Weimar Republic Flashcards
(9 cards)
What event led to the creation of the Weimar Republic?
The abdication of the kaiser Wilhelm 2nd and germanys defeat in WW1
When was the Weimar constitution established?
August 1919
What voting system was used in the Weimar constitution
Proportional representation
What was article 48
Allowed the president to rule by decree in an emergency- essentially creating a dictatorship
Who was the first president of the Weimar Republic
Frederich Ebert
What was the “stab in the back” myth
When Germans believed they were winning the war due to propaganda and the fact they hadn’t been invaded.
They then blamed the loss on the social democrats and Jews
What was the spartacist uprising?
A communist revolt in jan 1919 led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl liebneckt
How was the spartacist uprising suppressed?
The freikorps
What was the kapp putsch
A failed right won’t coup against the Weimar government
