Aftermath of WWI
The Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Government.
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- Aftermath of WWI
- The Treaty of Versailles
- Signed on 28th June 1919
- Clauses for Germany
- War Guilt Clause- Article 231, Limits on armed forces (e.g 100,000 men), Reparations (£6600 million), lost its empire, German military banned from the Rhineland
- Germans hated the TOV, because: couldn't afford the reparations, lost industrial areas so couldn't rebuild, didn't accept full guilt, economic crisis, lost colonies, lost pride, often lived under foreign rule in new countries.
- War Guilt Clause- Article 231, Limits on armed forces (e.g 100,000 men), Reparations (£6600 million), lost its empire, German military banned from the Rhineland
- Germany devastated by WWI- millions dead/injured, were blamed so couldn't negotiate the TOV.
- The Weimar Republic
- Formed shortly after the Kaiser abdicated (ended the monarchy), in February 1919.
- Set up in Weimar, due to violence and instability in Berlin.
- Led by Friedrich Ebert, leader of the Social
Democrats, changing Germany into a republic. The new government was to be a
democracy.
- Originally refused to sign the TOV, but had no choice- Germany was to weak to resume the fighting.
- PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION: the number of seats a party wins is worked out as a proportion of the votes they win.
- Led to there being lots of parties in the Reichstag, making it difficult for any laws to be passed as it was very hard to get a majority.
- Had many problems, including difficulty finding a Chancellor who had the support of most of the Reichstag, having to accept the TOV, and outbreaks of trouble- as the population blamed Ebert's government for the TOV, not the monarchy.
- PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION: the number of seats a party wins is worked out as a proportion of the votes they win.
- Led to there being lots of parties in the Reichstag, making it difficult for any laws to be passed as it was very hard to get a majority.
- PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION: the number of seats a party wins is worked out as a proportion of the votes they win.
- Formed shortly after the Kaiser abdicated (ended the monarchy), in February 1919.
- The Treaty of Versailles
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