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Mind Map by Tamara Lancaster, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tamara Lancaster
almost 9 years ago
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Early years of the Weimar Republic
- Why were they facing so many problems?
- Germany was politically
unstable after the Kaiser
abdictated. the country was
not used to the democracy
- The Weimar republic was lead by
weak governments
- People thought the new
government had betrayed
Germany by surrendering in
WW1
- Opposition parties tried to
take over the new republic
- Radicals (like Adolf hiter ) hated
the new Republic and wanted to
destroy it
- Germany was politically
unstable after the Kaiser
abdictated. the country was
not used to the democracy
- The Weimar Constitution
- The president
- Elected every 7 years . Appoints chancellor . Can use
Article 48 which meant that in an emergency the
President could pass any law without asking the
Reichstag ( Reichastag is the german Parliment )
- Elected every 7 years . Appoints chancellor . Can use
Article 48 which meant that in an emergency the
President could pass any law without asking the
Reichstag ( Reichastag is the german Parliment )
- The Chancellor
- Appointed by the president. Needs support
from the majority of the Reichstag
- Appointed by the president. Needs support
from the majority of the Reichstag
- The Reichstag
- Same as our House of Commons. They
have the power to pass ( or reject )
changes to the law. Elected by
proportional representation every 4
years
- Same as our House of Commons. They
have the power to pass ( or reject )
changes to the law. Elected by
proportional representation every 4
years
- The Electrate ( The German voters )
- All adults over the age of 20 could vote for president and Reichstag
- All adults over the age of 20 could vote for president and Reichstag
- The president
- Strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar constitution
- Strengths
- Political parties
recieved the same
percentage of seats as
they did votes
- Role of the president of
the Weimar Republic was
strong
- Political parties
recieved the same
percentage of seats as
they did votes
- Weaknesses
- A lot of parties in
the Parliment
- Weak governments
- President had TOO
MUCH power
- Opposition parties were
allowed to critise the
governement
- Traditional instituations
werent reformed
- A lot of parties in
the Parliment
- Strengths
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