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• the dawes plan was a plan to help germany pay reparations
• the dawes plan was made by stresemann
• the dawes plan relied off loans from america
• gustav stresemann was the chancellor of germany from 1923 who helped germany recover from hyperinflation and the invasion of the ruhr
• the spartacists were a group of communists led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
• the young plan reduced reparations from 6.6 billion pounds to 1.85 billion pounds
• the locarno pact ensured that the borders between france, belgium and germany would not change
• the kellog briand pact promised to solve conflict by peaceful means
• the munich putsch was hitlers attempt to seize power in berlin in 1923
• hitler was arrested for the munich putsch
• in jail, hitler wrote mein kampf
• hitlers speech in court gave him more publicity
• hitler was sentenced to the minimum sentence of 5 years, but only had to serve 9 months
• the ruhr was an industrial area in germany
• the ruhr was invaded in 1923 by france
• dolchstoss (stab in the back) was the idea that germany was betrayed by those who signed the treaty of versailles
• the aryan race was the idea of a pure german race, ideally with blue eyes and blond hair
• the SS was hitlers private bodyguard army
• the SA was a paramilitary organisation that was run by Ernest Rohm
• proportional representation is when a party gets a proportion of the seats in the house based on the proportion of votes it gets