Germany GCSE History key terms Wjec

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Republic	A government in which supreme power is represented by elected people.
Weimar Republic	After the Kaiser abdicated, a new government was formed in November 1918. They met in the town of Weimar, hence the Name.
Proportional Representation	The number of votes you get directly determines the number of seats you get in government.
Reichstag	The German parliament.
Coalition government	A government made up of two or more parties.
Reparations	War damages to be paid by Germany
Putsch	A political uprising
November Criminals	The politicians that agreed the signing of the armistice in Nov 1918.
Bolshevists or Bolsheviks	Follows of Lenin, A communist revolution in Russia (Feb 1917).
Hitler youth	A youth organisation to convert young Germans to Nazis policies. Set up in 1925.

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