Depth Study A - Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start

Worked examples (6)

• 1Describe the Spartacist Rising
• 2Describe the Weimar Constitution
• 3Paper 4: write an account of how Weimar came into being
• 4Explain why Weimar politicians were called the 'November Criminals'
• 5Paper 4: How important was the 'November Criminals' myth?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: a Freikorps poster

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• 1Describe the Dawes Plan
• 2Describe the Locarno Treaties
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of Weimar's recovery
• 4Explain why the German economy recovered after 1923
• 5Paper 4: How important was Stresemann in Weimar's recovery?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Weimar culture

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• 1Describe the Ruhr Crisis
• 2Describe the hyperinflation of 1923
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of Weimar's 1923 crisis
• 4Explain why hyperinflation was so damaging to Weimar
• 5Paper 4: How important was hyperinflation in damaging Weimar?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: hyperinflation imagery

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• 1Describe the strengths of the Weimar Republic
• 2Describe the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of strengths and weaknesses
• 4Explain why Weimar's structural weaknesses mattered
• 5Paper 4: How important were Weimar's weaknesses in its failure?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: a cartoon on Weimar

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• ✓Model answer — Paper 4 part (a) style
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