Germany 1:2 - The Recovery of Germany, 1924-1929

Who was elected by Ebert as Chancellor of Germany in 1923?

• Ernst Röhm

• Adolf Hitler

• Gustav Stresemann

• Heinrich Himmler

In 1923, Stresemann introduced a new temporary currency called the...?

The value of the Rentenmark was based on the value of ... ?

• Gold

• Agricultural land and other property

• Houses

• Nothing

As the German economy recovered from hyperinflation, Stresemann replaced the Rentenmark with the...

True or false:

Stresemann's introduction of the Rentenmark, followed by the Reichsmark, restored faith in the German economy.

• True

• False

Match the policies below with the initiatives that introduced them.

Groups:

(a) The Dawes Plan, 1924

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(b) The Young Plan, 1929

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(c) The Locarno Treaties, 1925

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(d) Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928

• American banks and businesses were encouraged to invest $3 billion in Germany

• The French agreed to leave the Ruhr

• Germany was given longer (59 years) to pay the reparations

• Reparations were permanently reduced to £1.85 billion from £6.6 billion

• Reparations were reduced to 1 billion marks for one year, rising as the economy improved

• Germany promised to accept the Western border with France and Belgium

• An agreement by 60 countries that war would not be used to solve future disputes

• Resulted in Germany being invited to join the League of Nations

• France and Britain agreed to settle future disputes through the League of Nations

Who became President of Germany after Friedrich Ebert died in 1925?

• Paul von Hindenburg

• Adolf Hitler

• Josef Goebbels

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

Type queThe election of von Hindenburg as President of Germany following the death of Friedrich Ebert was reassuring to right-wing Germans who were suspicious of the Weimar Republic. The reasons that they were reassured are:

1) He was from an (a)   family.

2) He had been a senior ​ (b)   in the First World War and was regarded as a​ (c)   .

• aristocratic
• army commander
• war hero
• Vice Chancellor
• poor
• revolutionary

Identify two indicators that German politics was more stable after 1923.

• People were buying more bread

• There were no more attempted revolutions

• By 1928, moderate political parties had 136 more seats in the Reichstag than radical parties

• Germany became a one-party state

What percentage of the vote did Hitler's Nazi party win in 1928?

• 3%

• 10%

• 28%

• 99%