gdr ; est rule ; extent gdr democracy ; volkskammer + landerkammer 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryGDRA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ilovetheofficeCreated on: 04-05-18 16:34 in original '49 constitutions elections were to be held how often? every 4yrs 1 of 38 first elections held in what year? '52 2 of 38 with how many members? 500 3 of 38 did other political parties run? yes 4 of 38 was there any contest in elections? nah not even 5 of 38 what did sed do with number of seats for each party? predetermine before elction 6 of 38 most other political parties had to accept leading control of sed in what of political parties 'national bloc' 7 of 38 volkskammer also included reps from mass orgs e.g? fdj / dwf 8 of 38 whichwere all co-ordinated as? 'national front of the gdr' 9 of 38 turnouts in elections often over what %? 90% 10 of 38 this in reality was a reflection of what? voting was compulsory 11 of 38 and what happened to those that failed to vote? fined / imprisoned 12 of 38 how did electors vote? take piece of paper with predetermined name on it and drop it in the ballot box 13 of 38 if voter didn't wish to approve the candidate what would they do? cross out candidates name but had to do so in separate voting booth w/o secrecy 14 of 38 what could consequences for this be? loss job / uni place / close stasi surveillance 15 of 38 only way of voting for alternative was by doing what? leaving the country 16 of 38 how did they give the appearance the volkskammer was a body of differing political orgs? president of it usually not from sed 17 of 38 what was their job? pass legislatioon 18 of 38 but mainly in practice just dd wht? approved laws already decided by sed politburo 19 of 38 how often did it meet? only for few dayseach year 20 of 38 sign of? lack of power 21 of 38 LANDERKAMMER DGDG 22 of 38 means? states chamber 23 of 38 where volkskammer means? people's chamber 24 of 38 represented how many historic german states in gdr? 5 25 of 38 made up of representatives from where? assemblies of different lander 26 of 38 and operated on same principles as? volkskammer 27 of 38 with reps chosen frmo? range political parties 28 of 38 on what basis? predetermined (shocker) 29 of 38 and who dominant? sed (another shocker) 30 of 38 role was that of upper house, how? had power to suggest new laws and veto any of the laws approved by 31 of 38 in practice what did it act as? another rubber-stamp for politburp 32 of 38 did it ever use its veto power? no 33 of 38 incersaing frg/gdr differences led to lander being abolished when? '52 34 of 38 then replaced with how many bezirke? 14 35 of 38 each of which under control of? sed member 36 of 38 smaller regions made it easier for gov to do what? suppress dissent / prevent regional power stronghold 37 of 38 whne was the landderkammer abolished? '58 38 of 38
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