History Flashcards
When was the Weimar Constitution finalised?
August 1919
Did Germany have democracy before the Weimar?
No
What is proportional representation?
Number of votes they had in the Reichstag,was based on number of seats they got
What was article 48?
Gave powers to the president to make laws without the Weimar’s judgement in an emergency
What was Article 231-the war guilt clause?
Germany had to accept the blame for starting the war in 1914
What does diktat mean?
Dictated peace-the Versailles was nothing more than a dictated peace
What was Dolchtoss?
Meant -Stabbed in the back,used to describe many politicians who signed the armistice
What were the politicians who signed the armistice known as?
November criminals
The Spartacist league was led by?
Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
What happened on January 1919?
The sparticist’s attempted to overthrow the Weimar Government and was put down by the Freikorps
