The Weimar Republic

Early Political and Economic Crises of the New Weimar Republic

1. The German Revolution of 1918

2. The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution

3. The Spartacist Uprising

4. German Reaction to The Treaty Of Versailles

5. The Kapp Putsch

6. The French Invasion of the Ruhr and Hyperinflation

Recovery and Prosperity during the ‘Golden Age’

1. The role of Stresemann in solving hyperinflation

2. The Weimar Republic’s foreign policy successes

3. The cultural achievements of the Weimar period

4. Continuing political and economic problems

5. The extent to which the republic recovered between 1924-1929