Political disorder under Weimar

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what was the voting system of the weimar republic?
Proportional representation
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who was the head of government?
the chancellor
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who was the head of state?
the president
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name 3 weaknesses of weimar:
always had to form coalitions which often collapsed, many of the german elite did not support the new government, and some extremist parties got more power by forming coalitions with bigger parties
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when was the spartacist uprising?
1919
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who were the leaders of the spartacist uprising?
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
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what kind of uprising was the spartacist uprising?
Communist
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what happened at the Spartacist uprising?
they took control of Berlin, the president and freikorps attacked them and street fighting followed for 3 days. the leaders were murdered.
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when was the Kapp Putsch?
1920
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who lead the kapp putsch?
Dr Kapp and the freikorps
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what kind of putsch was the kapp Putsch?
Nationalist
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what happened at the kapp putsch?
the freikorps overtook berlin, the army wouldn't fight them so the government fled, but people didn't like him so there was a general strike and Dr Kapp fled to sweden.
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when was the munich putsch?
1923
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who lead the munich putsch?
hitler and the nazis
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what kind of party were the nazis?
NATIONALIST :O
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what month was the Munich putsch?
november
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why did hitler and the nazis choose november 1923 to have the munich putsch?
because it was just after hyperinflation and so people had lost faith in the weimar republic and were looking for alternatives.
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what happened on the 8th of november 1923?
the nazis disrupted and meeting in munich beer hall and forced leaders to agree to take part in the putsch
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what happened on the 9th of november 1923?
hitler and general ludendorff lead 3000 nazis into munich, the police opened fir on them and 16 nazis were killed, hitler was arrested
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4 reasons the munich putsch was a failure
the nazi party was banned for several years, 16 nazis were killed, hitler was put in prison, it showed lack of support from the army or german people.
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4 reasons the munich putsch was a success
the nazis recieved widespread publicity, hitler realised the nazis would have to use the democratic process to gain power, hitler recieved a short sentence which shows people supported his ideas, hitler used his trial as a platform to spread nazi pr
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