Weimar Consitution

Question 1

What was article 48

Answer 1

It was a law that allowed the president to suspend the constitution in an emergency. He could make laws and keep chancellor in office without the support of the Reichstag.

Question 2

Who was the chancellor

Answer 2

Chosen by the President. Had to have support of a majority of the Reichstag

Question 3

Who was the president

Answer 3

President could dismiss and call new elections
Elected every 7 years

Question 4

Army

Answer 4

President was supreme commander of the army

Question 5

Voters

Answer 5

Men and women over the age of 20

Question 6

Reichstag

Answer 6

421 members (1919)
647 members (1933)
Elected every four years.
More important than the Reichsrat. Could make laws.
Chancellor had to have support of majority of its members
(Deputy- MP)

Question 7

Reichstrat

Answer 7

55 representatives from the
18 German states.
Could not make laws, but could approve laws proposed by the Chancellor and the Relehstag.

Question 8

Proportional Representation (weakness)

Answer 8

Each party got the same percentage of seats in the Reichstag compared to the percentage of votes they got in an election.
But the problem was with so many parties it was hard to make decisions as they all wanted different things .

Question 9

Bill of rights

Answer 9

This guaranteed every German citizen freedom of speech, religion and equality under law.

Question 10

Democratic Germany (weakness)

Answer 10

Many were suspicious of the Weimar because Germany had never been in a democracy.
And many extremist parties rejected the idea which lost some of the country’s support