Economic recovery under Stresmann.

Question 1

What year did Gustav Stresemann become chancellor of the Weimar republic?~

Answer 1

1923.

Question 2

When was Gustav Stresemann the chancellor of the weimar republic between?

Answer 2

-Between August and November 1923.

Question 3

What did Gustav Stresemann do in September 1923?

Answer 3

• He ended the strike in the Ruhr and this reduced tension between Germany and France.
• Meant the government could stop paying compensation payments to the strikers using passive resistance.

Question 4

What did Streesmann do in November 1923?

Answer 4

In November 1923, he replaced the German mark with the rentenmark to stabilise Germany’s currency.

Question 5

What was the Dawes plan?

Answer 5

• Signed in 1924.
• Agreed more realistic payment dates for the reparations.
• USA lent Germany 40 million to help pay off its other debts.

Question 6

What was the Locarno pact?

Answer 6

• Signed in October 1925.

- Germany,France and Belgium agreed to respect their joint borders.

Question 7

When was Germany allowed to join the League of nations, what did this mean?

Answer 7

• Allowed Germany to join in 1926.

- Germany was re-established as an international power.

Question 8

What was the Kellogg-Briand pact?

Answer 8

• Signed by Germany in 1928, alongside 65 other countries.

- Promised not to use violence to settle disputes.