The Formation of the Weimar Republic

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The First Elections for the Republic took place in...
January 1919
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How mamuch of the vote did the SPD win in the election?
38% of the vote
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Who met in February 1919 in the town of Weimar?
The National Assembly
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Why did they meet in Weimar?
Berlin wasn't safe
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Who was elected President by 277 votes to 51 on the 10th of February?
Fiedrich Ebert
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How often were Reichstage deputies elected?
Every Four Years
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What voting system was introduced?
Proportional Representation
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What difference was in the Reichsrat to the Bundesrat?
Each state had a maximum of 2/5 of seats to avoid Prussian Dominance
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How often were Presidental elections?
Every 7 years
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What was a major weakness of the constitution? Think elections
The PR system resulted in coalitions
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Who could the President over rule in a certain article in the constitution? What Article was this?
The Reichstag, Article 48
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How many aritcles were in the Treaty of Versailles?
440
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When was the eventual acceptance of the Treaty? Where was it?
28th June 1919, Versailles
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What was Germany's national debt in 1913?
5,000 million marks
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What was the national debt by 1919?
144,000 million marks
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By early 1920, a dollar was worth how many works?
100
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How much arable land was lost in the Versailles agreement?
almost 15%
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Germany lost a quarter of it's..
Coal production
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How much did German manufacturing output fall between 1914 and 1919?
30%
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What happened to the USPD in 1920?
It's members split into the KPD or the SPD
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How many members did the KPD have in 1920?
400,000
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Why wasn't the KPD a serious threat?
Limited working class support
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The DNVP represented which groups in Germany mainly?
The Conservatives
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Where did 'Volkish' groups get many of their members from?
Ex Soldiers
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Where did 'Volkish' groups get many of their members from?
Ex Soldiers
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Who met in February 1919 in the town of Weimar?

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Why did they meet in Weimar?

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