IMPACT OF WW1 AND END OF OLD GERMANY

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how was the situation of germany in 1914?

germans were proud, the kaiser was good and it had the best army worldwide

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what was the situation of germany in 1918?

the army was defeated, no food and a flu epidemic

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what was the social impact in germaany after ww1?

difference between rich and poor, and owners made money butn not the workers of their factories.

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what was the economic impact in germaany after ww1?

less income nationally, there was $ used on widoes and orphans, less industrial producton and shortage of food

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what was the political impact in germaany after ww1?

fighting between left and right

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what did the allies offern germany in 1918?

peace under conditions, germany to be democratic and the kaiser to abdicate

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did the kaiser want to abdicate in 1918? what happened?

no, so there was a german revolution that was succeful (he abdicated) and ebert became chancellor

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what did ebert first do as a chancellor?

signed the armistice with allies, introduced reforms like working 8hours, and made new constitution

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after a new constitution, what did ebert do and what happened'

he made the fisrt democratic elections and was president of the weimar republic

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BY 1918, HOW SEVERELY HAD GERMANY’S NATIONAL INCOME DROPPED COMPARED TO 1913?

ONETHIRD. THIS MEANT THAT THE NATION WAS VIRTUALLY BANKRUPT AND UNABLE TO MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF ITS CITIZENS

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WHAT WAS THE SPECIFIC COST OF WAR PENSIONS BY 1925?

THE STATE WAS SPENDING ONETHIRD OF ITS ENTIRE BUDGET ON PENSIONS. THIS MEANT THAT GERMANY HAD 600,000 WIDOWS AND 2 MILLION CHILDREN WITHOUT FATHERS, CREATING A PERMANENT DRAIN ON THE WEIMAR ECONOMY

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WHY DID THE KIEL MUTINY MATTER?
IT TRIGGERED THE GERMAN REVOLUTION BY SHOWING THE KAISER HAD LOST THE LOYALTY OF THE NAVY/ARMY.
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WHY WAS THE "STAB IN THE BACK" MYTH DEADLY FOR WEIMAR?
IT BLAMED THE NEW DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS FOR GERMANY'S DEFEAT, MAKING THEM "NOVEMBER CRIMINALS.
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WHY DID ARTICLE 48 MAKE THE CONSTITUTION WEAK?
IT GAVE THE PRESIDENT THE LEGAL POWER TO BYPASS THE REICHSTAG AND RULE AS A DICTATOR.
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