IBHL History HW P.S. i posted this to the wrong blog yesterday by accident

1. Using the documents in Chapter 1 as evidence, list the ways in which conditions in Germany worsened during the war.

• Higher food prices
• German soldiers started a mutiny
• Soldiers didn't agree with the war

2. Give two reasons why the war caused such bad conditions for German civilians.

• Food was scarce because most of the food was sent to feed the soldiers that were fighting for Germany. This caused many illegal anti-war protests.
• Food prices spiked making food harder to purchase especially for the woman who didn't work and their husbands were fighting in the was

3. After reading Chapter 2, give two reasons why Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated on November 10, 1918.

• Nobody would listen to his orders.
• Soldiers, workers and sailors were starting to revolt against him and the only way to stop it was to step down.

4. Using the information you have read in this chapter, give evidence to support the statement that there was "revolution all over Germany."

The soldiers, workers and sailors refused to listen to Kaiser and wouldn't work or follow orders until something changed or Kaiser stepped down.


5. Study the information about the German Socialists in Chapter 2, page 5. What did the three Socialist groups have in common?
They all wanted to increase workers' conditions.



6. In what ways were the Socialist groups different.
The social democratic party wanted to get it's point across by supporting the government. The Independent socialists wanted to do the same by opposing the government and the Spartacists want to get their point across by revolting against the government.



7. After reading Chapter 3 make a time chart of the events of the German Revolution from Nov. 10, 1918 to Jan. 15, 1919. You should be able to find six events.
11/10/1918- Governor was changed from kaiser to Friedrich Ebert
12/23/1918- Ebert was held hostage by gunpoint by 1000 hungry and underpaid sailors

12/31/1918- the Spartacists changed their name to German Communist Party

1/06/1919- the Spartacists started their revolution
1/10/1919- 2000 ex-soldiers attacked the spartacists
1/15/1919- Rosa Luxemberg and her fellow leader Karl Liebknecht were arrested
8. At what time would you say the Communists had their best chance of seizing power? Explain your answer.

When almost every German civilian, soldier and sailor started to revolt would have been the best time for communism to take over because the idea of equal food and wealth seems like it would very much appeal to the Germans at the time.