FL3 Weimar Constitution

What is a constitution?

• The way a government is set up.
• A place where the government meet.
• The leader of the government.
• The name for the people who can vote.

What is a republic?

• A country with a king or queen as its ruler.
• A country without a king or queen.
• A country with no government.
• A country with 4 leaders.

Who is this man?

• First President of the Weimar Republic-Friedrich Ebert
• Former King of Germany- Kaiser Wilhelm II
• First Chancellor of the Weimar Republic-Philipp Scheidemann
• Adolf Hitler

Who orchestrated the revolution from above?

• The military
• The monarchy
• The SPD

What was the Stinnes-Legien Agreement?

• An agreement to disband the Friekorps
• An agreement between the Sparticists and the SPD to cease hostilities  
• An agreement between trade unionists and industrialists to an 8-hour working week in return for worker´s promises to back away fom radical communism
• An agreement between the Allied powers and the SPD that they would be the ones in charge after the abdication of the Kaiser

When were elections for the new constituent assembly held?

• December 1918

• January 1919

• February 1919

• November 1918

When did Kaiser Wilhelm decide to abdicate?

• 9 November 1918

• 9 December 1918

• 18 December 1918

• 25 October 1918

Weimar Constitution - which Article allowed the President to suspend the constitution in an emergency?

• Article 46

• Article 48

• Article 42

• Article 50

Who drew up the Weimar Constitution?

• Hugo Preuss

• Friedrich Ebert

• Erich von Ludendorff

• Karl Liebknecht

Who was given the powers of an Ersatzkaiser?

• The Chancellor

• The vice-Chancellor

• The military

• The president