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Who is Prince Mark of Boden?
A liberal aristocrat that wanted a ‘Revoltuion from Above’
Worked with the Reichstag to ensure a ‘constitutional monarchy’
Who was Hindenburg and Elbert Ludendoff?
Hindenburg - Controlled Germany’s army, able to run a German military dictatorship (de facto)
Elbert Ludendoff - Hindenburgs ‘right hand man’ in the army
What happened on the 3rd October 1918 and why?
Prince Max asks for an armistice to end fighting and enforce peace within Germany ( and he knows he is close top losing war)
What was the ‘Revolution from above?’
Enforced by Prince Max to the Kaiser to have a constitutional monarchy as the military felt a civilian gov would attract a peace treaty from the ‘victorious allies’
Prince Max also always all men to have the vote and allow the government to control the army and not the kaiser
Why did the revolution from above fail?
Spartactist were looking to Russia as they had just had a communist revolution
Kaiser refuses to abdicate despite unpopularity (eventually does anyway)
By the 8th November 1918 Bavaria declares itself as a republic
FORCED Kaiser to abdicate and Prince Max to resign
Who takes Prince Max’s place ?
Freidrich Ebert - leader of the Social Democrats
What was the sparacists revolt ? Why ?
A left - wing uprising to establish a communist state in Germany and overthrow the Weimar Republic lead by the Spartacists League
Following this a general strike was declared on the 6th Jan and 10,000+ people joined
How was the Weimar Constitution democratic ( Made following the failure of the revolution from above) ?
Women are allowed the vote !
Voting age reduced from 25 to 21
Proportional Representation
Federal government system allowed a dispursion of power due to the land 18 which made the laws
How was the Weimar Constitution undemocratic?
Formation of coalitions
