Problems for the Weimar republic
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- Created on: 01-06-15 16:29
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- Problems for the Weimar Republic (1918 - 1923)
- The Treaty of Versailles
- Was hated by the German people as there where harsh peace terms.
- As the Kaiser had abdicated before signing it the Weimar republic was blamed for signing it. Actually they had no choice
- They where branded as traitors and were knows as the 'November criminals' for stabbing their country in the back (dolchstoss)
- Had to pay reparations causing economic trouble
- The constitution
- Proportional Representation meant there were many small parties
- Coalition governments were unstable as there was little agreement - different parties want different things
- This led to difficulties in getting laws passed
- Hyperinflation - see other resources
- Attacks from the left
- The sparticist uprising in January 1919
- It was stopped by the Weimar government with help from the freikorps
- French occupy the Ruhr - see other resources
- Attacks from the Right - see other resources
- The Treaty of Versailles
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