A system of government that allows people to have a vote.
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Weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution
Proportional Representation and Article 48
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Proportional Representation
Instead of voting for an MP, as is done in Britain, Weimar Germans voted for a party. Each party was then allocated seats in the Reichstag exactly reflecting (proportional to) the number of people who had voted for it.
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Article 48
This said that, in an emergency, the president did not need the agreement of the Reichstag, but could issue decrees
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Decree
Laws passed by one minister in a parliament, which have not been approved by the majority in parliament.
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Treaty of Versailes
The peace treaty signed by the Allies and Germany at the end of the First World War, on 28 June 1919.
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Communist
Supporters of the communist movement or party.
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Reparation
Monetary compensation from an individual, group or state to compensate victims.
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1923
Hyperinflation
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Fuhrer
The idea that there should be a single leader with complete power rather than a democracy.
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Autarky
The idea that Germany should be economically self-sufficient.
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A Strong Germany
The Treaty of Versailles should be abolished and all German-speaking people united in one country.
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Germany Was In Danger
From Communists and Jews, who had to be destroyed.
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Lebensraum
The need for 'living space' for the German nation to expand.
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Social Darwinism
The idea that the Aryan race was superior and Jews were 'subhuman'.
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Propaganda
Information designed to persuade people to adopt a particular point of view.
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8th November 1923
Munich Putsch
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27th February 1933
Reichstag Fire
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5th March 1933
General Election
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30th June 1934
Night of the Long Knives
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A system of government that allows people to have a vote.
Back
Democratic
Card 3
Front
Proportional Representation and Article 48
Back
Card 4
Front
Instead of voting for an MP, as is done in Britain, Weimar Germans voted for a party. Each party was then allocated seats in the Reichstag exactly reflecting (proportional to) the number of people who had voted for it.
Back
Card 5
Front
This said that, in an emergency, the president did not need the agreement of the Reichstag, but could issue decrees
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