Weimar foreign policy

Question 1

what were Stresemann’s views on foreign policy before 1920?

Answer 1

he was a nationalist
he supported Siegfriede as well as the use of unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 2

what party did Stresemann form?

Answer 2

the DVP

Question 3

when did Stresemann adopt a sympathetic stance to the Weimar Republic?

Answer 3

after the failed Kapp Putsch and right-wing aggression

Question 4

what was Stresemann referred to as?

Answer 4

Vernunftrepublikaner

Question 5

what was a Vernunftrepublikaner?

Answer 5

a rational republican

someone who wants the return on monarchy but, in the best interests of German stability, backs the Weimar Republic

Question 6

what were Stresemann’s main aims?

Answer 6

to free Germany from the TofV
to restore Germany’s great power status

Question 7

which relationship did Stresemann look to mend the most?

Answer 7

Franco-German relations

he saw France as the main power in Europe

Question 8

what was the Treaty of Rapallo?

Answer 8

treaty between Germany and Soviet Russia which put an end to Soviet-German aggression and opened friendly diplomatic relations between the 2 nations

Question 9

when was the Treaty of Rapallo signed?

Answer 9

April 1922

Question 10

what were Stresemann’s views on Soviet-German relations?

Answer 10

he did not look to develop an alliance with Soviet Russia
instead he hoped to maintain a friendship

Question 11

when was the Dawes Plan accepted?

Answer 11

April 1924

Question 12

what did Germany get out of the Dawes Plan?

Answer 12

• Germany received loans and investment
• the French promised to leave the Ruhr by 1925

Question 13

how large was the loan in the Dawes Plan from the USA?

Answer 13

800 million gold marks

Question 14

how did Germany improve relations with France and Britain in the 1920s?

Answer 14

by paying reparations

Question 15

when was the Locarno Pact signed?

Answer 15

October 1925

Question 16

what were the main points of the Locarno Pact?

Answer 16

• agreement on Germany’s western borders with France and Belgium
• agreement on upholding peace
• allied occupation of the Rheineland was ended

Question 17

when did Germany join the League of Nations?

Answer 17

1926

Question 18

when did Germany sign the Kellog-Briand Pact?

Answer 18

1928

Question 19

what was the Kellog-Briand Pact?

Answer 19

pact which outlawed war

Question 20

was the Kellog-Brian Pact have a practical effect?

Answer 20

NO
but it showed Germany was cooperating

Question 21

when was the Young Plan agreed?

Answer 21

August 1929

Question 22

what did the Young Plan agree upon?

Answer 22

• Germany was to pay reparations over a stretched period until 1988
• total reparations were reduced

Question 23

how much were the new reparations set by the Young Plan?

Answer 23

£1.85 billion

Question 24

when was the Treaty of Berlin signed?

Answer 24

April 1926

Question 25

what did Stresemann hope to achieve with the Treaty of Berlin?

Answer 25

• a stronger relationship with the USSR
• opening up of a larger economic market as well as greater military cooperation

Question 26

was Stresemann’s foreign policy good for Germany?

Answer 26

YES
- it showed greater cooperation
- provided more funds
- allowed the Weimar Republic to SPEND
- loosened the grip of the TofV on Germany

ALL DONE PEACEFULLY

Question 27

what formed in opposition to the signing of the Young Plan

Answer 27

the national opposition

Question 28

how can Stresemann’s work be seen as unsuccessful?

Answer 28

it failed to deal with domestic German issues with the right-wing ready to pounce on any mistake or mishap

after his death, his work was almost eradicated by the Great Depression and the work of the national opposition