European History April 22‚ 2013 Weimar Republic In the years following World War I‚ Germany had suddenly became a democratic state. The Weimar Republic created a divided situation in Germany‚ one that led to its downfall. The weak leadership of those at the head of government‚ the apathy of the German population towards democracy and the outright rejection of democracy by the communists were all factors that led to the instability and downfall of the Weimar Republic. The weak leadership of the German
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Essay: Weimar was ’a sick economy’ unable to carry out redistribution of wealth and resources. To what extent do you agree with this statement? The Weimar Republic was a period in German history which occurred between 1919 and 1933 which was when the government was a democratic republic governed by a constitution. The end of the Weimar Republic occurred when Adolf Hitler took control. Under the Weimar constitution‚ Germany was divided into 19 different states. Many people had equal rights‚ because
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“The Weimar Republic was doomed from the moment it was created” To what extent do you agree with this statement? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Nicolai DP1 History The Weimar Republic was created in 1919 after Wilhelm II abdicated. The new government consisted of the ones who signed the Treaty of Versailles‚ and so nationalistic Germans thought this to be traitorous. The severe consequences given by the treaty
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How successful was the Weimar Republic (1919-1923)? As First World War end Germany had to face different problems. One of these problems was the fact that as the Kaiser abdicated‚ a new government was created. This new government was The Weimar Republic and the First President of the Republic was Friedrich Ebert. On the one hand‚ the Weimar republic brought many improvements to Germany and learned to cope with the problems the country was facing at the time. As soon as Friedrich Ebert became the
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Anisha Khemlani‚ 10 Grey Anisha Khemlani‚ 10 Grey “The Weimar Republic was most in danger in 1923” How far do you agree with this statement? I agree with this statement to an extent because more things happened in this year than they did in the rest. An example of this would be that the French & Belgium troops had invaded the Ruhr in this year as well and that could have been a great burden put upon The Weimar Republic and Germany as at that time they were already going through money problems
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“The biggest threat to the Weimar Republic was the Weimar Constitution itself. Discuss” The Weimar Constitution was the biggest threat to the Weimar Republic‚ because it eventually lead to many problems that would affect the Republic. These were: Hitler’s rise to power against the Weimar Republic‚ the downfall of the Reichsrat‚ the passage of the Enabling Act‚ use of proportional representation‚ political extremism and the institution of the Reichspräsident. Hitler’s Chancellorship eventually led
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strengthening or weakening the Weimar Republic? ( = concerning central question) - Weimar 1923-1929 = “Stresemann Era” - Germany’s Foreign Minister - successful foreign policy needed to reduce public hatred (of Versailles Treaty) and help economy grow - “Ludendorff’s young man”: supported unrestriced submarine warfare and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - he formed the German People’s Party (DVP) ( conservative; wanted constitutional monarchy - Aug. 1923: appointed as Chancellor
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the Weimar Republic The fist clenching crash of the Wall Street Market in 1929 known as the Great Depression‚ had a massive impact not only in the USA itself‚ but also impacted many other nations‚ this included the Weimar republic‚ which was devastated by the crash‚ and due to it‚ the Weimar Republic economy was torn to shreds. Before the depression of 1929‚ the situation in the Weimar republic was seemingly fine and stable‚ however‚ according to Stresemann‚ the man who brought Weimar Germany
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in the collapse of the Weimar Republic. It had economic‚ political and social impacts on Germany. The Great Depression came about due to the Wall Street Crash in October 1929. The economic crisis helped enable the Weimar’s oppositions such as Hitler to take power as they took advantage of the situation. Not creating a stable economic system after the first world war meant that when the depression hit the collapse of the Weimar Republic was inescapable. The Weimar Republic greatly relied on the US
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Weimar was doomed from the start The Weimar Republic failed due to a popular distrust in democracy that was reinforced by severe economic crises and aggravated by the ‘Chains of Versailles’ and the actions of the right wing. Hyperinflation in the early 1920s and then the Great Depression from 1929 meant that the Weimar Republic never really prospered‚ and caused social upheaval in the form of a crime wave‚ as well as being tainted from the start by its association with the embarrassing Treaty of
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