Many Germans after World War I were miserably poor--and very bitter about Germany's defeat, which they blamed for their poverty and sense of national shame. Whom did most Germans blame for Germany's economic problems and disgrace? bankers and politicians who supported the Treaty of Versailles because it opened Germany to trade

the communists who moved to Germany after the Germans and the USSR formed an alliance

the British and the Americans who pushed for severe war penalties for Germany after World War I

Socialists and others who opposed supported Germany's surrender at the end of World W

Socialists and others who opposed supported Germany's surrender at the end of World War I

b. parliament was weaker than the monarchy.

legislative branch:

one of the three branches of government divided between the senate and the house of representatives.

- creates or makes laws

- power to override a veto

executive branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the president.

- enforces or carries out laws

- power to veto a bill sent to it by congress

judicial branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the chief justice of the supreme court.

- interprets laws

- power to declare laws or actions by the government unconstitutional