First attempt BBC Recovery quiz

What was the name of the German Chancellor given the job of sorting out the economy?

• Stresemann
• Hitler
• Hindenburg
• Ebert

What did the Treaty of Versailles do to the German economy?

• crippled it
• improved it
• increased employment
• allowed reparations to be paid back easily

What had hyperinflation done to savings?

• made them worthless
• increased them
• kept them the same
• no one had any savings anyway

What did Stresemann do regarding the workers strike in the Ruhr?

• called it off
• told them to carry on
• printed more money
• told them to stop causing trouble<br />

What was the name of the new currency that Stresemann introduced?

• Rentenmark
• Reichmark
• Euro
• Germanmark

What did the Dawes Plan introduce?

• Money from the USA
• Experts from America
• Soldiers from America
• Resources from America

What did the Locarno Treaty agree?

• That Germany could be part of the League of Nations
• That Germany could be part of the UN
• That Germany was not allowed to be part of the League of Nations<br />
• That Germany was not allowed to be part of Europe

What did the Young Plan reduce?

• reparations
• savings
• hyperinflation
• the army

Why did some not like relying on American loans?

• as America could ask for them back at any time
• as the interest payments were too high
• as they were a bit racist
• as the boats took too long to bring the money

Which industry was still not improving, even after Stresemann's improvements to the economy?

• agriculture
• factories
• tourism
• health care