The Recovery of Weimar

Question 1

What position was Gustav Stresemann appointed in 1923?

Answer 1

• Foreign Secretary
• August - September, served as chancellor

Question 2

When was the Dawes Plan agreed and what was it?

Answer 2

• August 1924
• Changed reparations payment terms
  USA gave Germany loans to help with economic recovery, nearly $3000 million

Question 3

When was the Retenmark introduced?

Answer 3

November 1923

Question 4

What was the Young Plan of 1929?

Answer 4

• Reduced reparations from £6.6 billion to £1.8 billion
• Extended time to pay reparations to 59 years

Question 5

What was the Locarno Pact and when was it signed?

Answer 5

Signed in 1925 with Britain, France and Belgium, agreeing to keep existing borders

Question 6

When was Germany given a permanent place in the League of Nations?

Answer 6

1926

Question 7

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact and when was it signed?

Answer 7

Armies would only be used for self defence, signed in 1928

Question 8

What period was named the ‘golden age’ and why?

Answer 8

• 1924-1929
• Significant changes in the standard of living, the position of women, and in culture
• Greater political stability

Question 9

When was Hindenburg elected president and what did this mean?

Answer 9

• 1925
• Old conservative order accepted the republic

Question 10

What happened to unemployment during the ‘golden age’?

Answer 10

• Unemployment fell
• Remained high amongst professions such as lawyers, civil servants and teachers
• April 1928, 184,000 seeking employment, almost half did not qualify for relief from the state
• Unemployment Insurance law was introduced in 1927, which required workers and employees to make contributions to a scheme for unemployment welfare
• German workers did, to a certain degree, benefit from increases in the value of real wages

Question 11

What happened to housing during the ‘golden age’?

Answer 11

• Weimar government attempted to deal with critical shortage of housing in many parts of Germany
• 1924-1931 2 million homes built, 200,000 renovated
• By 1929 state spending was 33 times more on housing than it had been in 1913

Question 12

When were women given the vote in Germany?

Answer 12

• 1919, women over 20

Question 13

How did the government improve gender equality?

Answer 13

• Introduced equality for the sexes
• Equal pay in the professions
• Under the Weimar government, women had some of the most advanced legal rights in Europe

Question 14

How many women teachers and doctors were there by 1933?

Answer 14

• Teachers = 100,000
• Doctors = 3000

Question 15

What was the name given to Weimar artists trying to show everyday life?

Answer 15

Neue Sachlichkeit, meaning ‘new objectivity’
Associated with artists George Grosz and Otto Dix

Question 16

Which city did Berlin challenge as the cultural capital of Europe?

Answer 16

Paris

Question 17

What was the new architecture movement called during the Weimar period?

Answer 17

Bauhaus which meant ‘school building’

Question 18

How did women’s freedom change?

Answer 18

Women enjoyed more freedom socially than ever before