The Golden Age Flashcards
What did Stresseman introduce to stabilise the currency
Rentenmark
What did Stressemans government do
cut spending and raise taxes
What year was the Dawes Plan
1924
What happened to the reparations payments in the Dawes Plan
Reparations bill remained unchanged but annual payments reduced for the years 1924-29
What else did the Dawes plan include
800 million marks from the USA to fund investment in the German economy
Allies took over German banks and railways
Led to the withdrawal of French and Belgian troops from the Ruhr in 1924-25
What did Stresseman call the Dawes Plan
‘no more than an economic armistice’
By 1926, what was the unemployment number
3 million
What year was the Young Plan signed
1929
What did it reduce the reparations bill to
from 6.6 billion to 1.8 billion
How long did Germany have to pay the reparations due to the Young Plan
59 years
What was another policy of the Young Plan
allies relinquished control over banks and railways
What was the ‘new woman’ in Germany
free, independent, sexually liberated and has more employment opportunities
How many of lawyers and doctors where Jewish
16% of lawyers where Jewish
11% of doctors where Jewish
What was expressionism
emphasised importance of emotion
what artists did expressionism influence
Otto Dix
George Grosz
Who was the largest part in the Reichstag
SPD
What did the centre party represent interests of
The Catholic Church
What did the DNVP oppose
Democracy
Monarchy
Who did the DNVP represent
Conservative landowners
Who did the DNVP attract support from
Industrialists
Professionals
Who led the NSDAP
Adolf Hilter
When was Hindenburg elected president
1925
What was the aims of Stresseman’s policy of fulfilment
A settlement of reparations issue to reduce burden on Germany
End to allied military occupation of Rhineland
Protection of Germans living under foreign countries
Restoration of Germany as a great power
When was the Locarno pact
1925
