The Recovory Of The Weimar Flashcards
When was Gustav Stresemann appointed foreign secretary?
1923.
When did Stresemann agree to the Dawes plan?
August 1924
What did the USA give Germany?
Loans to help its economic recovery.
How much money did the US loan to Germany?
$3 Billion
When did Stresemann introduce the Rentenmark?
November 1923
The young plan of 1929 reduced the reparations payments from £6.6 billion to what?
£1.8 billion
How long did the Young plan extend the length of the time Germany had to pay the reparations?
59 years
When did Britain, France and Belgium sign the Locarno Pact?
In 1925.
When was Germany given a permanent place in the League of Nations?
1926
What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
A pact agreeing that armies would be used only for self-defence.
When was the Kellogg-Briand pact signed?
In 1928.
Between what years did Germany see greater stability?
1924-1929 (During this period there was a greater support for the Weimar Republic and less support for extremism groups like the Nazis)
When was Hindenburg elected president?
In1925
Between what years were considered the ‘golden age’?
1924-1929
What made the ‘golden age’ so great?
There was a significant amount of changes in the standard of living, the position of women and in culture.
When did middle class workers seek employment?
In April 1928
How many middle class workers sought employment?
184,000 workers.
Between what years did almost two million new homes get built, while almost 200,000 more were being renovated?
Between 1924-1931.
When was the Unnemplyment Insurence Law introduced?
1927 (this required workers and employees to make contributions to a scheme for unemployment welfare).
In what year were women over the page of 20 allowed to vote?
1919.
What year did the government introduce equality for the sexes and equal pay in the professions?
1919.
By what year were there 100,000 women teachers and 3,000 doctors?
1933.
