Weimar Republic

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Mapa Mental en History, creado por FABRICIO PERRONE en 24/04/2019.
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Weimar Republic
  1. Weimar constitution
    1. German people
      1. Elected the president
        1. Controlled the armed force
          1. Appointed the chancellor
            1. Appointed the government ministers
            2. Appointed the judges (the Court)
        2. Hyperinflation
          1. Germany had no goods to trade
            1. The government saw a possible solution
              1. They printed money
                1. With so much money in circulation, it started to lose value
            2. Germans had to pay damages to the allies
              1. It was a lot of money and Germany didn’t have it
            3. Republic danger
              1. Ebert’s government had violent opposition from the left and right side
                1. Right
                  1. Anti-communist party
                    1. Conformed by ex-soldiers
                      1. They weren’t from the army because of the treaty of versailles
                    2. They were called the Freikorps
                    3. Left
                      1. Communist party called Spartacists
                        1. Rebel soldiers and sailors joined this group
                    4. It was called like these because the new government met in weimar
                      1. Berlin was too violent and scndalous
                      2. Stresemann
                        1. Achievements
                          1. Economy
                            1. Germany achieved same levels of production as before the war
                              1. He managed to pay reparations and Germany economy was good
                              2. Culture
                                1. Writers and poets flourished
                                  1. The 1920 was a golden era for German cinema
                                    1. Architects designed new exciting buidings
                                    2. Politics
                                      1. Politics were more stable
                                        1. Parties that supported Weimar were doing well
                                        2. Foreign policies
                                          1. He entered the League of Nations and reversed some terms of the treaty of Versailles
                                        3. Problems
                                          1. Economy
                                            1. There was a big social-economic difference within richs and poors
                                              1. Big businesses and landowners obtained lots of money
                                                1. Peasants were overproducing
                                                  1. They didn’t have enough demand for the food they produced
                                                2. Culture
                                                  1. Culture of the cities represented a moral decline
                                                    1. Because of American immigrants and and Jews
                                                  2. Politics
                                                    1. There were four different chancellors
                                                      1. About 30 percent of the votes went to parties opposing the republic
                                                      2. Foreign policy
                                                        1. Nationalists attacked Stresemann because he joined the league of nations
                                                          1. They saw this as an acceptance to the treaty of versailles
                                                    2. Ebert won elections in January 1919 after the kaiser went away
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