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Describe the main features of the Weimar Constitution {4}
Explain Why the Weimar republic was under threat in the
period up to the end of 1923
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Describe the main features of the Weimar
Constitution {4}

The main feature of the Weimar Constitution is that it is a
democracy therefore anyone over the age of 21 could vote
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Due to this is was very hard to get 50% of the seats
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Explain Why the Weimar republic was under threat in the
period up to the end of 1923
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6000 French and Belgium
troops occupied Ruhr which was the economic heartland
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The strikers still needed to
be paid but the Government had no money
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There was a rapid increase in shop
prices including bread costing 201,000,000,000 marks
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The middle
class lost their lifesavings and turned against Weimar
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In the short term, Weimar successfully recovered after 1923
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Art and culture
was thriving which showed an increased standard of living
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This boom in variety displayed the freedom everyone had
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There was
economical stability
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This helped fix the economy after
1923
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This meant
that Germany could restart their exports
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Germany was
able to build houses and factories creating jobs
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Therefore in the
long term, Weimar did not successfully recover
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Hindenburg was elected President who supported the Kaiser
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In conclusion, The short term prosperity that Germany had was very successful especially in keeping
the public supporting Weimar
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Many went against Weimar due to the Treaty of Versailles
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The variety of problems caused many to turn to extremist parties thus Weimar could not
be considered successful

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