International Relations from 1924-29

The Dawes Plan was the initiative of which country?

• Britain

• Switzerland

• The USA

• Canada

What provision was made at the London Conference of 1924 if Germany again in the future refused to pay reparations?

• Britain, France and the USA would re-occupy the Ruhr.

• Foreign investment into Germany would be cut off.

• Britain would appeal to the Permanent Court of International Justice and the USA would join the Reparation Commission.

• Germany would be expelled from the League of Nations.

Who was the foreign minister of Germany, 1923-29?

• Joseph Wirth

• Gustav Bauer

• Walther Rathenau

• Gustav Stresemann

Who described the agreement to accept the Dawes Plan at the London Conference of 1924 as 'the first peace treaty' since the end of the war?

• Ramsay MacDonald

• Lord Curzon

• President Harding

• Aristide Briand

France's attitude towards Germany is most accurately expressed through all of the following except

• Occupation of the Ruhr

• Compliance and compromise at the Genoa Conference

• It was a consequence of the Dawes Plan.

• Insistence on Germany paying full reparations amount

Which frontier other than the Franco-German frontier was guaranteed by the Locarno Treaties?

• Polish-German

• Belgian-German

• Austro-German

• Czech-German

Apart from Britain, which other country underwrote the Locarno Treaties?

• The USA

• Italy

• Poland

• The Netherlands

For Stresemann, what was Locarno the key to?

• Revising the Treaty of Versailles.

• Solving the Ruhr crisis.

• Securing US support.

• Winning over public opinion at home.

What was the 'the gold standard'?

• A letter showing plans by the USSR to stir up revolution in Britain.

• A dispute sorted out by the League of Nations.

• Another name for the Locarno Spirit

• A monetary system by which the value of currency is directly linked to the value of gold

How did the Young Plan affect Germany's reparation payments?

• It abolished reparations.

• It cut the total from 132 billion to 112 billion gold marks over 59 years.

• It renewed the Dawes Plan.

• It increased the amount Germany had to pay by 5 billion.