Stresemann era

• What position in the gov. did Stresemann hold in 1923

  Chancellor
• For how long was Stresemann Foreign secretary

  1924-29 (until his death)
• How was Hyperinflation solved and by who

  • Dec 1923 - Rentenmark introduced
  • 1924 - Dawes Plan signed by Stresemann
• What was the Dawes plan

  • Loan from America to help Germany rebuild
  • 800 million marks
• What was the Young Plan and when was it introduced

  • reduced reparations payments to 2 million
  • stated Germany had more time (59 years) to pay reparations
  • 1929
• what impacts did did economic measures have in Germany

  • Increased money + goods
  • people had more disposable income + standards of living improved
• What was popular in German culture at the time

  Cinema, clubs, sexual revolution, art, music, cabaret, etc
• What were the Locarno treaties and when were they signed

  • 1925
  • international agreement that:
  • formally recognised borders established at TofV
  • agreed that Germany would not use force to settle disputes
  • agreed that Rhineland would stay demilitarised
• When did Germany join the League of Nations

  1926
• What were the economic problems in this era

  • US could call in loan and Germany wouldn't be able to pay it back
  • Wall Street Crash
• What were the political problems of the Stresemann era

  • Both Nazis + Communists were building up parties
  • Weimar gov. still unpopular - 30% of votes were against them
  • Right-wing parties collaborated closely
• When and what was the Wall Street Crash

  • Oct 1929
  • American stock market crashed and economy collapsed
• What did the Wall street crash cause

  • USA recalled all loans - Germany's money stopped + they entered depression
• How many people in Germany were unemployed by 1932

  6 million (40%)
• How did the Weimar gov. deal with the depression

  • refused to print more money but raised taxes/cut wages which intensified suffering
  • Violence broke out as people got desperate - gov didn't deal with it
• What and when was the Kellog-Briand pact

  • 1928
  • 62 countries (including Germany) agreeing to be peaceful - no war