HISTORY UNIT 2 - RECOVERY OF WEIMAR

Question 1

Name the three ways Stresemann recovered from hyperinflation:

Answer 1

Dawes Plan
Rentenmark
Young Plan

Question 2

What date was the Dawes Plan signed ?

Answer 2

August 1924

Question 3

What three things did the Dawes Plan ensure ?

Answer 3

• Ruhr evacuated - 1925
• USA gives 3M in loans over the next 6 years.
• Reparation payments reduced

Question 4

when was the Rentenmark introduced ?

Answer 4

Nov 1923

Question 5

What was the Rentenmark backed by ?

Answer 5

Property Values

Question 6

What replaced the Rentenmark, what year ?

Answer 6

Reichsmark, 1924

Question 7

What was the Reichsmark backed by ?

Answer 7

Gold Reserves

Question 8

When was the Young Plan agreed?

Answer 8

1929

Question 9

What did the Young Plan decide ?

Answer 9

• Reparations reduced from £1.85B to £6.6B
• Germany given 59 years to pay

Question 10

In what three ways did Stresemann improve foreign relations ?

Answer 10

• Lorcano Pact
• League of Nations
• Kellog-Briand Pact

Question 11

When was the Lorcano Pact signed ?

Answer 11

1925

Question 12

Who signed the Lorcano Pact ?

Answer 12

DE, GB, FR, IT, BE

Question 13

What did the Lorcano Pact agree ?

Answer 13

Respect Border

Question 14

What was the significance of the Lorcano Pact ?

Answer 14

Marked Germany’s return to the international scene

Question 15

When did Germany join the League of nations ?

Answer 15

1926

Question 16

What was the significance of the LoN ?

Answer 16

• Germany given a permanent seat on the council
• Brought about the Young Plan
• Marked Germany’s return to a Great Power

Question 17

When was the Kellog-Briand Pact signed?

Answer 17

1928

Question 18

Who signed the Kellog-Briand Pact ?

Answer 18

Germany and 64 other nations

Question 19

What was the purpose of the Kellog-Briand Pact ?

Answer 19

Use armies for self-defence and try to resolve disputes through diplomacy

Question 20

How did life for German women improve under Stresemann ?

Answer 20

• 1919, woman over 20 could vote
• Weimar gauranteed equal education and employment opportunities
• More freedom - Short skirts, makeup, drinking, smoking and going out unaccompanied
• Most advanced legal rights in Europe
• 1933, 100,000 female teachers and 3,000 female doctors.

Question 21

How did Stresemann improve housing ?

Answer 21

• 1924-31 over 2m homes built
• Homelessness reduced by 60%
• Government inveted in architects and builders for new housing

Question 22

How did Stresmann bring about Social development ?

Answer 22

• No censorship, new art and culture - Berlin rivaled Paris as cultural capital of the world.
• Improvement in standard of living
  - Wage increase of 10%, some of the bestpaid workers in Europe
• Unemployment fell - Unemployment Insurance Law 1927.
• Benefits for widows, veterans and the elderly

Question 23

What happened to voting during the golden age ?

Answer 23

1924-29 - Less support for extremist parties
1924 - Nazi Seats = 32 Social Democrats = 100
1928 - Nazi Seats = 12 Social Democrats = 153

Question 24

Unemployment figures ?

Answer 24

9m to 6m by 1926