Directive term:
How Accurate: similar to ‘to what extent’, requires a thorough assessment of the evidence in presenting an argument. Explore alternative explanations where/if they exist .
Key terms:
Impact of the Treaty
To 1929: Signing of the armistice up until the Great Depression (not including Great Depression).
Proposition:
Treaty of Versailles was not the most significant factor on the Weimar Republic to 1929.
Brainstorming content:
FACTORS IMPACTING WEIMAR UP UNTIL 1929
War Debt
• Imperial Germany failed to make financial provisions for a war of attrition
• Had decided for political reasons, against an increase in taxation.
• Instead, it had borrowed capital through selling war bonds to the public.
• When this demonstrated to be deficient, it merely allowed the nation debt to grow larger.
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• There is historical debate over Ebert’s sincerity and leadership of the SPD; whilst most historians, such as Paul Bookbinder would agree that although the integrity of Ebert and the SPD remain definite, their readings of the political situations in the early years of the republic were blinded by their fear of insurgency from left and right-wing forces.
• They too citizen Ebert of having supported the forces of their opposition, causing them to compromise with the traditional forces of Imperial Germany rather than proclaiming their own authority.
• The army was not reformed and it was never committed to a democratic state.
• As a corollary, they failed to capitalize on the opportunity to establish a stable republic founded on socialists and democratic philosophies, hindering the legitimacy of the republic from the onset.
• As Gordon Craig asserts, these features instituted an 'aborted revolution' which subjected the republic to its long-term demise.