Chapter+3+Vocab+Review

Anything on this list is a term located in the chapter 3. This chapter is titled "The Threats to Weimar 1919-1923" and these terns refer to the Weimar Republic in Germany during the time between 1919-1923. The Weimar constitution was written to layout the Weimar republic which was the German government in between World War 1 and HItler's rise in the power.
 * __Chapter 3 Vocab Review__**


 * __Article 48-__** Article in Weimar Constitution that says the head of state has authority to suspend civil rights in a crisis


 * __Marxism__**- The ideology of Carl Marx that states that the working classes will overthrow the industrial classes by revolution and create classless society. Generally, it is a redistribution of resources to eliminate social class. It sprung forms of government such as socialism and communism. Some left wing groups felt this was the way to go when planning a revolution.


 * __November Criminals-__** Right wing label for pacifists and criminals or, specifically, those who signed the November Armistice. It vilified any people who supported a democratic republic.


 * __White Terror__**- Anti-Communist thuggery. It was common in Bavaria among opponents of communists.


 * __Red Threat__-** A fear of communist revolution and it described anyone sympathetic to the left.


 * __Kapp Putsch-__** A military coup that attempted to create a new government. The Freikorp had some uneasiness within the ranks, so two brigades were led by Wolfgang Kapp to march on Berlin. The Putsch lasted only six days but it proved that the Republic had major weaknesses.


 * __Munich Beer Hall Putsch__**- Hitler's drunken midnight thuggery.Shortly after Mussoilini's "March on Rome", Hitler attempted a "March on Berlin". Two major players in Hitler's plan backed out, out of fear of failure. Hitler pressed on anyway. The Putsch failed miserably and Hitler was arrested for treason.

__**Reactionary**__- Term meaning opposing change and wanting to return to traditional ways. Bavaria was a place that had a reactionary state government.


 * __Sparticists__**- German Bolsheviks

__**Authoriatarianism**__- Government maintained by strong non-democratic leadership.