When did WW1 end?
November 11, 1918
Who was the inaugural president of the Weimar Republic?
Friedrick Ebert
What is proportional representation?
Percentage of votes=percentage of seats
What is article 48?
A rule saying that under emergency circumstances the President can take measures without the consent of the Reichstag
5 Treaty of Versailles terms
War guilt, 6.6b reparations, demilitarisation of the Rhineland, army limited to 100 000, Northern Schleswig because Danish and the air force was disbanded
Dolchstoss?
Politicians betrayed the soldiers as they felt they could've kept fighting
Left and right wing?
left wing is democratic, right wing is communist
When was the Kapp Putsch(RW) and Spartacist Rebellion(LW)?
January 1919, March 1920
Hyperinflation
Currency becoming worth less, bread became 200 million marks
passive resistance
peaceful resistance to a government by refusing to cooperate