The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two thirds of the State legislatures.
The government was unable to deal with the economic crisis left by the war. ... The economic situation in Germany briefly improved between 1924-1929. However, Germany in the 1920s remained politically and economically unstable. The Weimar democracy could not withstand the disastrous Great Depression of 1929.
Land masses formed barriers and only 1 path allowed trade