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    Weimar, Germany In examining great social and cultural changes in the modern West, many specific events come to mind: the Renaissance and the Reformation, the “discovery” of the Americas, industrialization, and World War Two. One such event, often overlooked, is the “Great War”, 1914-1918. Like every people affected by the expanse of this war, Germans were deeply affected and forever changed. As a social, cultural, and psychological reaction to World War I, the German people created the Weimar

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    In the 1920s, the Weimar republic faced many problems such as strong political opposition, social and economic problems. Another major problem was the weakness within, which gave the States, the army and the president too much power and the proportional voting created a divided weak Reichstag. The system of proportional voting led to 28 different parties in the Reichstag which heavily crippled decision making. During 1919-23 there were multiple attempts to overthrow the government. Those attempts

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    The Weimar republic was founded on November 9th, 1918. During this time the economy was already weak as a result of losses during world war one. Less than a year later the treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris on June 28th of 1919. As a consequence of its involvement in the war, Germany experienced great territorial loss in the treaty (Alsace-Lorraine was given to France; Eupen and Malmedy were given to Belgium; Northern Schleswig was given to Denmark; Hultschin, given to Czechoslovakia and West

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    Writing Task "The impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the Weimar Republic to 1929 was more significant than any other factor." How accurate is this statement? (25) The given statement somewhat inaccurate, as the Treaty of Versaille was one of many significant factors that shaped the Weimar Republic to 1929. The Treaty of Versaille had an array of economic and military consequences that helped shaped the Weimar Republic. However, the German identity, seeded prior the unification, which was further

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    Dear Mr. /Ms. Whoever this is going to on the other side, The Weimar Republic all though unstable at points was a system that many citizens of Germany supported. The Weimar Republic was a situation that was not at all like the provisional government that was seen in Russia who could not withstand any riots in the July Days or even the October Revolution in 1917. However, the Weimar Republic could withstand the putsches with the help of their military the freikorps. During the Knapp Putsch, Dr. Knapp

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    The Weimar Government was failing to find a resolution to Germany’s state of economic ruin. This left the German people angry about the loss of their money. Also, there was an extremely high amount of unemployment. Hitler promised employment to the masses and promised to fix their economy. Ever since the Weimar Government signed the Treaty of Versailles, the German people felt betrayed. The war guilt clause meant they had to accept full responsibility for the war and this left Germans feeling humiliated

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    Many historians would disagree that the Weimar Republic aided in creating a dramatic improvement of the workforce for women. Before the establishment of the Weimar Republic in the late 1918, women did not traditionally take on a role in the workforce, but many were traditional housewives whose responsibility was to care for their families.’ However the number of women in the workforce increased after the establishment of the Weimar Republic and women developed a larger role for themselves in German

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    Germany attempted to turn their country into a Democratic republic. The Weimar Republic was a parliamentary democracy that was formed after the fall of Germany in WWI. The German people believed that the Weimar Republic was responsible for the signing of the ‘Treaty of Versailles’, which significantly reduced the power of German to defend themselves and rebuild their county at World War I, the people believed that the Weimar Republic stabbed the country in the back after the signing of ‘Treaty of

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    into the position they were in before. Gustav Stresemann created the Weimar Republic after 1923 when the world war had ended. Gustav was trying to provocative, and find way to make Germany a better place to live. The Weimar Republic was conducting many problems, not only for them but for Germany and many other countries. Many believe that the “weakness within” was the biggest issue the Weimar had after the war. Since Weimar Republic was going through a lot of stress, the presidents and the armies

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    advantage of how bad the condition of the Weimar government was. He did this by instigating a major riot throughout Weimar. It seemed like a full proof plan and situation, but miscalculations made it a flop and Hitler ending up in jail. At first, the Nazis were not taken seriously and had little to no power. Then, Hitler brought a group of young mean without jobs to become soldiers for him, and he would call them storm troopers, or the SA. During the Weimar crisis, Hitler made a plan with nationalist

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