CAMBRIDGE IGCSE HISTORY: WEIMAR CONSTITUTION. It contains: the beginning, parliamentary democracy, Weimar republic, Germany 3 phases, Germany's constitution, Weimar constitution, new words.

1. HISTORY CAMBRIDGE IGCSE - PAPER 4
PRESENTATION 1
DEPTH STUDY GERMANY
WEIMAR CONSTITUTION

2. THE BEGINNING
• At the end of October 1918, the German navy mutinied. Rebellion
spread throughout the country. In November Germany was forced to
drop out of the First World War. Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and fled
the country.
• A new Republic was declared. In January 1919, elections were held for a
new Reichstag and in February 1919, in the town of Weimar, a new
government was agreed.
• Friedrich Ebert was elected President of the new Republic.

3. PARLAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
• Germany did not just get a new government.
• The Allies made sure that Germany got a different kind of government.
• Before 1914, the government of Germany was almost a military
autocracy; after 1919, it was a parliamentary democracy.

4. GERMANY 1919-1923
• At first the Weimar Republic had great difficulties:
• Left wing rebellions
• All people were angry with it
• Right-wing rebellions and terrorism
• Invasion and inflation
• Munich Putsch

5. GERMANY 1923-1929
The Republic survived and (after Gustav Stresemann became Chancellor in
1923) did well:
• Economic Prosperity
• Foreign Policy successes
• Cultural flowering

6. GERMANY 1929-1933
After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, however, the Republic collapsed:
• Unemployment
• Nazi Party grew more powerful
• In 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor

7. NEW WORDS
• Republic: a country without a king or queen.
• Reichstag: the German parliament.
• Democracy: where the government is elected.
• Constitution: the way a government is set up
• Proportional voting: parties got Reichstag seats, not by winning
constituencies, but in proportional to the number of votes they got
nation-wide.

8. GERMANY’S
CONSTITUTION

9. WEIMAR'S CONSTITUTION IN
1919

10. NEW WORDS
• Republic: a country without a king or queen.
• Reichstag: the German parliament.
• Democracy: where the government is elected.
• Constitution: the way a government is set up
• Proportional voting: parties got Reichstag seats, not by winning
constituencies, but in proportional to the number of votes they got
nation-wide.