The Stresemann Era

• Who was Stresemann?

  Foreign Minister of Germany
• When was Stresemann Chancellor?

  1923
• When was Stresemann Foreign Minister?

  1924 - 1929
• What did he do to recover gov.?

  • Ended strike in Ruhr
  • Burned all money from Hyperinflation -> started a new currency
  • Resumed Reparation Payment ($6.6bil)
• What was the Locarno Pact? When was it signed?

  A treaty that promised Germany would respect the borders of France and Belgium - 1925
• What was the Dawes plan? When was it agreed?

  Lower reparations with help from USA - 1924
• What was the Young plan? When was it agreed?

  A proposal to lower the reparations after WW1 -> This was agreed in 1929
• When did Germany join League of Nations?

  1926
• What was the Kellogg Briand pact? When was it signed?

  An agreement with other countries not to go to war unless in defence - 1928