The Golden Years Flashcards
Who’s influence helped stabilize the Weimar Republic?
Gustav Stresemann
How did he end hyperinflation?
he introduced a new currency called the Rentenmark
How did he help the economy?
he loaned 800 million marks from the US
What plan gave Germany longer to pay reparations?
the Dawes Plan
What did the Young Plan do?
Reduced reparation amounts from 132 million to 27 million
Why were people reluctant towards the young plan?
they thought the repayments were too high
What was the Locarno Treaty?
An agreement that Britain, America, France, Belgium and Italy would not fight over territory
What did Germany join in 1926
the League of Nations
What pact agreed no future wars between 65 countries?
The Kellogg-Brand Pact
Why might some people say Stresemann was just ‘covering over the cracks?’
Germany relied too much on the US
Why were there social tensions?
The lower-middle class felt threatened as working class was favored in the new system
