treaty of versailles,hyperinflation,ruhr occupation

• what is the treaty of versailles?

  peace document that officially ended ww1
• when was the treaty of versailles signed?


  June 28, 1919
• How much was Germany forced to pay in reparations?

  £6.6 billion
• how many soldiers were the german army allowed?

  100000 and no airforce
• how of germany land was lost?

  13 percent
• what area of germany were german soldiers not allowed in?

  the rhineland
• what article claimed the war was Germanys fault?

  article 231
• how did germany react to the treaty of versailles?

  Germany hated it

  it forced them to take full blame for the war

  make huge and expensive reparations

  they weren't allowed to build up their military

  -new weimar gov hated and called november criminals for signing treaty
• What was the Ruhr Occupation?

  -period of military occupation by france and belgium in ruhr because of Germanys failure to pay reparations
• when did the ruhr occupation occur?

  1923-1925
• why did the ruhr occupation occur?

  end of 1922-germany missed reparation payment

  in response they took control of main industrial area to take goods as a form of reperations
• why was the ruhr occupation allowed?


  treaty of versailles allowed them
• what was the german response to the occupation of ruhr?

  -workers went on strike

  -france/belgium brought own workers in

  -gov halted production in main industrial area crippling the economy
• how did hyperinflation begin?

  -to pay reparations and fund workers who were on strike germany printed more money

  -value of marks fell and prices increased
• what were the economic consequences of hyperinflation?


  -those with savings lost their money-middle class esp

  -small businesses went bankrupt

  -people on fixed incomes/pensions money became worthless as they could not negotiate pay increases
• who benefited from hyperinflation?

  People with debts

  farmers benefited from increased food prices
• how was the hyperinflation crisis solved?

  -Stresemann introduced new temporary rentenmark currency which eventually became the new,stable Reichsmark

  -dawes plan-us gave loans and temporarily lowered reparations so economy could recover
• what were the problems with the solution for hyperinflation?


  -people lost savings and never got their money back which made them blame the weimar republic

  -people who suffered during crisis hated the weimar republic