2. Stresemann’s Foreign Policy

Question 1

What policy did Stresemann introduce as foreign minister to improved foreign policy?

Answer 1

Policy of fulfilment

Question 2

By introducing the policy of fulfilment, what did Stresemann hope to achieve?

Answer 2

He hoped to prove that Germany had good intentions to fulfil ToV

Question 3

What did the policy of fulfilment involve Germany’s cooperation with?

Answer 3

Cooperation with France, UK, USA and Italy

Question 4

What did Germany, France and Belgium agree to do in the Locarno Treaty of 1925?

Answer 4

They agreed to respect their post-ToV borders

Question 5

What did Germany agree to do with Poland and Czechoslovakia in the Locarno Treaty of 1925?

Answer 5

Agreed to settle any border disputes peacefully

Question 6

What did the Locarno Treaty of 1925 make Germany appear as?

Answer 6

Compliant and willing to compromise with foreign powers

Question 7

League of Nations when it was set up as a part of the ToV

Answer 7

Excluded Germany

Question 8

What happened a year after the signing of the Locarno Treaty in 1925?

Answer 8

Germany showed itself to be accepting of ToV settlement so Germany was accepted as member of League of Nations

Question 9

Benefit of joining League of Nations in 1926 for Germany

Answer 9

Germany regained political power
Germany no longer isolated/humiliated

Question 10

What trait did Germany sign in 1922 with the USSR?

Answer 10

The Treaty of Rapallo

Question 11

What was Germany allowed to do following the Treaty of Rapallo in 1922?

Answer 11

Allowed to train pilots and develop weapons within Russia

Question 12

What treaty in 1926 was a renewal of the Treaty of Rapallo of 1922?

Answer 12

Treaty of Berlin

Question 13

What did the Treaty of Berlin 1926 state?

Answer 13

Germany would be neutral if the USSR was involved in war

Question 14

Benefit of Treaty of Berlin 1926 for Germany

Answer 14

Allowed Germany’s economic power to grow with support from USSR

Question 15

What policy did Germany adopt to help them regain their military power which they had before the ToV?

Answer 15

Secret Rearmament

Question 16

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?

Answer 16

A pact which stated that war couldn’t be used to resolve “disputes or conflicts of whatever nature”

Question 17

How many countries signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?

Answer 17

62

Question 18

Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928 beneficial for Germany?

Answer 18

Because Germany had a small army so any future conflict would most likely result in another loss and more reparations

Question 19

Evidence against Stresemann being committed to the policy of fulfilment (3)

Answer 19

Tried to improve Germany’s army and regain militaristic power through Secret Rearmament
Germany had troops in Russia
Stresemann wasn’t fully behind the Dawes Plan