1. End of WW1 Creation of Weimar Republic

• What was the Armistice and when was it signed?


  It marked the end of fighting in World War I, November 11, 1918
• Who abdicated the throne on the 9th of November 1918?


  Kaiser Wilhelm II
• What was the Reichstag?


  German Parliament
• What was the name of the first president of the Weimar Republic? 


  Friedrich Ebert
• Name two powers the president had in the Weimar Republic


  Commander of the army

  Use article 48(make laws without the Reichstag)

  Choose a Chancellor
• Give two ways the new constitution was democratic


  -It was a republic

  -All men and women over 20 could vote

  -German people(electorate) chose the President
• Who could vote in the elections in Germany after 1919?


  Men and Women over the age of 20
• What was the name of the voting system in the Weimar Republic?

  Proportional Representation
• What did Article 48 of the constitution allow the president to do?


  Pass laws without the consent off the Reichstag
• What is a coalition government?


  A government formed jointly by more than one political party