| A | B |
|---|
| Hugo Preuss | Liberal lawyer who drafted the Constitution |
| Armistice | Signed on November 11, 1918 |
| Weimar | Where the National Assembly met |
| Friedrich Ebert | First President of the Weimar Republic |
| Reichsbanner | SPD's paramilitary force |
| Reichswehr | The professional army allowed by the Treaty of Versailles |
| Men and women over 20 | Had the right to vote |
| 7 years | The length of time the President was elected for |
| Article 48 | Allowed the President to rule by decree |
| Reichstag | The lower house of the legislature |
| Proportional representation | The system of voting used in the Weimar Republic |
| Bill of Rights | this guaranteed individual freedoms and liberties |
| State monarchies | These were all abolished |
| Two-thirds majority | Needed to amend the Constitution |
| Supreme Court | Responsible for interpreting the Constitution |
| Coalition governments | One of the features of the Weimar Republic |
| Hindenburg | Weimar's second President |
| Scheidemann | Weimar's first Chancellor |
| KPD | Extreme left-wing party |
| Zentrum | Centre Party representing Catholic interests |
| Lander | German states |
| Lantag | State parliament |
| Every 4 years | When elections for the Reichstag were held |
| 35 | The number of electoral districts |
| Party lists | Individuals voted for these |
| Hitler | The Weimar Republic's last Chancellor |
| Reichsrat | The upper house representing the individual states |
| Plebiscites | Could be held on individual issues |
