The Weimar Republic
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- Weimar Constitution(1918-1929)
- Strengths
- Was a genuine democracy.
- All men and women over the age of 20 could vote.
- Strong because no one person/group could hold too much power.
- Was a genuine democracy.
- Weaknesses
- Proportional representation meant weak coalitions were only way to gain power and lead Germany.
- Article 48 meant the President could bypass democracy.
- Birth of the constitution
- More democratic government created by Kaiser.
- Kaiser lost support of his military and then his advisors.
- He was forced to abdicate and fled.
- Kaiser lost support of his military and then his advisors.
- The German Republic was born.
- Ebert(president) admitted defeat and signed the armistice with the allies.
- More democratic government created by Kaiser.
- Strengths
- More democratic government created by Kaiser.
- Kaiser lost support of his military and then his advisors.
- He was forced to abdicate and fled.
- Kaiser lost support of his military and then his advisors.
- The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
- Paying £6.6 billion reparations to the allies.
- Loss of land in Europe and all German colonies. Germany lost 10% 0f its land and 12.5% of its population.
- Weimar Constitution(1918-1929)
- Strengths
- Was a genuine democracy.
- All men and women over the age of 20 could vote.
- Strong because no one person/group could hold too much power.
- Was a genuine democracy.
- Weaknesses
- Proportional representation meant weak coalitions were only way to gain power and lead Germany.
- Article 48 meant the President could bypass democracy.
- Birth of the constitution
- The German Republic was born.
- Ebert(president) admitted defeat and signed the armistice with the allies.
- The German Republic was born.
- Strengths
- Accepting full responsibility for the war(Article 231 the 'War Guilt Clause').
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