Stresemann's Foreign Policy

• Stressman's economic policies ended hyperinflation and stabilized the economy in the 1920s
• Stressman resigned as chancellor


  November 1923
• Stressman continued as foreign secretary until


  1929
• Stressman's foreign policies


  Improved Germany's relations with other countries
• Defeat in World War One and the Treaty of Versailles


  Led to support for extremist parties such as the NSDAP and the Communists
• Improving foreign relations


  Showed the population that Germany was still a proud nation and built confidence in the Weimar Republic
• Increased trade with other nations


  Helped to reduce hardships caused by hyperinflation
• Germany's place in the Lucano Pact


  1. Agreement between Britain, Italy, France, and Belgium

  2. Cemented some terms of the Treaty of Versailles

  3. Agreed that Germany could apply to become a member of the League of Nations

  4. Germany had a say in its terms
• Lucano Pact


  • Germany agreed to the new border with France giving up its claim to Alsace-Lorraine and promising to keep the peace on the border
  • Germany agreed to the demilitarization of the Rhineland
• Strasman was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1926 for preventing war
• Boosted support for the Weimar Republic


  People could see that it would be able to restore Germany as an equal in the world
• Not all parties supported the Lucano Pact


  Some extremist parties hated it because they saw it as Germany giving in to the Treaty of Versailles
• Woodrow Wilson's 14 points included setting up the League of Nations after World War One
• The League of Nations was a council of countries who met to discuss world problems such as border conflicts and invasions and to prevent wars
• The USA had not joined the League due to its own internal politics
• In 1926, Stressman persuaded the League to allow Germany to join
• Germany had not joined the league


  Due to its own internal politics
• Stressman was able to persuade the league to allow Germany to join


  1926
• Germany joining the league


  Gave Germany equality with other powers in Europe and beyond
• Germany joining the league


  Was welcomed by most in Germany as a positive Germany standing in the world
• Germany joining the league


  Rejected by extremist parties because they saw the league of nations as a symbol of the Treaty of Versailles
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 was between 61 nations
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact


  Promised that countries would not use war as a way to achieve their aims
• USA not being a member of the League of Nations


  Showed goodwill to the aim of world peace
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact


  Improved Germany's standing in the world
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact


  Germany was considered a powerful country with a say over international issues
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact


  Did not receive support from extreme parties because it had not removed the Treaty of Versailles
• Stressman's aim


  Was to restore faith in the Weimar Republic and reduce the hardships faced by the German people
• The economic and foreign policies of the 1920s led to a reduction in support of the extreme parties from 40 in 1924 to 28 in 1928
• President Ebert died and was replaced by Paul von Hindenburg


  1925
• Paul von Hindenburg


  Was the former field marshal of the Kaiser's army
• Paul von Hindenburg


  Pleased moderates and those who saw Ebert as one of the November criminals
• Stressman died of a heart attack in October at just 51 years of age


  1929
• Stressman's death


  Was quickly followed by a world economic crisis which would change everything