Chalenges facing Ebert when he took over Germany in 1918

Social Challenges

• Germany has a revolution that made Germany a democratic republic - The Weimar Republic.
• Woman were called up to work, many people saw this as damaging to the traditional family values and society as a whole.
• There was a major gap between the rich and the poor.

Economic challenges

• Huge gaps between the rich and the poor.
• national income was 1/3 was it used to be.
• factories were becoming rich off of the war while families would suffer because the husband would die in the war leaving the wife to look after many children.

Political challenges

• Kaiser was abdicated
• most politisions were unenthusiastic about the changes in the government.

The impact of the war

• Germany was virtually bankrupt.
• The war had deepened divisions in german society.
• Million could not support themselves or their own kids because of dead family members.