Problems with Weimar Germany Flashcards
Constitution (3)
~ president Ebert can take control without permission
~ president chooses chancellor (biases/ won’t get anything done if they have no control in constitution
~ unpopular
Communists (3)
~ started a lot of riots
~ try to take control and overthrow the government
~ popular
Treaty of Versailles
limits their power/ weakens them
Collapsing Governments (proportional representation)
~ decisions won’t get made
Hyper Inflation (2)
~ value of money rapidly decreased
~ caused great poverty
Freikorps and Kapp
Freikorps - ex soldiers which hate the Weimar right wing
Kapp - tries to lead a revolution
Munich Putsch
~ Hitler gets imprisoned (not for long)
writes a book and uses trial for publicity