weimar

Question 1

president

Answer 1

elected every 7 years

Question 2

article 48

Answer 2

allowed president to overrule government

Question 3

strengths

Answer 3

genuine democracy (over 20s could vote)
no one group/person had too much power

Question 4

weaknesses

Answer 4

weak coalitions were the only way to gain power
article 48 meant pres could bypass democracy
strong german states had power through reichsrat

Question 5

political assassinantions

Answer 5

376 between 1919 and 23

Question 6

reparation timeline

Answer 6

unable to pay
1922-stopped paying
1923- france + belgium seize Ruhr
-take money owed in form of exports like coal
Ebert told workers to go on strike
france brought in own workers
132 people killed over 8 months
150k germans forced out of homes in ruhr

Question 7

early challenges

Answer 7

tov 1919
germany war guilt clause (article 231)
£6.6 billion reparations
germany lost 13% of land and 12.5% population
army limited (100k soldiers)
rhineland demilitarised
DOLCHSTOSS - stab in the back
spartacist jan 1919
kapp putsch march 1920

Question 8

hyperinflation

Answer 8

1923-print too much money to pay reps
debts worth 175% of national output
bread cost 200,000 billion marks in 1923
affected people with savings
benefitted farmers and people with debt

Question 9

Rentenmark

Answer 9

set up by streseman in nov 23

Question 10

reichsmark

Answer 10

renamed from rentenmark
stopped hyperinflation

Question 11

dawes plan

Answer 11

1924
usa loaned over 800mil to germany
rep installments temporarily made £50mil/yr
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Question 12

young plan

Answer 12

1929
lower reps from 6.6 bil to 2bil

Question 13

unemployed women

Answer 13

75% in 1918
26% in 1925

Question 14

locarno pact 1925

Answer 14

germany recognised borders with france
+ rhineland demilitarisation

Question 15

league of nations

Answer 15

1926
germany invited to join

Question 16

kellog briand pact

Answer 16

1928
agreed to disarm
not use war to solve disagreements
germany bitter abt ToV and LoN
communist + nazi party support dropped

Question 17

improvements in 1927

Answer 17

insurance set up for unemployed / ill germans
wages increased, working hours shortened
rise of expression in art (and film)
divorce easier and more common for women
112 women in reichstag

Question 18

new homes

Answer 18

25-29 100,000 new homes built
still struggled with house shortages