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Intro..?

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same

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Stremann?

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anti-republcan- chanegd his mind>acted swiftly in punsing el;ft/right (dibanding Freikorps)>showed democracy copud act wiftly
Judegemtn: foreignpilciy sucss, but domestic polciy - wasn’t a lot fo suport (felt betrayed/700,000 emplyers sacked) so can’t jsut be Stresemann
National oppsiton plegge- more votes for Nazis
overall , he rem,arkable importnat in bringin stabiltiy to Weiamr but imaopct domestically wasn’t great (polcieis didn;t ahve enogh time in 100 days to show benefits)

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Ebert-greoenr Pact?

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Stremeann coul not take credit for this
secured the army’s supprot in 1918- in retuirn for governemtn oppsotion to spread of social revoltution
pact, conslcuded quickyl eb telephone gave great stabilty as it gave government security
-shwoed Reublic was willing to work with tradition
Judgeemtn: can’t eb most imrprotnat reaosn as they didn’t help int he Kapp putsch and while supressign left stopped spread of socialsim it also drove a permant divide between left and right>reuslted in Nazis

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Existanc eof the xtremes helped becuase?

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many germans were concenred about communism
left- bad co-doringation/porr leadership after spartist revolt
right- divided by reginal differnces- fialed in coups
after 1923- suport for right decressed>big buinsesses began to see beneifts of repulic
kapp pushc/spartist revolt showed how they fought eahc other more
Judgemt: left threat drove people into arms of republic but can’t eb msot improtant as thret dimisnhed with economic sucess and re-ermege in Depression

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The econmic situation - revoery (stresemann palyed a major part)?

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gota lot of moeny from stremsenn’s policy
econpmci revoery
Judgemtn: couldn’[t ahve benn most improtnat as it was digudies but gave he Republic breathin space afet th trauma of the early 1920s

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Overall..Republic ahd many problems..?

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electionr euslts show they enjoyed supprot during most of it/successive governemtns did deliver social gains
republic - got army spport early on/fauilre of extremss
msot impotnat- Stremeann who saved Gerany fromm hyper-inflation and restoredGermany’s international staus
None were enpught o ensure survual in 1930s

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