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A Level History - Weimar Germany 1

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Document produced by President Wilson to act as a blueprint for peace after World War 1
The 14 Points
Signed 11 November 1918
Armistice
Appointed as Chancellor by the Kaiser at the start of October 1918
Prince Max of Baden
TWO constitutional reforms in October 1918 introduced by the Kaiser to get a better deal for Germany from the Allies
- Chancellor responsible to the Reichstag
- Army under control of the civil government
Prince Max wrote to President Wilson asking for an armistice (date)
3 October 1918
German general who was head of the German High Command and in practice running the country by 1918
Ludendorff
Naval port where mutiny took place 3 November 1918
Kiel
Largest political party in the Reichstag in 1918
SPD
Kaiser's abdication announced (date)
9 November 1918
Became new Republic's first Chancellor following resignation of Prince Max on 9 November 1918
Friedrich Ebert
Created as a result of Bavarian revolt on 8 November 1918
Bavarian Socialist Republic
Ebert-Groener Pact (10 November 1918)
- Government would leave army officers in place and resist Communism
- Army would support the government
First elections for the new Republic (date)
19 January 1919
Allowed in January 1919 to vote in elections for the very first time
Women
City where the new Constituent Assembly first met to agree a new constitution, giving its name to the Republic
Weimar
Reason Constituent Assembly did not meet in Berlin in January 1919
Unstable after the Spartacist Uprising
Elected by Constituent Assembly as first President of the Weimar Republic
Friedrich Ebert
Chancellor and leader of the first Weimar government
Philipp Scheidemann
THREE parties who formed a coalition to act as the first Weimar government
- SPD
- Centre Party
- DDP
Electoral system which allocates seats [in parliament/Reichstag] to political parties based on the relative number of votes they received
Proportional representation
Main weakness of proportional representation system
Coalition governments
Main benefit of proportional representation (for smaller parties)
Able to win Reichstag seats
Part of the Weimar Constitution giving the President emergency powers to rule by decree and pass laws without needing to consult the Reichstag
Article 48
The SECOND chamber of the German Parliament, made up of 67 representatives from the 17 separate states which made up Germany
Reichsrat
German Presidential term (length)
7 years
Reichstag electoral term (length - in theory)
4 years
Percentage of the electorate needed for a referendum to be called by 'people's request'
10
Forbidden under the Weimar constitution
Censorship
Promised by the Weimar constitution concerning the rights of German citizens
All Germans are equal before the law
German word for the 17 local states of Germany
Länder
System of government where all power is concentrated in the hands of one person (e.g. the Kaiser)
Autocracy
Number of times Ebert used Article 48 powers during his presidency
136
Action President could take if the Reichstag refused to agree to a decree
Threaten to dissolve the Reichstag and call new elections
Ebert's abuse of Article 48 powers
Used to override opposition in the Reichstag
THREE undemocratic institutions whose members kept their positions under the new Weimar constitution
- Army
- Judiciary
- Civil service
Social class from which army officers, senior civil servants and judges were recruited
Aristocracy
Appointed commander in chief of the German army in 1920
Hans Von Seeckt
Part of Weimar constitution guaranteeing independence of the judges
Article 54
Penalty for anyone who tried to overthrow the Republic by force (according to Weimar constitution)
Life imprisonment
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