February 1919 in weimar a small town outside of Berlin
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Why couldnt they do it in Berlin ?
was to dangerous because their had been a revolt by a Communist group called the Spartacists
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What did the Weimar republic want to create ?
The perfect democratic country
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What is the reichstag ?
Germanys parliment
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What was Article 48 ?
n an emergency, the president did not need the agreement of the Reichstag, but could issue decrees
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What is a Decrees ?
laws passed by one minster in parliament without the others having to argree
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What was proportional representation?
Germany votes for party and each party have the number of seats in the reichstag based on the amount of people who voted for them
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why was this an issue ?
t was a disaster it resulted in dozens of tiny parties, with no party strong enough to get a majority, and, therefore, no government to get its laws passed in the Reichstag. This made it a mayor weakness
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What was the bill of rights ?
very German citizen freedom of speech and religion, and equality under the law
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What were all men and woman aged 20+ given ?
The vote
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What else was positives about the new democtic government ?
There was an elected president and an elected Reichstag andThe Reichstag made the laws and appointed the government, which had to do what the Reichstag wanted
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why did people resented the government?
For signing the treaty of verbalise and and argreeing to it people in germany thought it was an unfair deal
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What was the treaty of Versailles ?
The peace treaty signed by Germany and its allies at the end of ww1
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Why was Germany in chaos between 1918-1919?
People were starving, the Kaiser had fled and people hated the government for signing the armistice in November 1918 - they called them the November criminals. Bands of soldiers called Freikorps refused to disband and formed private armies. It was no
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Why couldnt they do it in Berlin ?
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was to dangerous because their had been a revolt by a Communist group called the Spartacists
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