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Setting up of the Weimer Republic and its weaknesses
- 3 main Phases
- Phase A 1918-23
- The W.R struggled to deal with end of WW1
- Also the Treaty of Versailles and oppositions form
extreme groups
- Also the Treaty of Versailles and oppositions form
extreme groups
- The W.R struggled to deal with end of WW1
- Phase B 1924-28
- 'The Golden Twenties'
- US loans helped rebuild German industry
- Use membership of League of nations to renegotiate the T.o.V
- Extreme Groups have less influence
- Extreme Groups have less influence
- Use membership of League of nations to renegotiate the T.o.V
- US loans helped rebuild German industry
- 'The Golden Twenties'
- Phase C 1929-33
- With Wall St. Crash, Great depression and political
changes the W.R fall
- Nazis seize power
- Nazis seize power
- With Wall St. Crash, Great depression and political
changes the W.R fall
- Phase A 1918-23
- What was the Weimar Republic?
- New government in 1918
- Before this its was the Keiser Wilhelm II who ruled
- Britain, France, and U.S refuse to negotiate unless he step down
- Starvation caused by navel blockade
- CHAOS
- Armed soldiers and factory workers took control of many cities
- Wanted Kaiser out!
- He was persuaded by his military advisers to abdicate (step down)
- Went from a monarchy to a republic
- Went from a monarchy to a republic
- He was persuaded by his military advisers to abdicate (step down)
- Wanted Kaiser out!
- Armed soldiers and factory workers took control of many cities
- CHAOS
- Britain, France, and U.S refuse to negotiate unless he step down
- Before this its was the Keiser Wilhelm II who ruled
- Roles
- President: Elected every 7 years by the electorate
- He had control of the army
- Took power is in a emergency
- Elected the Chancellor
- Elected the Chancellor
- Took power is in a emergency
- He had control of the army
- Chancellor: President decides when elected
- Has to have support of majority (over 51%) of the politicians in the Reichstag
- Has to have support of majority (over 51%) of the politicians in the Reichstag
- The Reichstag: The German parliament
- It makes laws
- MPs are voted for by the German electorate
- Proportional Representations
- This means parties get the same % of seats as their % of national vote
- This means parties get the same % of seats as their % of national vote
- Proportional Representations
- MPs are voted for by the German electorate
- It makes laws
- Electorate
- All German adults could vote could vote
- Elections for the Reichstag took place every 4 years
- Elections for the Reichstag took place every 4 years
- All German adults could vote could vote
- President: Elected every 7 years by the electorate
- New government in 1918
- Weakness of the Constitution
- Article 48
- It wasn't democratic
- A weak president into using it too often by a strong chancellor
- A weak president into using it too often by a strong chancellor
- It wasn't democratic
- Article 48
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