1Who Gustav Stresemann was
DVP politician who served as Chancellor between August and November, 1923, and as Foreign Secretary until his 1929 death
2Who Hjalmar Schacht was
DDP politician who became Reich Currency Commissioner and head of Reichsbank in 1923
3When the Rentenmark was introduced
November 1923, by Hjalmar Schacht
4When passive resistance in the Ruhr ended
August 1923, which the right-wing took to be a 'surrender'
5When and what the Dawes Plan was
April 1924; a reorganisation of reparations and Germany's reception of U.S. loans
6When and why did the French evacuate the Ruhr
1924-25; Germany's recommenced reparation payments
7When and what were the Locarno Treaties
October 1925; an acceptance of Germany's western borders
8When Gustav Stresemann received the Nobel Peace Prize
1926; after Locarno treaties
9When Germany entered the League of Nations
Sept 1926; enabled Germany to use its voice on the world stage
10When and what was the Treaty of Berlin
April 1926; a negotiation with the USSR that extended the Rapallo Pact and ensured neutrality
11When and what the Kellogg-Briand Pact was
1928; 65 nations agree to not use war as a means of solving disputes
12When and what the Young Plan was
June 1929; a reduction of reparation payments by about 75% but was resented by many Germans
13How Germany defied demilitarisation
Between 1923-29 it spent more on armaments than Great Britain, and had an army more than double the agreed size by 1929
14What caused hyperinflation
The Government printing off money to pay striking workers wages.
15What coalition Stresemann made
DVP, SPD and Zentrum
16Stresemann's achievements and continuation of fulfilment (7)
- Dawes Plan
- Evacuation of Ruhr
- Locarno treaties
- League of Nations
- Treaty of Berlin
- Kellogg-Briand Pact
- Young Plan
17When a referendum was a held on the Young Plan
Dec 1929, with the right wing losing by a large margin
18Reichsbanner
1924; organisation formed by members of the Social Democratic Party, the German Centre Party, and the German Democratic Party; goal was to defend parliamentary democracy
19Percentage of vote for pro-Republican parties in May 1924
61+% of vote
20Percentage of vote for pro-Republican parties in Dec 1924
67.5% of vote
21Percentage of votes for NSDAP in May 1924 compared with Dec
May: 6.5%
Dec: 3%
22Percentage of votes for KPD in May 1924 compared with Dec
May: 12.6%
Dec: 9%
23Ebert dies, Hindenburg becomes president
1925, winning with 48.3% of the vote
24Paul von Hindenburg
Strongly conservative and undemocratic, but willing to accept and uphold his constitutional role
25Ersatzkaiser
'Substitute emperor'
26No. coalition govts between November 1923 and June 1928
Six different ones, all increasingly moving towards the right
27What was paradoxical about the SPD's role from 1923-28
Largest party in RS throughout, but did not serve in any govts in this period until June 1928
28When was there a debate about a new German flag?
1926, causing a govt to fail
29Grand Coalition
1928; SPD, DDP, Z, DVP, BVP, with disagreements happening often
30Chancellor June 1928-March 1930
Müller
31NSDAP performance in 1928 election
2.6% of vote
32Red Fighting League
1924; KPD paramilitary that clashed in the streets with the SA
33Percentage of vote for pro-Republican parties in May 1924
72.6% of vote
34Wall Street Crash
29th October 1929