The Golden Age of the Weimar 1924-1928 Flashcards
What are the three ways that Stresemann stabilizes the economy in 1923?
Ends passive resistance
Issues the Reichsmark
Cuts 300,000 civil servants
The number of companies that went bankrupt rose from 233 in 1923 to how many in 1924?
Over 6000
What economic policy in 1924 in response to reparations made payments more manageable, although it was bitterly called ‘an economic armistice’ and there would be an 800 million loan from the USA?
The Dawes Plan
What did the Dawes Plan 1924 result in?
The French left the Ruhr
When did industrial output reach 1913 levels?
1929
What were Germany allowed to bring in after 1925 because of the TOV?
Tariffs
When did wages begin to increase?
1924
The number of houses built went from 170,000 in 1925 to how many in 1926?
205,000
What did workers view as biased in favour of trade unions and resented the states interference in occupational affairs?
Compulsory arbitration (arbirator solves problems)
What did Stresemann say about the German economy?
‘Dancing on a volcano’
Who became saddled with debt and weren’t helped by Government measures?
Farmers
What event worsened argricultural problems in 1925 and 1926?
Global grain surplus
What did farmers initiate in 1928 as a response to foreclosures and low market prices?
Farmers revenge
What was agricultural output at by 1929?
3/4 of pre war levels
What policy in 1929 reduced reparations to 1.8 billion and put all responsibility on German which made allied forces leave the Rhineland in 1920?
The Young Plan
What law did Hugenburg launch in response to The Young Plan that generated 13.8% of electorate support?
‘freedom law’
What welfare reform in 1924 brought help to the poor and destitute and became modernised?
Public Assistance system
What humiliated the German public when welfare reforms became too expensive, since Germany were supporting 800,000 war veterans, 900,000 orphans and 360,000 war widows?
Means tests
What percentage of the workforce were women by 1925?
36%
Who had to leave their jobs so ex soldiers could find employment?
Women
How many abortions were there in 1930?
10-12,000 per year
Who had no representatives in the Reichsrat?
Women
How many women were appointed to the Reichstag in 1919?
41
What percentage of the unemployed were in the 14-21 age group?
17%
What youth group in the 1920s was highly nationalistic and rejected middle class conventions?
Wandervogel
Who had prominence in the press, business, and banking?
Jews
What Jewish newspaper was the driving force behind the moderate liberal DDP?
Berliner Tageblatt
Which Jew controlled the huge electrical engineering firm AEG?
Rathanau
What did German Jews wish to do?
Assimilate
What scandal in 1925 provided immunition for financial anti semitic ideology?
Barmat Scandal
When did 60% of people vote for pro republicans?
May 1924
How many coalitions were there between 1923 and 1930?
7