Stresemann Flashcards
What did NSDAP stand for
National Socialist German Worker’s Party
What party did Stresemann belong to
DVP
What did Stresemann do (X3)
call off passive resistance
introduce new currency
fend off threats from left + right
What was the new currency known as introduced by Stresemann
Rentenmark
What did Stresemann do about the Ruhr situation, why?
called off passive resistance
cost of compensating non-productive workers was too great
Who did Stresemann know he would come under attack from when sorting out the Ruhr?
The nationalist extreme right
Why was Stresemann forced to resign as Chancellor
Social democrats resigned from coalition over differences in way extreme left and right parties were being treated
What did the extreme right want to do in terms of the ToV
refuse obeying it
Rathenau (murdered in 1922 by organisation consul) suggested what form of policy in foreign relations
Fulfilment policy
What did the extreme right think of Rathenau’s and Stresemann’s policy
called it a ‘war-guilt lie’
What did the fulfilment policy do?
Advanced German interests via diplomacy
What 4 key pacts did Stresemann sign
Dawes
Locarno
Kellogg-Briand
Young
What year was the Dawes plan signed and with who
1924
The allies
What year was the Locarno pact signed and with who
1925
France Germany Britain and Italy
What year was the Young plan signed and with who
1929
USA
What was the point of the Dawes plan
reduction in reparation amount payable each year while Allies supervise Germany’s national bank
What did the Dawes plan mean for Germany in terms of territorially and economically?
- French forces would end Ruhr occupation
- large loan from USA to restart reparations
What did Locarno mean for Germany
it’s western borders (not its eastern) were secured with France
In what year was Germany admitted into the LoN
1926
What did the Young Plan mean for Germany in terms of reparations
reduction in reparations of more than 2/3
What did the Young Plan mean for Germany in terms of territory
Allied forces removed troops from Rhineland 5yrs ahead of schedule
In what year did industrial output reach pre-war levels after the hyperinflation
1928
What type of prices remained low in the 1920’s and who did this hurt
Food prices - making some farmers go into debt
When was the unemployment insurance act put in place
1927
Who did the unemployment insurance act protect
working (but not middle) class
What did the middle class claim the unemployment insurance act was part of
creation of a ‘trade union state’
Who was elected as president in 1925
Hindenburg
What was Hindenburg’s political view
anti-democrat
Name a middle class protest party
The Economy Party
Who was in control of the SA and what does the name mean
Nazi’s
Sturmabteilung
Who fought for the communists against the Nazi’s
The Red Front Fighters league
Who led the KPD while Stresemann was in power
Thalmann
Who was the President in 1923
Ebert
What did Ebert do in 1923 that undermines some of Stresemann’s importance
used his emergency powers of Article 48 to keep the Republic afloat
Stresemann later agreed that Germany’s economy was unstable - what did he refer to it as?
Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano
What type of friendship with the USSR did Stresemann want to maintain
Rapallo-based
Which Chancellor and Finance Minister had let the economy slide with deficit financing
Chancellor Cuno and Finance Minister Erzberger
Where was the DVP located on the political scale
centre-right
What was Stresemann referred to as
a rational republican
vernunftrepublikaner
When did Stresemann call off passive resistance
September 1923
What did Stresemann do to cut government expenditure
Cut 700,000 public employees
When was the new currency introduced and was this before or after passive resistance was called off?
December 1923
After passive resistance called off
Who helped Stresemann introduce the new currency
Schacht
When was the Kellogg-Briand Pact
1928
By what did the DNVP fall by between December 1924 and May 1928
By 1/4
When was the DNVP in its peak
December 1924 (20.5%)
NSDAP’s seats and % in December 1924
14 seats = 3%
NSDAP’s seats in May 1928
12 seats
SPD’s % and seats by May 1928
28.8% and 153 seats
Did the KPD increase or decrease between 1924-1928 elections
Slight increase of less than 1%
In the 1928 election what coalition came about
Hermann Muller’s Grand Coalition
Who was Hermann Muller a member of
SPD
What did the coalition consist of
SPD, DDP, DVP, ZP
What % of Reichstag support did Hermann Muller’s Grand Coalition receive
60%
Which X2 parties could never form a coalition together
SPD and DNVP
What parties made up right centre coalitions
ZP, DVP, DNVP
What parties made up broad coalitions
DDP, SPD, DVP
What type of coalitions agreed on domestic affairs not foreign affairs
right-centre
What type of coalitions agreed on foreign affairs not domestic
broad
How many governments were there between 1923-1930
7
