Task:
1. A summary of the document.
2. A 1-2 paragraph reflection on how the document might cause or relate to the situation in Germany after WWI.
3. A short summary about how this document might relate to your specific topic.
Document #2
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Articles_118_-_158_and_Annexes
1.
The entire document with a numerable amount of articles is about German Rights and Interests Outside Germany. Within the document, there are sections:
Section I. German Colonies
Section II. China
Section III. Siam
Section IV. Liberia
Section V. Morocco
Section VI. Egypt
Section VII. Turkey and Bulgaria
Section VIII. Shantung
All of the acts and agreements of Germany are influenced and related by the Allied and Associated Powers when renouncing claims and possessions, justifying acts like restoring China. The aftermath of World War I for Germany are the many rights and interests restored and renounced to influenced countries including treaties in Japan, the renouncement of the regime of the Capitulation in Egypt, the renouncement of all rights, privileges, titles by the Franco-German Agreements and more listed under each section found in the document.
2.
The consequences that influenced Germany after the first World War included social, economic, and political impact. Socially, it impacted the new Government, as the first President of the republic worked to gain support of the German army. As for the economic consequences of the war, billions of dollars were spent covering for the war. In other words, the German economy suffered greatly afterwards when many of the country's money went to fund for the major war. The economic situation went as far as to having a lack of raw materials. The third consequence involved politics, which resulted in abdication and a fall of a government in the near future.
The three consequences in the aftermath of the war are interconnected mainly due to German's loss in the major war, which resulted in consequences rather than rewards. Document #2 is about the acts and agreements. Most of these have been issued due to the downfall in the German economy. The country had suffered terribly with her people in poverty. Their involvement with other countries ended up being formed with treaties and agreements instead of a strong standing trade after the war.
3.
My group's question is... Why might this have been an opportune time for a dictator to come to power? What are some other examples of when a tough situation in a country allows a dictator to come to power? Why might poverty and defeat be conductive to the rise of a dictator?
I believe that Document #2 is loosely related to my group's question because the document is about rights and agreements whereas my question is asking about a dictatorship, with a rising power in mind. Although, the rights and agreements issued in Germany were mainly overseas and internationally with other countries. Therefore, a dictator could rise and start a power dominance within the country.
