Origins of the Republic 1918-1919
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- Created on: 23-09-21 18:10
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- THE ORIGINS OF THE REPUBLIC 1918-19
- LEGACY OF WW1
- WW1-1914-18 8mill G fought, 2 mill died, 4 mill wounded= 55% casualties 750,000 citizens died, coz food shortages
- 1914- 50 bill marks debt 1918- 150 bill marks debt, trebled
- GERMAN REVOLUTION- NOV 1918
- End of Oct- German navy mutiny
- 9 Nov- Kaiser Wilhelm91888-1918) abdicated
- 10 Nov- New republic under Chancellor Ebert
- 11 Nov- Armistice signed by Ebert's representative Matthias Erzberger
- SETTING UP THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
- July 31 1919- National assembly, 262 votes to 75, Weimar Republic governed by a constitution
- STRENGTHS - Democratic, Article 1= both can vote age 25 reduced to 21,-proportional representation -President( appoints chancellor)=7years Reichstag=4years -Free speech - Freedom of religious belief
- WEAKNESSES: -Article 48= emergency presidential decrees -Coalition Gov.= weak, short lived - Army general and judges same as those who served Kaiser and opposed WR
- LEGACY OF WW1
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