CCEA A-Level History 4010
England 1509–58AS Unit 1
England 1603–49AS Unit 1
Britain in the Age of Reform 1830–80AS Unit 1
Italy and Germany 1815–71AS Unit 1
Germany 1919–45AS Unit 1
Spain and Europe 1556–98AS Unit 2
The Ascendancy of France in Europe 1660–1714AS Unit 2
Ireland 1823–67AS Unit 2
France 1815–70AS Unit 2
Russia 1914–41AS Unit 2
Italy's Quest for Great Power Status 1871–1943AS Unit 2
Crown and Parliament in England 1625–1714A2 Unit 1
Ireland Under the Union 1800–1900A2 Unit 1
The Causes and Consequences of Great Power Conflict 1848–1945A2 Unit 1
The American Presidency 1901–2000A2 Unit 1
Clash of Ideologies in Europe 1900–2000A2 Unit 1
England 1558–1603A2 Unit 2
Ireland 1685–1714A2 Unit 2
Ireland 1778–1803A2 Unit 2
Partition of Ireland 1900–25A2 Unit 2
Germany 1919–45
The Weimar economy 1924–29
- 3 things to know
- AS Unit 1
Overview
The Dawes Plan and American loans, the return of the mark, the strengths and weaknesses of the recovery and the Young Plan.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What did the Young Plan of 1929 change?
How dependent was the recovery on foreign money?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
State what the Dawes Plan of 1924 did.
Model answer
The Dawes Plan rescheduled reparations on a sliding scale starting at one thousand million marks a year, reorganised the Reichsbank under international supervision and brought Germany a large American loan.
- 2
What did the Young Plan of 1929 change?
Model answer
The Young Plan cut the total reparations bill to about 112 thousand million marks, spread payments until 1988 and removed foreign supervision of German finances.
- 3
How did nationalists respond to the Young Plan?
Model answer
Hugenberg's nationalists and the Nazis campaigned for a Freedom Law rejecting the plan and punishing ministers who signed it, and although the referendum failed the campaign gave Hitler national publicity and respectable allies.
- 4
How dependent was the recovery on foreign money?
Model answer
Germany borrowed some twenty-five thousand million marks between 1924 and 1930, much of it short-term American credit that funded long-term investment and could be recalled at short notice.
- 5
What signs of genuine recovery were there by 1928?
Model answer
Industrial production passed its pre-war level in 1928, exports grew, the currency was stable, and new factories, power stations and public housing were built with the borrowed money.
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What happened to wages and working conditions in these years?
Model answer
Real wages rose every year from 1924 and were the highest in German history by 1928, and hours were regulated by compulsory arbitration in wage disputes.
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