Recovery of Germany 1924 - 29

Question 1

When did Gustav Stresemann become chancellor?

Answer 1

1923

Question 2

What was the new currency called created in 1924?

Answer 2

Rentenmark

Question 3

What was the new bank set up in Germany called?

Answer 3

Reichsbank

Question 4

Key points of The Dawes Plan 1924?

Answer 4

USA loaned Germany 800 million marks
Reparation payments lowered to 1,000 million marks for the first years
The French withdrew troops for Ruhr
Allies given some control of the Reichsbank and railways

Question 5

The young plan 1929

Answer 5

USA loans
Didn’t happen due to the Wall Street crash in the USA

Question 6

The Locarno pact 1925

Answer 6

A collection of seven treaties involving Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Britain, Czechoslovakia and Poland.

Germany accepted new boarders
Germany accepted Alsace-Lorraine would be french
All party’s agreed Germanys Eastern boarders would be settled by peaceful means.

Question 7

League of Nations 1926

Answer 7

Formed at end of WW1
Germany allowed to join in 1926
Positive as it allowed Germany’s international relations to improve.

Question 8

The Kellogg-Brian’s Pact 1928

Answer 8

Pact aimed to prevent future war
Germany became part of the powerful country’s
Weimar Republic now respected
Improved international relationships