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History in Depth Study - Germany
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History in Depth Study - Germany
WEIMAR REPUBLIC
- WEAKNESSES
- Article 48
- Article 48 allowed the president in desperate measures do anything that they could to lead the country and they didnt need permission from the Reichstag
- Article 48
- STRENGTH
- Proportional Represenation
- Proportional representation is an electoral system in which the distribution of seats corresponds closely with the proportion of the total votes cast for each party.
- elected Reichstag
- Proportional Represenation
- WEAKNESSES
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
- Germany were blamed for the war
- Forced to accept the blame and they were punished severely at the Paris Peace Conference and they were made to pay 6.6 billion pounds to France
- November Criminals
- People who signed the agreement to the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Confrerence
- Violence in Germany
- S P A R T A C I S T S
- F R E I K O R PS
- Germany were blamed for the war
K A P P - P U T S C H
- Aimed to set up a new government because they were annoyed at the November Criminals for signing the Treaty of Versailles
- About 356 people died
H Y P E R I N F L A T I O N
- The sudden flood of paper money into the economy, on top of the general strike - which meant that no goods were manufactured, so there was more money, chasing fewer goods - combined with a weak economy ruined by the war, all resulted in hyperinflation.
- Lead to fights and rebellions
- decrease in the Marks - German money
- Prices ran out of control - bread rose from 250 marks to 200,000 million marks
- The sudden flood of paper money into the economy, on top of the general strike - which meant that no goods were manufactured, so there was more money, chasing fewer goods - combined with a weak economy ruined by the war, all resulted in hyperinflation.