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Problems with coalition govenrments

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  • Caused by Proportional representation
  • Weakened Wiemar Republic as there was no majority party
  • Allows extremists parties were able to exist within the government
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Problems with the Wiemar Constitution

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Article 48 threatened the stability of the WR:
- President allowed to pass laws at times of emergency
Proportional Representation:
- No majority, causes coalitions
- Allows extremists to exist within government

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Impact on Treaty of Versailles on armed forces

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Forces reduced to:
- 100,000 soldiers
-15,000 sailors
-6 battleships
This weakened Germany as men became jobless, and G was surrounded by three countries and was unprotected
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Reparations

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Had to pay £6.6 billion

  • Class, social and economic divide even bigger
  • Heavily relied on US economy Weakened its independence
  • Hyperinflation of 250%
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War-guilt clause in Treaty of Versailles

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Had to accept blame for the war which made Germany liable for war damage costs

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Wall street crash 1929

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  • USA recalled all their loans (this stopped world trade)
  • Germany included - Dawes and young’s plan
  • Trade in G increased
  • Unemployment increased
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Munich Putsch - 1923

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  • Attempted to win support of Bavarian authorities & march to Berlin (failed)
  • 4000 Nazis & Hitler Arrested
  • Mild punishments (right wing bias didn’t want to lose support)
  • Tried to take advantage of nationalists fury over ending of passive resistance
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Kapp Putsch - March 1920

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  • Disbanded Freikorps led by wolfgang Kapp
  • Attempted to overthrow the govt.
  • Ebert & his govt. Forced to flee Berlin
  • Failed as lack of support from the workers
  • Mild punishment
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Invasion of the Ruhr

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  • French & Belgian troops invade ruhr after default in payments of reparations
  • Workers- passive resistance
  • F&B + PR causes loss of money and materials for G
  • Trade unions pressure Govt. to pay workers
  • Govt. print more money to cope = hyperinflation
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Positives of hyperinflation

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  • Poorest gained - All debt written off
  • G govt. debt significantly reduced (reparations)
  • Radical groups failed to gain mass support
  • Unemployment rate unaffected
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Negatives of hyperinlation

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  • provokes political unrest
  • doubt with govt.s ability to handle crisis
  • Poverty deepens
  • Increasing antisemitism towards Jews (loan sharks)
  • Class system disrupted
  • Fixed incomes/ benefits/pensioners suffered
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political stability

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  • post 1923 govt. became more stable (no uprisings & no more were attempted)
  • Stresemann - right of center (able to to gain more support
  • parties dong well in elections (idea of democracy & weimar &gaining support so political stability