Why did the Weimar Republic get off to a "bad start?" What were the republic's main successes and failures? What were the unique features of the Weimar constitution? What social problems existed in post-war Germany? What does "We shall all be nationalists in ten years," mean? Why was 1926 a goo...

The Country The Federal Republic of Germany is made up of 16 states known as "Lander." They are Baden Wettemberg, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schlewwig-Holsten, ...

Throughout the past centuries, much of our world's nations have converted from various types of governments to a democracy of some kind. Of all of the countries that have switched to this type of government, none have found this form of government to be undesirable. What is it that mak...