Weimar Leaders

Question 1

Muller

Answer 1

Grand Coalition
Last democratic Weimar Republic
Austerity vs Stimulus - breakdown of the coalition on unemployment insurance disagreement

Question 2

Bruning

Answer 2

Middle of the Great Depression
Hunger Chancellor - massive cuts in government spending and social programs
Increasingly relied on emergency decrees
Created a ripe environment for extremist parties to rise

Question 3

Von Papen

Answer 3

Thought he could control Hitler

Question 4

Stresemann

Answer 4

Introduced the Rentenmark to curb hyperinflation
Called off passive resistance in the Ruhr
Admission into the League of Nations - treaties like Locarno and Kellogg-Briand
Dawes and Young Plan