S2. 9 Government and opposition, 1924-1929 Flashcards
(37 cards)
How many days was Stresemann Chancellor?
100 days
Who was Chancellor before Stresemann?
Cuno
Who was Stresemann the leader of?
the right-wing DVP
Which 2 parties did he form a coalition with?
SPD and Zentrum
When did passive resistance end in the Ruhr?
September 1923
Who was appointed as Reich Currency Commissioner and head of the Reichsbank?
Hjalmar Schacht
When was the Dawes Plan negotiated in the Reichstag and who opposed it?
April 1924
mainly DNVP and other right-wing groups
When did the French begin to evacuate from the Ruhr?
1924-25
What did the Locarno treaties do and when were they signed?
It was Germany promising to keep troops out the Rhineland and to respect Western frontiers.
1925
When did Germany join the ‘League of Nations’ as a permanent member of the council?
1926
When was the ‘Treaty of Berlin’ and what did it outline?
1926
Confirmed the treaty of Rapallo - and a pledge of neutrality for 5 years between USSR and Germany in an attack from a third party
What pact did Germnay sign in 1928 and how many other states also signed it?
Kellog-Briand Pact - 64
- it condemned recourse to war as a mean of solving international dispute
When was the new arbitration system set up and what did it help?
October 1923 - helped raise living standards
What was the Young plan and when was it negotiated?
It reduced the total reparations by around 75%
August 1929
Who opposed the Young Plan and what did they do?
Nationalist groups led by Alfred Hugenburg of the DNVP
he forced a referendum in December 1929, which lost with only 14% of the votes (gave Hitler a propaganda opportunity)
What did Stresemann diagree with Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, Seeckt?
Seeckt believed Germany should combine forced with Russia to overthrow Poland.
What is the Reichsbanner and when was it set up?
It was a republican defence force formed in February 1924, in reaction to left and right wing uprisings
When did the two elections happen in 1924?
May and December
What % did pro-republican parties (SPD, DDP, DVP and Zentrum) get in the elections?
61% (May) and 67.5% (December)
What % did the Nazis get in the 1924 elections?
6.5% (May) and 3% (December)
What % did the KPD get in the 1924 elections?
12.6% (May) and 9% (December)
When did Ebert die?
February 1925
Who succeeded Ebert ? And what % of the vote did he get?
Hindenburg - 48.3% in the second election
How many coalitions were there between November 1923- June 1928?
6
