Germany-Weaknesses of the Weimer Republic

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Give two weaknesses of the Weimer Republic?

1)System of voting-use of proportional representation to elect members of the Reichstag 2)coalition government- the use of PR meant that parties obtained seats in the Reichstag in direct proportion to the total number of votes cast for them.

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Give two weaknesses of the Weimer Republic?

1)Appointment of Chancellor- the chancellor was appointed by president and was meant to be leader to largest party but Hindenburg changed that. 2)Frequent changed of government-during the Republic there were nine elections this created a weak goverm

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Give one weakness of the Weimer Republic?

Power of president-during time of crisis the president could use Article 48 of the constitution to declare the state of emergency and rule by presidential decree. This was dangerous

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Until the appointment of Hitler most Chancellors came from moderate parties yet?

they ruled over Reichstag's which included extreme parties such as the communists and Nazi's both of them which wanted to destroy the Republic

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What does proportional representation mean?

System where the number of voted won in an election directly determines the number of seats in parliment

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What does Reichstag mean?

The German parliment

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What does coalition government mean

A government made up of two or more political parties

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