criminals?'**

The Spaticists were communists who agreed with the signing of the armistice, and wished to replace the German government with communism ideology. The founders Rosa Lexemberg and Karl Liebknetch were later murdered in January 1919.
 * Who were the 'Spaticists' and what happened to them?**

• Armed forces were reduced to 100,000 men • Forced to pay out hefty reparation fees • Were held accountable for the beginning of WW1
 * How was Germany punished by the terms of the 'Treaty of Versailles'?**
 * •** Loss of important German territory

In aim to overthrow the Weimar Republic, Wolfgang Kapp and General Luttwitz led an army of Freikorps men who seized Berlin on March 13th 1920. Kapp was opposed to all of what Friedrich Ebert stood for, proclaiming a new right-wing national government was being formed who Kapp was chancellor of.
 * What happened during the "Kapp Putch"?**

Germany's currency dropped and inflation grew
 * Why did the German economy collapse in 1923?**