DEPTH STUDY- Weimar recovery between 1924 and 1929 Flashcards

1
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Who was the chancellor of this period?

A

Gustav Stresemann

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2
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When was the chancellor appointed?

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Stresemann became chancellor in 1923

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3
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How did Stresemann deal with the passive resistance? (2)

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  • sent workers back to the Ruhr

- people were then getting paaid again

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4
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What production was lost during the passive resistance?

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80% steel producution lost

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5
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How was the hyperinflation sorted? (2)

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Government stopped printing money-Rentenmark was introduced

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6
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What did the ceasing of the hyperinflation mean?

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German currency had value again

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7
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Why was the government blamed for a “year of misery”

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people (mostly middle class) had lost savings

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8
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How was the German governmnet helped by the USA?

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Dawes plan of 1924

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9
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what was still an economic problem despite financial help from the USA?

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Unemployment - 8.4% of Germaan workforce

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10
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Why were loans possibly not the most ideal solvent?

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Hard to pay back loans, loans could be revoked at any time

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11
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What did the Dawes plan mean?

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more money to fund recovery

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12
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When was the Locarno pact signed?

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1925/26

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13
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What did the Locarno pact set out to achieve?

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sought to secure the post-war territorial settlement

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14
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When did Germany join the league?

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1926

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15
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When was the young plan?

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1929

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16
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What did the Young plan mean?

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a program for settling Germany’s World War I reparations

17
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What the re-involvement of Germany in international politics mean?

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Weimar government had to accept Tov

18
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Positives of sucessful politics (3)

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  • government was stable
  • fewer elections held (fewer disagreements)
  • fewer supported extremist groups (votes for Nazis/communists) went down
19
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Negatives of sucessful politics

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  • No party could get a majority

- Hindenburg was elected (he was a monarchist - seen as voting for an old system)

20
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When was Hindenburg elected?

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1925

21
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Postives of sucessful economy (3)

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  • economy was good because of Dawes/Young plan
  • production was at its highest level
  • Germany was becoming a world exporter for manufactured goods
22
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Negatives of sucessful economy (4)

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  • all sucess was based on American loans
  • unemployment was still a serious problem
  • big social gap between rich/poor
  • farming and agriculture did very badly
23
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Positives of German culture (4)

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  • Artists flourished
  • German cinema boomed (Metropolis)
  • architecture was admired (Bauhaus)
  • big achievement of Weimar
24
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Negatives of German culture

A

Weimar decadence ( Seen as sleazy aand sex-obsessed)

25
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Weimar achievements (card1)

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survived political/extremist uprisings (Spartacist, Kapp, Munich)

26
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Weimar achievements (card2)

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Freedom:

  • everyone was able to vote
  • free press
  • free speech
  • ordinary Germnas involved in politics (eg Hitler)