Germany 1918-1939 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Two ways Stresemann strengthened the currency and solved hyperinflation
Rentenmark
reichsbank
What was Germany nicknamed by historians during 1924-29
The golden years
Four benefits/positive effects of the Dawes plan 1924
Reduced reparations to £50 million a year
Provided $25 billion in US loans to help Germanys economy
helped create the golden years
enabled reparations to be paid so the Ruhr occupation ended
Two drawbacks/negative effects of the Dawes plan 1924
Didn’t reduce the total amount of reparations owed
Germany were now reliant on US loans
Four benefits/positive effects of the Young plan 1929
Made reparations more affordable
reduced the total from £6.6 billion to £2 billion
Gave Germany 59 more years to pay
Popular with 85% of Germans in a referendum
One drawback/Negative effect of the Young plan 1929
Nationalists called it a disgrace and that the ‘unborn’ would have to pay it
Four points about the Locarno pact 1925
Signed with Britain France and Belgium
Allied troops removed from the rhineland
Agreed to new boarders with France and Belgium as a result of the Versailles treaty
Right wingers hated it as it accepted the lost land to France and Belgium
Three points about joining the league of Nations 1926
Also had a place on the leagues council
Germany was seen as peaceful
Stresemann received the Nobel peace prize
Two points about the Kellogg-Briand pact 1928
65 countries agreed not to resort to war to resolve problems
Germany was now fully accepted by other countries again
Why was Gustav Stressemann keen to improve Germans relationship with foreign countries
He wanted to get reparations reduced
Five points about Weimar Germanys arts and culture
Artistic movements - prompted new ideas
Otto Dix - changing attitudes to sex
Architecture - Modern and futuristic designs
Cinema - Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Design - Bauhaus movement of modern design
Why were some Germans angry with Weimar arts and culture
They were horrified by the immoral and unGerman arts and freedoms
Three points about Weimar ‘new women’
Careers outside the home
make-up and new fashions
Equality and right to vote
Who did not like ‘new woman’ and why was this
Right wingers and the church as there was an increase in the divorce rate and new freedoms were not traditional
