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Stresemann Flashcards

1
Q

What did NSDAP stand for

A

National Socialist German Worker’s Party

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2
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What party did Stresemann belong to

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DVP

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3
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What did Stresemann do (X3)

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call off passive resistance
introduce new currency
fend off threats from left + right

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4
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What was the new currency known as introduced by Stresemann

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Rentenmark

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5
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What did Stresemann do about the Ruhr situation, why?

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called off passive resistance

cost of compensating non-productive workers was too great

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6
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Who did Stresemann know he would come under attack from when sorting out the Ruhr?

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The nationalist extreme right

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7
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Why was Stresemann forced to resign as Chancellor

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Social democrats resigned from coalition over differences in way extreme left and right parties were being treated

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8
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What did the extreme right want to do in terms of the ToV

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refuse obeying it

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9
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Rathenau (murdered in 1922 by organisation consul) suggested what form of policy in foreign relations

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Fulfilment policy

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10
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What did the extreme right think of Rathenau’s and Stresemann’s policy

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called it a ‘war-guilt lie’

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11
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What did the fulfilment policy do?

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Advanced German interests via diplomacy

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12
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What 4 key pacts did Stresemann sign

A

Dawes
Locarno
Kellogg-Briand
Young

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13
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What year was the Dawes plan signed and with who

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1924

The allies

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14
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What year was the Locarno pact signed and with who

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1925

France Germany Britain and Italy

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15
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What year was the Young plan signed and with who

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1929

USA

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16
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What was the point of the Dawes plan

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reduction in reparation amount payable each year while Allies supervise Germany’s national bank

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17
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What did the Dawes plan mean for Germany in terms of territorially and economically?

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  • French forces would end Ruhr occupation

- large loan from USA to restart reparations

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18
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What did Locarno mean for Germany

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it’s western borders (not its eastern) were secured with France

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19
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In what year was Germany admitted into the LoN

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1926

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20
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What did the Young Plan mean for Germany in terms of reparations

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reduction in reparations of more than 2/3

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21
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What did the Young Plan mean for Germany in terms of territory

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Allied forces removed troops from Rhineland 5yrs ahead of schedule

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22
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In what year did industrial output reach pre-war levels after the hyperinflation

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1928

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23
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What type of prices remained low in the 1920’s and who did this hurt

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Food prices - making some farmers go into debt

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24
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When was the unemployment insurance act put in place

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1927

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25
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Who did the unemployment insurance act protect

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working (but not middle) class

26
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What did the middle class claim the unemployment insurance act was part of

A

creation of a ‘trade union state’

27
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Who was elected as president in 1925

A

Hindenburg

28
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What was Hindenburg’s political view

A

anti-democrat

29
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Name a middle class protest party

A

The Economy Party

30
Q

Who was in control of the SA and what does the name mean

A

Nazi’s

Sturmabteilung

31
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Who fought for the communists against the Nazi’s

A

The Red Front Fighters league

32
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Who led the KPD while Stresemann was in power

A

Thalmann

33
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Who was the President in 1923

A

Ebert

34
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What did Ebert do in 1923 that undermines some of Stresemann’s importance

A

used his emergency powers of Article 48 to keep the Republic afloat

35
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Stresemann later agreed that Germany’s economy was unstable - what did he refer to it as?

A

Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano

36
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What type of friendship with the USSR did Stresemann want to maintain

A

Rapallo-based

37
Q

Which Chancellor and Finance Minister had let the economy slide with deficit financing

A

Chancellor Cuno and Finance Minister Erzberger

38
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Where was the DVP located on the political scale

A

centre-right

39
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What was Stresemann referred to as

A

a rational republican

vernunftrepublikaner

40
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When did Stresemann call off passive resistance

A

September 1923

41
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What did Stresemann do to cut government expenditure

A

Cut 700,000 public employees

42
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When was the new currency introduced and was this before or after passive resistance was called off?

A

December 1923

After passive resistance called off

43
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Who helped Stresemann introduce the new currency

A

Schacht

44
Q

When was the Kellogg-Briand Pact

A

1928

45
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By what did the DNVP fall by between December 1924 and May 1928

A

By 1/4

46
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When was the DNVP in its peak

A

December 1924 (20.5%)

47
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NSDAP’s seats and % in December 1924

A

14 seats = 3%

48
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NSDAP’s seats in May 1928

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12 seats

49
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SPD’s % and seats by May 1928

A

28.8% and 153 seats

50
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Did the KPD increase or decrease between 1924-1928 elections

A

Slight increase of less than 1%

51
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In the 1928 election what coalition came about

A

Hermann Muller’s Grand Coalition

52
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Who was Hermann Muller a member of

A

SPD

53
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What did the coalition consist of

A

SPD, DDP, DVP, ZP

54
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What % of Reichstag support did Hermann Muller’s Grand Coalition receive

A

60%

55
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Which X2 parties could never form a coalition together

A

SPD and DNVP

56
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What parties made up right centre coalitions

A

ZP, DVP, DNVP

57
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What parties made up broad coalitions

A

DDP, SPD, DVP

58
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What type of coalitions agreed on domestic affairs not foreign affairs

A

right-centre

59
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What type of coalitions agreed on foreign affairs not domestic

A

broad

60
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How many governments were there between 1923-1930

A

7

Formation of Weimar (7 decks)

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