As the war went on what did the german people suffer from?
Food and fuel shortages, German money lost its value, their potato crop failed and 6 million soldiers were killed or wounded.
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Even though the Germans were suffereing what did they still believe?
That they would still win the war.
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In november 1918 an armistise was signed ending the war, what is this?
It is an agreement made by opossing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce
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Germany had been beaten, what happened to the old ruler- The Kaiser?
He had to leave the country as the victorious allies would not deal with him.
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A new government as set up, what was it called?
The Weimar Republic
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What was the Weimars constitution?
It was democratic, where the people voted for their leaders. It had a president, the first was called Ebert. It also had a chancellor which was the head of the government and it had a Reichstag(parliament) which was voted for by the people.
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Why was the government unstable?
It was unstable because of its voting system- Proportional Representation as this meant that to form a government a political party needed 50% of the vote, which was pretty much impossible.
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What did parties do to form a government?
To form a givernment, parties had to work hard together in what was called coalition governments
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What was wrong with coalition governments?
The parties would fall out all the time and so this meant the governments would change all the time.
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What is article 48?
Article 48 was a rule which allowed the president to make laws on his own in an emergency.
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What was bad about article 48?
The president got to decide what was an emergency. so the president could act as a dictator.
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Who where the left wing eniemes(who wanted change) of the Weimar Republic?
Socialists, Communists and Sparticists
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Who were the right wing enimes(who didnt like Weimar) of the Weimar Republic?
Freikorps and Nazis
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In 1919 who lead the sparticists in trying to set up a communist government?
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebnecht
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Who were they defeated by?
They were defeated by ex-soldiers called the free corps which were a volunteer army.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Even though the Germans were suffereing what did they still believe?
Back
That they would still win the war.
Card 3
Front
In november 1918 an armistise was signed ending the war, what is this?
Back
Card 4
Front
Germany had been beaten, what happened to the old ruler- The Kaiser?
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