Problems with Weimar Germany Flashcards

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Constitution (3)

A

~ president Ebert can take control without permission
~ president chooses chancellor (biases/ won’t get anything done if they have no control in constitution
~ unpopular

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Communists (3)

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~ started a lot of riots
~ try to take control and overthrow the government
~ popular

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3
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Treaty of Versailles

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limits their power/ weakens them

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4
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Collapsing Governments (proportional representation)

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~ decisions won’t get made

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5
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Hyper Inflation (2)

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~ value of money rapidly decreased

~ caused great poverty

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6
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Freikorps and Kapp

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Freikorps - ex soldiers which hate the Weimar right wing

Kapp - tries to lead a revolution

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7
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Munich Putsch

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~ Hitler gets imprisoned (not for long)

writes a book and uses trial for publicity

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