Early Weimar

• When did world war one end

  1918
• How much of Germanys population was lost due to the war

  20%
• Why was the treaty of versailles created

  As a 'peace' treaty after the war
• Features of the Treaty of Versailles

  B(lame)

  R(eparations)

  A(rmy)

  T(erritory)
• Blame

  Clause 231 (known as war guilt clause) ---> germany takes full responsibility
• Reparations

  £6.6 billion to pay back in installments
• Army

  germany limited to 100,000 troops and weren't allowed to conscript

  36 ships
• Territory

  lost 13% of their land
• Who was the Kaiser during the war

  Kaiser Wilhelm
• When did the Kaiser abdicate? Who led the country after him?

  1918

  Ebert
• Who was Fredrich Ebert?

  Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP)
• Why were Germany people mad at Ebert?

  He accepted the treaty of versailles and they viewed it as a 'dictat'

  This started the 'stabbed in the back' myth
• When did Germany become a republic

  1918
• Features of the government hierarchy Weimar

  Proportional representation = democratic

  However it meant that no majority could be formed and parties had to merge
• Article 114 of constituion

  personal liberty is inviolable
• Article 188 constitution

  Censorship is forbidden
• Article 135 of Weimar constituion

  Religious freedom
• Article 48 Constitution

  gives president emergency powers
• What two groups made up the parliment

  Reichstag (Created Germanys laws)

  Reichsrat (representatives of the people)
• Voting

  Anyone over 21 could vote