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Weimar Republic 1918
History GCSE/Ormerod/Origins of the Weimar Republic 1918-19 #3
| Impact | Details |
|---|---|
| Economic impact of WW1 | National income was about 1/3 of what it had been in 1913. |
| Economic impact of WW1 | Industrial production was about 2/3 of what it had been in 1913. |
| Economic impact of WW1 | War left 600,000 widows and 2 million children without fathers - by 1925 the state was spending about 1/3 of its budget in war pensions. |
| Economic impact of WW1 | There were huge gaps between the living standards of the rich and the poor. |
| Economic impact of WW1 | Germany was virtually bankrupt. |
| Psychological impact of WW1 | Many German workers were bitter at the restrictions placed on their earnings during the war whilst the factory owners made vast fortunes from the war. |
| Psychological impact of WW1 | During the war many women were called up to work in factories. Many people saw this as damaging to traditional family values. |
| Political impact of WW1 | The stresses of war led to a revolution in October - November 1918. |
| Political impact of WW1 | Germany became an unstable democratic republic. |
| What does the term economic impact mean? | Relates to money and wealth. |
| What does the term psychological impact mean? | Relates to how people think and feel. |
| What does the term political impact mean? | Relates to government, how the country is run and its relationship with other countries. |
| Political impact of WW1 | Many ex-soldiers and civilians despised the new democratic leaders and came to believe that the heroic leader Field Marshall Hindenburg had been betrayed by weak politicians. |