Germany Topic 1 Flashcards
When was the Weimar constitution finalised?
August 1919
What did the Kaiser do at the end of WW1?
He abdicated from his position
What was the Weimar constitution the first of in Germany?
A democracy
What age in Weimar Republic where women and men allowed to vote?
Age of 20
Who is the head of the government in Weimar Republic?
The chancellor
What did the chancellor have to have most surrport in?
They had to have support from most of the politicians in the Reichstag
What is proportional representation?
That the number of seats each party had in the Reichstag was based on the number of votes they got
What is Article 48?
Gave power to the president to suspend the Constitution in an emergency
What happened on June 1919?
Treaty of Versailles was signed ending WW1
What did the treaty of Versailles do to Germany?
Lost 13% of its land
48% of its iron
More than 6 million citizens were absorbed into other countries
Military terms include German army limited to 100,000 men
What is article 231?
The war guilt clause
What is the war guilt clause?
Stated that Germany had to accept blame for starting WW1
What does Diktat mean?
Dictated peace
What does Doltchtoss mean?
Stabbed in the back
Why did the Germans say Dolchtoss to politicians?
Because they signed the armistice
What did the politicians who signed the armistice known as?
The November Criminals
Who threatened the Weimar Republic?
The left and right wing groups
Why was the army weakened the government authority?
Because they where dependent on the army fro surrport it against a revolution
Who was the Sparticist League led by?
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxembourg
What did the sparticts league want?
Communist state
What happened on 6th January 1919 with spartcist uprising?
They attempted to overthrow the government but was put down by the Freikorps
What was the Kapp putch successful in?
1920 - successful in seizing control
What did President Ebert encourage and why?
The people of Berlin to go on strike, the trade unionists supported and the Kapp Putsch collapsed
What happened in Germany in 1923?
The French occupied the Ruhr
