Recovery Of The Weimar (topic 2)

Question 1

Timeline of Major Events in the Weimar’s Recovery

Answer 1

Rentenmark ➡️ reichsmark ➡️ Dawes plan ➡️ Locarno Pact ➡️ Joining Germany to the League of Nations ➡️ Kellogg-Briand Pact ➡️ Young Plan

Question 2

Person who lead Germany to the Golden Age

Answer 2

Gustav Stresemann

Question 3

Period of 1924-1929 is referred as

Answer 3

The Golden Age

Question 4

Rentenmark was created in

Answer 4

1923

Question 5

Reichsmark was signed in

Answer 5

1924

Question 6

Dawes plan was signed in

Answer 6

1924 (after reichsmark)

Question 7

Locarno pact was signed in

Answer 7

1925

Question 8

The League of Nations was joined in

Answer 8

1926

Question 9

Who benefited from the Golden Age?

Answer 9

Employment, cinema, politics, art, LGBTQ+

Question 10

How did women change in the Golden Age?

Answer 10

• the ‘new women’
• liked short hair,revealing clothes, drinking and smoking
  -less interested in marriage
• only 36% were employed
• birth rate fell, divorce rate increased, women felt forced to fit into this role

Question 11

How did politics change in the Golden Age?

Answer 11

• greater political stability - Social Democrats always won most of the votes
• greater support for the Weimar and supporting parties
• Stresemann was the most popular leader of the Weimar Republic
• Berlin was a “left wing city”
• Nazi votes decreased - 32➡️ 14➡️12

Question 12

How did employment change in the Golden Age?

Answer 12

• hourly wages rose in real terms
• pensioners and sickness benefits introduced
• council house construction
• 1929- only 1.4 million out of 65 million were without a job

Question 13

How did farmers lives change in the Golden Age? ( didn’t benefit much)

Answer 13

• didn’t benefit
• experienced problems throughout the 1920s and after 1927
• lack of profit and even greater debt discouraged investment
• by 1929 agricultural production was still 26% lower than pre war levels

Question 14

How did the LGBTQ+ change in the Golden Age ? (Only in Berlin)

Answer 14

• open about it - famous night club = el dorado - for gay and Jewish people
• very progressive/ accepting
• no punishment for it

Question 15

How did the art change in the Golden Age?

Answer 15

• greater freedom for the artists
• art referred to ‘magic realism’
• artists could relish the creative freedoms liberalism of post war

Question 16

How did the cinema change in the Golden Age?

Answer 16

• new techniques and styles known as ‘expressionism’
• ordinary people sought cheap entertainment and escapism from the horrible decade
• new ways to convey atmosphere and mood

Question 17

How did architecture change in the Golden Age?

Answer 17

• A new group of architects and designers emerged in this period called the Bauhaus.
• Their design was simple, avoiding all decoration. Using only basic shapes and colours.
• They designed a wide range of things from chairs and cupboards to enormous housing estates!
• This approach was very different to the elaborate and decorative style of pre-war Germany.

Question 18

What was the young plan?

Answer 18

A plan to reduce the reparations amount by 20% and gave Germany 59 years to repay it

Question 19

What was the Dawes plan?

Answer 19

Plan to reduced the annual payment for reparations & Germany were loaned 800million marks from the USA

Question 20

What was the Locarno pact?

Answer 20

Germany, France and Belgium all agreed to respect the borders set by the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 21

What was the Kellogg-Brian’s Pact?

Answer 21

Germany were one of 62 countries that signed up. It was a promise to solve all disputes between them peacefully.

Question 22

What was the Rentenmark?

Answer 22

Gustav Stresemann introduced a new currency called the Rentenmark. As only a limited amount was printed it had value helping to restore confidence both in Germany & internationally.

Question 23

What happened after the French took over the Ruhr and what did Gustav Stresemann do?

Answer 23

Stresemann called off the passive resistance in the Ruhr. Germany were able to produce goods again and could stop printing money to pay striking workers. He promised that Germany would start paying reparations again. This persuaded France & Belgium to leave the Ruhr by 1925.

Question 24

What did Gustav Stresemann do with the League of Nations?

Answer 24

Germany were made a permanent member of the League of Nations. Germany were once again recognised as a powerful, trusted and respected nation.