HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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a general strike across the entire nation
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a belief that Germany was stabbed in the back by the peace settlement
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Communist uprisings by the Sparticists and Rosa Luxembourg
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A constitution that could allow one person to rule by decree
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Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. The Weimar Republic faced many problems. Perhaps the greatest danger was ‘the weakness within’-the constitution gave the President, the states and the army too much power, whilst proportional voting meant that the Reichstag was divided and weak.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Weimar Republic was Germany’s government from 1919 to 1933, the period after World War I until the rise of Nazi Germany. It was named after the town of Weimar where Germany’s new government was formed by a national assembly after Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 1920s were a difficult and unstable time for Germany. As well as having to come to terms with the Treaty of Versailles’ punishments, it was a time of invasion, economic decline, putsches (rebellions) but also a huge growth in cultural freedoms and political rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Weimar Republic was weak due to inherent constitutional irregularities such as proportional representation and Article 48 (which gave the President the power to impose emergency and rule by decree).
Detailed explanation-5: -The Treaty of Versailles. Germany’s reparations burden. Conspiracy theories. The Weimar Constitution. Weimar’s electoral system. The problems of minority government. Militarism, nationalism and authoritarianism. More items •14-Oct-2019