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Weimar Germany 1919: The Spartacists and the constitution
Preguntas del test (7)
1Who was the first president of Weimar Germany
- AEbert
- BHindenburg
2What did the Nationalists call those who signed the armistice in 1918?
- AThe November Criminals
- BThe traitors of Versailles
- CThe scapegoats
3Who tried to seize power in Berlin in January 1919?
- AWolfgang Kapp
- BThe Spartacists
4Who were the leaders of the Spartacists?
- AKapp and Ludendorf
- BLuxemburg and Liebknecht
5Who were the Friekorps?
- AThe German police
- BMercenaries made up of ex-soldiers
6Which of these statements are correct about the Weimar constitution? (6 correct answers)
- AMen and women aged over 18 could vote
- BMen and women aged over 21 could vote
- Cvoting was to be based on the system of proportional representation
- Dvoting was to be based on the British system of first past the post
- EThe parliament was the Reichstag
- FThe head of the government was the chancellor
- GThe head of state was the president
- HThe president had emergency powers known as article 231
- IThe president had emergency powers known as article 48
7What was the key weakness of the new constitution?
- Anot everyone could vote
- Bthe system of p.r. led to coallitions
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- These are revision questions for the Germany depth study: Was Weimar doomed from the start?
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- Chris Clayton
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- English
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