TOPIC 2 The Recovery Of Weimar Flashcards
1923 …… appointed as foreign secretary
From august to September he served as …..
Gustav Stresemann
Chancellor
In …… Stresemann agrees the ……. Plan which changed the reparation payment terms
August 1924
Dawes
As part of the Dawes Plan, the USA also ……
agreed to give Germany loans to help its economic recovery
In the Dawes plan, US companies and banks …..
Loaned nearly $3,000 million to germany
In …… Stresemann introduced a new currency called the ….
November 1923
Rentenmark
The Young Plan of …… reduced the reparation payments from….. to …….
1929
£6.6 billion
£1.9 billion
The young plan also …..
extended the length of time Germany had to pay the reparations to 59 years
The economy …… over this period
Many questioned the …….. on loans from the USA
Prospered
Over-dependence
In …… Germany signs the Locarno pact with B…. F…. And B….
The countries agreed to ……
1925
Britain
France
Belgium
Keep existing borders
In ….. Germany was given a permanent place in the League of Nations
1926
In …… the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed, agreeing that ……
1928
armies would be used only for self-defence
The Golden Age of Weimar from …. to ….. saw greater …..
1924
1929
Political stability
During golden age of Weimar, there was greater support for ….. and less support for ….
the Weimar Republic
Extreme its groups like the Nazis
In …… Hindenburg elected as ….. which seemed to show that ….
1925
President
the old conservative order now accepted the republic
Described as golden age because of ……
Significant changes in the standard of living, the position of women and culture
During golden age German workers did to a certain degree ……
……. fell however remained high amongst those who worked in professions such as …..
benefit from increase in the value of real wages
Unemployment
lawyers, civil servants and teachers
Weimar government attempted to deal with the ……. In many parts of Germany
Between 1924 and 1931, more than ……. new homes were built while more than …… were renovated
Critical shortage of housing
2 million
200,000
Unemployment insurance law was introduced in ….. which required workers and employees to …..
1927
make contributions to a scheme for unemployment welfare
In …. women over the age of ….. were given the vote
1919
20
The government introduced ……. and equal pay in professions
Under Weimar, German women had some of the most …….. in Europe
equality for the sexes
Advanced legal rights
By 1933, there were ….. women teachers and …… doctors
100,000
3,000
Women also enjoyed more ….. than had been the case before the Weimar Republic
freedom socially
Weimar artists tried to show ……
This was given the name …. meaning …..
Everyday life
Neue Sachlichkeit
New objectivity
Weimar architecture also flourished, especially the ….. which meant ….
Bauhaus
‘School of building’
The Weimar period encouraged …… from both left and right
Literature
