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Spartacist uprising
Communists decided to start a revolt. Most leaders only supported once it had started. Ebert calls in the Freikorps who crush the revolution quickly. Liebknecht and Luxembourg imprisoned and later shot. -
Kapp Putsch
General Kapp leads Freikorps in attempted revolution. Ebert asked Army to end revolution. Army refused and stayed neutral. Ebert gets workers to strike. Without Civil service Putsch fails -
Rhineland Crisis
Germany unable to pay back reparations due to France. At the height of inflation 1$ worth 130,000 million DM. People started buying things in bulk as soon as they got their paychecks. People on pensions suffered. People who had debts benefited. -
The Munich (Beer Hall) Putsch
Hitler and 600 S.A. Men raid a Beer Hall where Kahr is addressing 2000 people. They then tried to launch a revolution. But where easily stopped by the police and Army. -
Dawes Plan
System to allow Germany to pay reparations through funds from the USA -
Lorcarno Treaty
Germany agreed to western borders set by Treaty of Versailles -
Germany joins League of Nations
Given seat on League Council.