9th Class Social Science Nazism & the Rise of Hitler Question Bank Short Answer Type Questions - Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

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    What are the inherent defects of the Weimar Constitution?

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     (a) The Weimar Constitution was based on proportional representation which made achieving a majority by anyone party a near impossible task leading to coalition governments being formed. (b) Another defect was Article 48, which gave the President the powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree. (c) Thus within its short life, the Weimer Republic saw twenty cabinets and a liberal use of Article 48.     (d) People lost faith in the democratic parliamentary system which seemed to offer no solutions.


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