Rise of Nazism in Germany (1933-39) — Flashcards

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It is called the Weimar Republic because the Constituent Assembly met at a place called Weimar. It was the first German Republic formed after Kaiser William fled to Holland and Frederick Ebert formed …

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Frederick Ebert formed the government after Kaiser William fled to Holland. He became the first President of the new German Republic, the Weimar Republic.

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The Weimar Constitution gave executive power to a President elected for a seven-year term. David Thompson described it as the most perfect democratic constitution of modern times, at least on paper. I…

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Reichstag was the lower house of Parliament representing the people. Reichstadt was the house of legislature representing the component states. Both were part of the German political system under the …

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Many Germans disliked the Weimar Republic because it accepted the humiliating Treaty of Versailles. The loss of territory, foreign control, and war guilt created anger and growing discontent against t…

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It was the common belief that the German army had not been defeated in the war and had instead been betrayed by Democrats who accepted the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. This belief weakened respe…

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The parliamentary system used proportional representation, so many parties entered the Reichstag. In 1928 there were at least eight groups, and no single party could form a strong majority. This cause…

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Dr. Wolfgang Kapp was a Prussian military officer who executed a coup d'etat at Berlin in 1920. When Berlin workers called a general strike in support of the Social Democrat government, Kapp resigned …