was the weimar republic domed from the start

Question 1

what was the impact of the first world war on the weirmar republic

Answer 1

.german army was defeated
. thousands dead
.national income 1/3 of what it was
. war left 600,000 widows
.shortage of food
.fighting between the right and left groups

Question 2

what were the main political parties in germany

Answer 2

. left wing- greater equality in society
.far left - communist
.right wing - capitlasim
. far right - wanted a strong army

Question 3

what were the strengths of the weimar republic

Answer 3

. stopped someone from taking power as president was elected every 7 years

. people gained more rights to vote

Question 4

what were the disadvantages of the weimar republic

Answer 4

. there were different parties leading to argument

. article 48 which meant that the president could pass laws under a state of emergency without the verification of his chancellor

Question 5

what were the threats from the left- spartacists

Answer 5

. rosa luxemburg lead a group called the spartacists

. caused a rebellion ‘

Question 6

what were the threats from the right

Answer 6

.dr Wolfgang Kapp lead 5000 freikorps (ex-soldiers) into a rebellion

Question 7

what effect did the treaty of versailles have

Answer 7

germany lost 10% of its land
. all of its overseas colonies
. 16% of its coal

Question 8

what were economic problems

Answer 8

. reperations

due to high reperations implemented it caused german to print money

. this excess printing caused hyperinflation

Question 9

what were the problems with the ruhr

Answer 9

due to high reperation costs and germany being in debt due to the war

they werent able to pay reperations leading to the french becoming impatient and and took good and resources from the german occupied ruhr as compensation

Question 10

what was stressemans impact on the economy

Answer 10

. allowed reperation payments to be spread out

. got 800million in loans from USA

. which allowed for money to be spent on rebuilding economy and increasing wages

Question 11

what did stresseman do in terms of politics

Answer 11

.no more attempted revolutioin from left or right wing

. the nazis gained 3% less votes

Question 12

what was the foreign policy

Answer 12

. promised not to change german borders

. allowing germany into the TOV

. changed some of the treaties rule in terms of germany being to blame

. removed foreign troops from rhineland