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Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39

The ‘Golden Years’: recovery of the Republic, 1924–29

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Overview

Stresemann's offices, the end of the Ruhr strike, the Rentenmark and Reichsmark, the Dawes and Young Plans, the danger of American loans, Locarno, the League of Nations, the Kellogg-Briand Pact and the Nobel Prize.

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Key term

How did currency reform, the Dawes Plan and the Locarno treaties help the Republic recover after 1924?

Who and when

What did Stresemann do about the strike in the Ruhr, and why?

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What was the Rentenmark and why did people trust it?

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  1. 1

    What two offices did Stresemann hold, and when?

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    He was Chancellor for a few months in 1923 and then Foreign Minister from that year until his death in 1929.

  2. 2

    What did Stresemann do about the strike in the Ruhr, and why?

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    He called it off and restarted reparations payments, so that the French and Belgians would eventually withdraw and the currency could be saved.

  3. 3

    What was the Rentenmark and why did people trust it?

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    A temporary currency issued in November 1923 whose supply was strictly limited and whose value rested on German land and industrial goods.

  4. 4

    What took the place of the Rentenmark in 1924?

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    The Reichsmark, issued by an independent national bank under Allied supervision.

  5. 5

    What did the Dawes Plan of 1924 change about reparations?

    Model answer

    Yearly payments were reset to a level Germany could actually manage, with the amount rising as the economy grew.

  6. 6

    How large was the American loan that came with the Dawes Plan?

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    800 million marks, which was used to rebuild German industry.

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