Weimar Government

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What is a republic?

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a country without a monarch

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Who was elected president of the Weimar Republic?

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Ebert

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What is a constitution?

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list of rules about how a country should be run

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How often was the President elected?

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Every 7 years

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What group did the President control?

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army

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What was Article 48?

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President could pass laws without the Reichstag in an emergency

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How were elections for seats in the Reichstag counted?

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proportional representation

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What did the way that election votes were counted lead to for groups like the Nazis?

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more power

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What did freedom of speech allow ordinary people to do, which effected the government negatively?

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criticise them

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What was done about the army at this time? Options: nothing, given pay rises, given more weapons, asked what they wanted to do, I don't know yet

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nothing