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Recovery Of The Weimar (topic 2) Flashcards

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Timeline of Major Events in the Weimar’s Recovery

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Rentenmark ➡️ reichsmark ➡️ Dawes plan ➡️ Locarno Pact ➡️ Joining Germany to the League of Nations ➡️ Kellogg-Briand Pact ➡️ Young Plan

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Person who lead Germany to the Golden Age

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Gustav Stresemann

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Period of 1924-1929 is referred as

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The Golden Age

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Rentenmark was created in

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1923

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Reichsmark was signed in

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1924

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Dawes plan was signed in

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1924 (after reichsmark)

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Locarno pact was signed in

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1925

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The League of Nations was joined in

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1926

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Who benefited from the Golden Age?

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Employment, cinema, politics, art, LGBTQ+

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How did women change in the Golden Age?

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  • the ‘new women’
  • liked short hair,revealing clothes, drinking and smoking
    -less interested in marriage
  • only 36% were employed
  • birth rate fell, divorce rate increased, women felt forced to fit into this role
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How did politics change in the Golden Age?

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  • greater political stability - Social Democrats always won most of the votes
  • greater support for the Weimar and supporting parties
  • Stresemann was the most popular leader of the Weimar Republic
  • Berlin was a “left wing city”
  • Nazi votes decreased - 32➡️ 14➡️12
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How did employment change in the Golden Age?

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  • hourly wages rose in real terms
  • pensioners and sickness benefits introduced
  • council house construction
  • 1929- only 1.4 million out of 65 million were without a job
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How did farmers lives change in the Golden Age? ( didn’t benefit much)

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  • didn’t benefit
  • experienced problems throughout the 1920s and after 1927
  • lack of profit and even greater debt discouraged investment
  • by 1929 agricultural production was still 26% lower than pre war levels
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How did the LGBTQ+ change in the Golden Age ? (Only in Berlin)

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  • open about it - famous night club = el dorado - for gay and Jewish people
  • very progressive/ accepting
  • no punishment for it
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How did the art change in the Golden Age?

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  • greater freedom for the artists
  • art referred to ‘magic realism’
  • artists could relish the creative freedoms liberalism of post war
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How did the cinema change in the Golden Age?

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  • new techniques and styles known as ‘expressionism’
  • ordinary people sought cheap entertainment and escapism from the horrible decade
  • new ways to convey atmosphere and mood
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How did architecture change in the Golden Age?

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  • A new group of architects and designers emerged in this period called the Bauhaus.
  • Their design was simple, avoiding all decoration. Using only basic shapes and colours.
  • They designed a wide range of things from chairs and cupboards to enormous housing estates!
  • This approach was very different to the elaborate and decorative style of pre-war Germany.
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What was the young plan?

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A plan to reduce the reparations amount by 20% and gave Germany 59 years to repay it

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What was the Dawes plan?

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Plan to reduced the annual payment for reparations & Germany were loaned 800million marks from the USA

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What was the Locarno pact?

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Germany, France and Belgium all agreed to respect the borders set by the Treaty of Versailles.

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What was the Kellogg-Brian’s Pact?

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Germany were one of 62 countries that signed up. It was a promise to solve all disputes between them peacefully.

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What was the Rentenmark?

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Gustav Stresemann introduced a new currency called the Rentenmark. As only a limited amount was printed it had value helping to restore confidence both in Germany & internationally.

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What happened after the French took over the Ruhr and what did Gustav Stresemann do?

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Stresemann called off the passive resistance in the Ruhr. Germany were able to produce goods again and could stop printing money to pay striking workers. He promised that Germany would start paying reparations again. This persuaded France & Belgium to leave the Ruhr by 1925.

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What did Gustav Stresemann do with the League of Nations?

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Germany were made a permanent member of the League of Nations. Germany were once again recognised as a powerful, trusted and respected nation.

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