This week we will be moving full steam ahead through the 1920s and into the 1930s. Before we can move on, we need to understand the events that happened in the early 1920s in Germany that paved the way for a powerful leader like Hitler.
Your Do Now: a vocabulary quiz! Please clear off your desks. We will have 5 minutes to complete this quiz.
Today we will looking at and understanding the threats to the Weimar Republic from both the left and right wings and other crises, like the Treaty of Versailles and an economic disaster.
Left Wing: Communists and Socialists, including the Spartacists.
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Right Wing: Freikorps
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Treaty of Versailles and the Occupation of the Ruhr
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| This is a German cartoon from 1923. The woman represents the French army. The words at the bottom say, "Hands off the Ruhr!" Image from springwoodgcsehistory.blogspot.com |
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| This is a British cartoon from 1921. Take a look at how the German is portrayed. What are the Lloyd George and Briand saying to the German? What is this cartoon saying about how the Allies' attitudes toward Germany's economic problems? |
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| Workers collected their wages in laundry baskets during times of hyperinflation. Image from guardian.co.uk |
Weimar Republic under Stresemann
Achievements and Problems
P1M, P2G, P4G: For your homework, you need to complete the packet comparing the Weimar Republic under the rules of Ebert and Stresemann.
P2M: For your homework, you need to write two letters.
First, write a letter as Freidrich Ebert to Gustav Stresemann. Explain what the problems in Germany are and how Stresemann should try to fix them.
Second, write a response from Stresemann to Ebert. Explain what problems you have fixed and how you did it. Feel free to admonish Ebert for his handling of the Weimar Republic before you got into power.
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