HIS317H1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 - January 22.docx
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Treaty of versailles = not as bad in hindsight: germany face smaller and weaker powers rather than large ones, growing extension of nationalist principles outside of europe would undermine germany"s industrial capacities, recognition of sovereignty in c. and e. europe did not preclude strong nationalist ties to germany. Progressive social justice articles, said that women and men are essentially the same: sovereignty in hands of people, not kaiser, parliament is seat of power chancellors is responsible to reichstag, reichstag is elected every 4 years by universal, equal and popular vote but you have to be 20, weimar republic envisions proportional representation. Judges punish leftists harsher than rightists (4) problems within consiution: right to rule without parl in emergency, proportional representation = room for splinter parties (5) popular support gov"t lacked support of large portion of population shocked by defeat that still felt loyal to kaiser, they positively reminisced about political and social lines of imperial.
