| A | B |
|---|
| Gustav Noske | SPD Minister of Defence |
| Reichswehr | Germany's army |
| Friedrich Ebert | Leader of the SPD |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Abdicated in 1918 |
| Rosa Luxemburg | Spartacist leader |
| Leader of the USPD | Hugo Haase |
| Hugo Preuss | Chief author of the Weimar Constitution |
| Kapp Putsch | March 1920 |
| Armistice | November 11th 1918 |
| Walther Rathenau | Foreign Minister assassinated in June 1922 |
| Wolfgang Kapp | Leader of a right-wing attempt to overthrow the government |
| Reichsbanner | SPD paramilitary organisation |
| Freikorps | Paramilitary groups formed by ex-servicemen |
| Matthias Erzberger | Assassinated in August 1921 |
| Dolchstoss | 'Stab-in-the Back' |
| Putsch | Violent seizure of power |
| Friedrich Ebert | First President of the Weimar Republic |
