Pre-Weimar Germany

Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

German government post-Kaiser abdication in 1918

Spartacist Uprising

1919 left-wing revolt led by Liebknecht and Luxemburg

Kapp Putsch

1920 right-wing coup attempt led by Wolfgang Kapp

Munich Putsch

1923 failed Nazi coup led by Hitler

Hyperinflation

1923 German currency devaluation crisis

Treaty of Versailles

1919 peace treaty ending WWI, blamed Germany

Abdication

Monarch's throne relinquishment

Armistice

War-ending agreement

Reichstag

German parliament making laws

Article 48

Weimar Constitution allowing emergency laws by President

Chancellor

Government head in charge

President

Elected leader running the country

Coalition

Parties cooperating in government

Constitution

Rules governing a country

Reparations

Agreed £6600 million payment post-WWI

Feminism

Women's liberation movement

Kaiser

German emperor pre-1918

Liberation Movement

Movement for freedom and equality

French Occupation

Ruhr occupation due to treaty breaches

Proportional Representation

Election system based on vote percentages

Ruhr Crisis

French occupation due to German treaty breaches

German Marks

Currency devalued to 4.2 trillion is the same as $1 by Nov 1923

Saarland

Territory under League of Nations control post-WWI