Weimar Republic 1919 - 1933
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- Created on: 18-04-14 14:39
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- Weimar Republic
- Founded: 1919
- Succeeded: Kaiser Wilhem II
- Capital: Weimar, Germany
- President: Elected every 7 years by people
- Chancellor: Appointed by the President on recemmondation of the Reichstag
- Reichstag (Lower House)
- Reichsrat (Upper House)
- German people: All could vote for President and Reichstag
- Reichstag (Lower House)
- Article 48 meant he could pass emergency measures without the Reichstag
- Chancellor: Appointed by the President on recemmondation of the Reichstag
- President: Ebert (1919 - 1925)
- Hindenburg (1925 - 1934)
- Chancellor: Scheidman (1919)
- Bauer (1919 - 1920)
- Cuno ('22 - '23
- Stresemann (1923)
- von Papen (1932)
- von Schliecher (1932 - 1933)
- von Papen (1932)
- Stresemann (1923)
- Cuno ('22 - '23
- Bauer (1919 - 1920)
- Crisises
- Spartakist Uprising (1919)
- Led by: Liebknecht and Luxemburg
- Solved by: Deploying the Friekorps
- Spartakists (Left-wing Communist party)
- Kapp Putsch (1920)
- Led by: Wolfgang Kapp
- Solved by: encouraging workers to go on strike
- Caused communication, production and transport to collapse
- Occupation of the Ruhr (1923)
- French and Belgian troops
- Industrial area would gain money for the French government
- Workers went on strike, losing money for both
- Industrial area would gain money for the French government
- Caused by failure to keep up with £6.6 billion (£284 billion today) reparations
- Industrial area would gain money for the French government
- Workers went on strike, losing money for both
- Industrial area would gain money for the French government
- French and Belgian troops
- Spartakist Uprising (1919)
- Economic Troubles
- Reparations - Totalled 132 billion Marks or £6.6 billion (£284 billion today)
- Hyperinflation - bad economy and foolish government
- Reparations - Totalled 132 billion Marks or £6.6 billion (£284 billion today)
- Great poverty and useless savings
- Hyperinflation - bad economy and foolish government
- Hyperinflation - bad economy and foolish government
- Political Instability
- 24 governments over the period of 14 years
- Many coalitions, few majority decisions by parliament
- 24 governments over the period of 14 years
- Extreme political groups
- Spartakists (Left-wing Communist party)
- Freikorps (Right-wing made up of decomissioned WWI troops
- Kapp Putsch (1920)
- Led by: Wolfgang Kapp
- Solved by: encouraging workers to go on strike
- Caused communication, production and transport to collapse
- Kapp Putsch (1920)
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