Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How was Germany run after WW1?
- The Weimar republic was the government who ran Germany after WW1
- The president
- Elected every 7 years
- Controlled armed forces
- Stayed out of the way of day to day running of the counrty
- In emergency could make laws without going through the Reichstag
- Article 48
- The chancellor
- responsible for the day to day running of the counrty
- Chosen by the president from the Reichstag
- Like a prim minister
- The Reichstag
- Parliament
- Voted on new laws
- Member elected every 4 years
- Through something called PR
- PR= Proportional representation
- This system helped small parties to have a say in parliament
- The German people
- Elected the president and the members of the reichstag
- All men and women over 20 could vote
- Adults had equal rights
- Also the right to free speech