1. What were the Golden Years?

Question 1

Who was the chancellor during the Golden Years?

Answer 1

Gustav Stresemann

Question 2

What did Gustav Stresemann stabilise when he came into power?

Answer 2

The German economy

Question 3

Where did Gustav Stresemann get the French to leave in April 1924?

Answer 3

The Ruhr

Question 4

What Pact allowed Germany to return to the world stage after setbacks from the ToV?

Answer 4

The Locarno Pact of 1925

Question 5

Who did Gustav Stresemann cooperate with to stabilise the German economy?

Answer 5

USA and UK

Question 6

What party did Gustav Stresemann represent?

Answer 6

DVP

Question 7

Beliefs of DVP

Answer 7

Conservative and authoritarian

Question 8

What did Gustav Stresemann strongly believe in?

Answer 8

Cooperation between other countries and between political parties of Germany

Question 9

How many days was Gustav Stresemann the chancellor of Weimar Germany? During what period?

Answer 9

103 days during the grand coalition

Question 10

After being chancellor, what did Gustav Stresemann become?

Answer 10

The Foreign Minister

Question 11

What is the foreign minister responsible for?

Answer 11

International cooperation

Question 12

What did Gustav Stresemann control by November 1923?

Answer 12

Inflation

Question 13

Gustav Stresemann’s economic strategies (3)

Answer 13

End of passive resistance
Change currency
Cut government expenditure

Question 14

What was called off in September 1923?

Answer 14

The passive resistance against the occupation of the Ruhr

Question 15

Passive resistance

Answer 15

Non-violent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements

Question 16

What did the ending of passive resistance against the occupation of Ruhr lead to?

Answer 16

The Munich Putsch

Question 17

Example of a welfare reform which helped Gustav Stresemann to cut government expenditure

Answer 17

Government no longer had to pay wages of workers who were on strike

Question 18

Result of Gustav Stresemann calling off the 1923 Ruhr strike

Answer 18

Meant he had to start paying reparations again

Question 19

What did the Dawes Plan allow Germany to do?

Answer 19

Take longer to make payments

Question 20

What did the Young Plan do?

Answer 20

Reduced Germany’s ToV payments

Question 21

When was the Dawes Plan introduced?

Answer 21

1924

Question 22

When was the Young Plan introduced?

Answer 22

1929

Question 23

Parities involved in the 1923 Grand Coalition

Answer 23

Moderately pro-democracy parities:
-SPD
-Centre Party
-DVP

Question 24

What was passed in August 1923 which gave the Great Coalition powers?

Answer 24

Emergency Decree

Question 25

What powers did the Grand Coalition receive by receiving emergency decree?

Answer 25

Powers of postponing Reichstag meetings and governing by force if necessary

Question 26

What process did emergency decrees avoid?

Answer 26

The slow process of decision making in the Reichstag

Question 27

Political aims of the Grand Coalition

Answer 27

Stabilise political and economic life

Question 28

How did the Grand Coalition go about stabilising political and economic life? (Three ways)

Answer 28

Stabilising currency Bringing inflation under control Seeing off threats from right and left

Question 29

Economic problems Stresemann had to solve (6)

Answer 29

Worthless currency Germany’s international isolation Small businesses collapsing Heavy tariffs on goods Small farmers heavily in debt High government spending

Question 30

How did Stresemann go about solving the problem of a worthless currency?

Answer 30

He changed the currency Kept tight control over amount of money circulating

Question 31

What did Stresemann change the currency to?

Answer 31

Reichmark

Question 32

Evidence of Stresemann’s success at policy of solving worthless currency

Answer 32

Inflation quickly brought under control Prices settled

Question 33

Evidence of failure of Stresemann’s policy to solve worthless currency

Answer 33

People who had lost savings due to hyperinflation weren’t compensated so they blamed Weimar Government for this

Question 34

What did Stresemann do to solve Germany’s international isolation?

Answer 34

Stresemann asked Allies’ Reparations Committee to set up committee of financial experts to help manage Germany’s repayments. Resulted in Dawes and Young Plan

Question 35

Evidence of success of Stresemann’s policy to solve Germany’s international isolation (2)

Answer 35

Allies granted loans to Germany French gradually left Ruhr

Question 36

Evidence of failure of Stresemann’s policy to solve Germany’s international isolation

Answer 36

Made German economy fragile to changes in US economy Unemployment remained high

Question 37

What policy did Stresemann introduce to solve the problem of small businesses collapsing?

Answer 37

Recovery of business policy which encouraged businesses to join together to try and control the market

Question 38

Evidence of success of Stresemann’s policy to improved problem of small businesses collapsing

Answer 38

German exports rise Germany’s industry rebooted

Question 39

Evidence of failure of Stresemann’s policy to improved problem of small businesses collapsing

Answer 39

Significant levels of dispute between business owners and workers

Question 40

What did Stresemann do to improve problem of heavy tariffs placed on German goods?

Answer 40

Advances made in chemical, car and aeroplane industries Foreign loans helped to finance building of houses, schools, and public spaces

Question 41

Evidence of success of Stresemann’s policies to help improve problem of heavy tariffs placed on German goods

Answer 41

German exports went back to 1913 levels German exports rose by 40% between 1925-29 Living standards and wages rose

Question 42

What did Stresemann do to improve the problem of small farmers often being heavily in debt?

Answer 42

Made it easier for farmers to borrow money

Question 43

Who was able to benefit from Stresemann’s improvements to small farmers often being heavily in debt?

Answer 43

Large landowners as they could afford heavy machinery for efficient production

Question 44

Evidence of failure of Stresmann’s improvements to small farmers often being heavily in debt

Answer 44

Late 1920s income of farmers 44% below average income “Farmer’s revenge” where farmers rioted as debts continued

Question 45

What did Stresemann do to solve problem of high government spending?

Answer 45

Raised taxes and cut spending

Question 46

German peoples’ reaction to raised taxes

Answer 46

Germans didn’t accept tax raises meaning government had to borrow more money to make up for short-fall