Was the Weimar republic doomed from the strat

Question 1

Did all Germans have the right to vote

Answer 1

yes even women could vote from 20

Question 2

what was the down side to having equal rights to vote

Answer 2

many enemies of the republic still had right to vote and they wanted to destroy it

Question 3

what electing method did the republic have

Answer 3

proportional representation

Question 4

y what was wrong with proportional representation

Answer 4

encouraged lots of small parties who would get a small number of MPS making it very difficult to form a strong government as coalitions had to be made

Question 5

what was article 48

Answer 5

allowed president right to set rules without the Reichstag

Question 6

crisis 1: occupation of the Rhur

Answer 6

1) Germany didn’t keep up with reparation payments
2) French determined to make Germany pay
3) January 1923 French and Belgium troops marched in to the Ruhr (most important industrial area)
4) German people in the area refused to work for the French in a passive resistance
5) Germany lost income from the area due to the passive resistance

Question 7

Crisis 2: inflation

Answer 7

1) German government did not have enough to pay for the cost of the passive resistance in the Ruhr
2) Germany just printed more money to solve this
3) when country prints money it doesn’t have, value of money goes up and prices go up
4) Had been happening since the Kaiser but got much worse in 1923
5) people who worked hard their whole life turned into beggers
6) people blaimed the Weimar republic

Question 8

Crisis 3: The Munich (Beer Hall) Putsch

Answer 8

1) September 1923 Chancellor Stresemann decided to end passive resistance to France
2) right wing found this a betrayal
3) Nazi party helped launch a revolution

Question 9

how the Weimar Republic dealt with the crises of 1923

Answer 9

1) August 1923 Stresemann became chancellor and called of passive resistance took courage to abandon
2) October government scrapped the old worthless money and introduced a new, temporary currency, which was strictly limited
3) To keep control of strongly left wing army order was given to depose of Saxony and Thuringia who were left wing. army was then asked to remove more dangerous right wing nationalists in Bavaria
4) November, German government agreed to resume reparations
dawes plan setup April 1924 made a huge loan available to Germany

Question 10

what were the achievements of the Weimar period

Answer 10

1) end of war
2) democracy allowed everyone equal rights to vote
3) removed a dictator