How Did Friedrich Ebert's Form Of Government

At the end of World War I, Germany was known as the Weimar Republic. Their first elected president, Friedrich Ebert, worked his way through the political ladder under the Social Democratic party. In his presidency, he introduced many new and foreign policies that led people to harass him until his death. Born in 1871, Friedrich Ebert was the son of a tailor and worked as a saddler until he entered the trade union and then decided to enter politics. He soon became the leader of the Social Democrats after opening a pub in the city of Bremen. After becoming the leader, he worked vigorously to improve the effectiveness of his party. In 1905, the people noticed his commitment and elected him as secretary of the party’s central committee in Berlin. From his constant efforts to improve the life of the working class and bringing the different groups of the labor factions together, he entered the Reichstag in 1912 and then eventually elected co-leader of the Social Democrats along with Hugo Haase in 1913.
He also focused on three main things to fix for his people: keep the essential services going, stop the economy from collapsing, and restore law and order. He also worked with the three main parties, the Social Democrats, the left-liberal Democrats, and the Centre Party, to form a constitution, which was approved on July 31, 1919. This constitution allowed him to rule by decree and use the military to restore law in any state that seemed to be under threat. He used this power about 136 times during his time in office to remove the government systems in the Saxony and Thuringia territories. Ebert was steering the Weimar Republic towards excellence; however there were some issues with some of his