The recovery of the Republic 1924 - 29

Question 1

What was Stresemann’s main aim?

Answer 1

Political Stability

Question 2

Why did Stresemann want political stability?

Answer 2

He hoped that stability would unite the Germans behind Weimar and away from left and right wing parties

Question 3

What was the golden age?

Answer 3

The idea that Stresemann’s changes made Germany great again, won him support and achieved recovery

Question 4

What was the Rentenbank?

Answer 4

Stresemann’s new state owned national bank

Question 5

When was the Reichsbank formed?

Answer 5

1924

Question 6

What was the Rentenmark?

Answer 6

Stresemann’s new currency which helped replace worthless money

Question 7

When did the Rentenmark become the Reichsmark?

Answer 7

1924 when hyperinflation ended

Question 8

When was Stresemann given the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer 8

1926

Question 9

Who was Hindenburg?

Answer 9

The man who replaced Ebert after he died in 1925

Question 10

When was Stresemann made chancellor and foreign secretary?

Answer 10

August 1923

Question 11

When did Stresemann resign as chancellor?

Answer 11

November 1923

Question 12

When was the Dawes plan?

Answer 12

1924

Question 13

What was the Dawes plan?

Answer 13

Repayments were reduced to $50 million per year and German businesses were loaned $25 million

Question 14

How did the Dawes plan help the economy?

Answer 14

Production doubled and employment increased which increased tax revenue

Question 15

Why did the right wing hate the Dawes plan?

Answer 15

As the economy now depended on US loans

Question 16

When was the Young plan?

Answer 16

1929

Question 17

What was the Young plan?

Answer 17

Reduced reparations down to 2 billion and gave Germany an extra 59 years to pay

Question 18

Why did the right wing hate the Young plan?

Answer 18

Repayments were still $50 million until 1988

Question 19

How did the Young plan help the economy?

Answer 19

Let Ebert lower taxes which boosted economic spending and employment

Question 20

When was the Locarno pact?

Answer 20

1925

Question 21

What was the Locarno pact?

Answer 21

Germany now considered equal, acceptance of borders with France, permanent demilitarisation of Rhineland

Question 22

Why did the right wing hate the Locarno pact?

Answer 22

They wanted a total reversal of the Treaty of Versailles which did not happen

Question 23

When did Germany become part of the League of Nations?

Answer 23

1926

Question 24

When was the Kellogg - Briand pact?

Answer 24

August 1928

Question 25

What was the Kellogg - Briand pact?

Answer 25

Germany and 61 countries signed to promise peaceful foreign policy

Question 26

Why did the right wing hate the Kellogg - Briand pact?

Answer 26

As Germany was an equal with other countries and they wanted nothing to do with it

Question 27

When did Stresemann die?

Answer 27

3rd October 1929

Question 28

When was the Wall Street crash?

Answer 28

1929

Question 29

What did the Great depression cause?

Answer 29

The end of loans to Germany