Unrest and the Treaty of Versailles

1. Using the information from Chapter 4, what were the threats to the new Weimar Republic? How did the Free Corps assist the government
One threat from the communists were when communists organized riots and strikes in Berlin in another attempt to seize power. The government ordered anyone seen carrying weapons to be sht on site. The Free Corps were the people who did the dirty work. The Free Corps shot over a thousand people dead. The next threat was to the Weimar Republic from the southern province of Bavaria. They shot Eisner dead when he took power. The communists argued about which of them should take his place. They took houses from the middle class people of Munich and gave them to the workers. They took food, cars, and clothing from the rich. With the help of the Free Corps, the Weimar government had put down the communist in both berlin and bacaria.

2. How did the Germans react to the Treaty of Versailles?
The Germans were horrified because this was not the fair peace treaty they had expected. They had been betrayed, they said, not just by the allies but also by their own politicians who had signed the armistice in November.

3. Who were the "November Criminals"?
The november criminals were the politicians because they had stabbed germany in the back by making peace with the alies.

4. Read chapter 5. Why didn't Field Marshal von Hindenburg and the other general fight instead of having the Weimar government sign the Treaty of Versailles?
There was no other way out but to sign the treaty. To fight would be suicide. Even though the treaty tok alot away from germany, it was a suicide to actually sign the treaty so they decided not too.

5. What were the major aspects of the Treaty that caused Germans to object so strongly to it?
Land: The treaty took a great deal of land away from Germany and gave it to her neighbours. It also cut the country into two,. Losing all this land meant losing people, factories, farms, mines. Germany lose 13.5 percent of her land, and 12.5 per cent of her population, 16 percent of her coal production, 15 percent of her faing production and 48 percent of her iron production.
Arms: The treaty said that the army was not allowed into Rhineland. It cut down the navy to six battleships and banned it from using submarines. The entire air force was scrapped.
War Guilt and repartions: Germany was guilty of starting the war. So the treaty also stated that she must pay reparations for making good the damage.