weimar germany

• reichstag

  German parliament
• armistice


  an end to fighting
• constitution

  The basic principles according to which a country is ran
• proportional representation

  for every 1% of the votes a party recieved, they would recieve 1% of the seats in the reichstag. this led to a weak coalition governments.
• article 48

  a law allowing the president to make rules if necessary within 24 hours
• treaty of versailles

  treaty that showed how germany would be punished for the war.
• president

  supreme commander of the army and elected every 7 years
• chancellor

  chosen by president.
• league of nations

  international body established after ww1 to maintain peace
• socialist

  someone who believes in state ownership
• hyperinflation

  extreme inflation where money almost becomes completely worthless.
• spartacist uprising

  communist uprising the overthrow the government in 1919. later destroyed by the freikorps. led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
• Kapp putsch

  uprising by the freikorps who were right ring in 1920