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The Early Years of the Weimar Republic: Worksheet
1. The Armistice and the Treaty of Versailles
a. How was the reputation of the Weimar Republic damaged by signing the
Armistice of 1918?
b. Why did the Weimar Republic sign an Armistice with the Allies in 1918?
2. The Constitution
a. What were the main features of the Weimar Constitution?
b. Why did Germany become a Republic at the end of World War One?
c. Was the Constitution a weakness or a strength of the Republic?
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4. Ideologies
Match the ideology to the correct definition below:
Ideology
Communism
Socialism
Fascism
Capitalism
Nationalism
Which appeals most to you?
Definition
a way of organizing a society in which a
government ruled by a dictator controls
the lives of the people and in which
people are not allowed to disagree with
the government
a feeling that people have of being loyal
to and proud of their country often with
the belief that it is better and more
important than other countries
a way of organizing an economy so that
the things that are used to make and
transport products (such as land, oil,
factories, ships, etc.) are owned by
individual people and companies rather
than by the government
a way of organizing a society in which
major industries are owned and
controlled by the government rather than
by individual people and companies.
Wealth is redistributed.
a way of organizing a society in which
the government owns the things that are
used to make and transport products
(such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.)
and there is no privately owned
property —compare
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The Early Years of the Weimar Republic: Worksheet
1a. Why did the Republic sign an
armistice in 1918?
Military
Political
Social
Document 1:
The Armistice
A betrayal of
Germany?
1b. How was the reputation of the
Republic affected by signing the
armistice?
November
Stab in the
Berlin >
Criminals
Back
Weimar
Ebert
Document 2:
The
Constitution
A betrayal of
the workers?
Article 48:
PR
(Proportional
Representatio
n):
2a. Good
Points
2b. Bad Points
4a. Reaction of
Sailors
4b. Reaction of
politicians
Document 3:
The Treaty
of Versailles
A betrayal of
the soldiers?
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3. Result 1: Left-Wing Rebellion
5. Result 2: Right-Wing
Rebellion
Rosa Luxemburg
Wolfgang Kapp
Name of group
Names of leaders
What do they want?
3
a
5a
What do they do?
How are they
defeated?
3
b
What damage do
they do to the
Republic?
5b
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5. Revolts and Rebellions
a. Why were there so many uprisings in Germany in the years 1919-22?
b. How similar were the Spartacist and Freikorps rebellions?