Weimar

• Institutions

  Reich Chancellor and Cabinet- Made up German government

  Reichstag- Lower, More important house of legislature

  Reichstrat- Upper less important house, can undo laws and controlled landers
• Positions

  Chancellor- Presided over government- Under article 54

  President- Every 7 Years Head of state and military, emergency powers under Article 48

  Reich ministers- formed government under article 54
• Presidents

  Ebert- 1919-1925 Right wing

  Hindenburg 1925-33, Not in party but appeased right wing
• Coalitions

  2 or more parties to form a majority
• Local gov/ Landers

  In charge of own gov / education and judiciary systems
• Constitution

  -President head of state and military (Power to elect and dismiss ministers)

  -President had emergency powers

  -Universal suffrage

  -Federal state

  -PR (60,000 majority)
• Bill of rights

  -Freedom of speech

  -Right to work

  -Welfare rights

  -Right to property
• Strengths

  -Democratic

  -Elected president, Universal suffrage
• Weaknesses

  -Too much power to president

  -PR not really representative (easy for smaller extremist parties)