Strengths and Weaknesses of Weimar Gov

Question 1

positives of the president

Answer 1

brings stability and protects country in a time of crisis

Question 2

what is proportional representation and how is it good

Answer 2

each party gets the same proportion of seats as the proportion of votes; make it fair and democratic

Question 3

how is the president a weakness

Answer 3

has too much power ; could turn into a dictator

Question 4

how is proportional representation bad(3)

Answer 4

1) encouraged small extremist party’s like the Nazis
2) no party large enough to be majority
3) coalition governments are usually weak and short lived