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Recovery of Germany

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Chancellor of Germany helped improve Germany's economy after 1923?

a)

Friedrich Ebert

b)

Gustav Stresemann

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Wilhelm II

2.

What was the name of the new currency introduced by Chancellor Stresemann in November 1923?

a)

The Reichsmark

b)

The Reichsbank

c)

The Deutschmark

d)

The Rentenmark

3.

What did Chancellor Stresemann introduce in 1923 to solve the problem of the Hyper-inflation?

a)

More banks

b)

More savings accounts

c)

A new currency

d)

A new Chancellor

4.

What was the name given to the loan agreement made with the USA in 1924?

a)

The Dawes Plan

b)

The Dawes Act

c)

The Young Plan

d)

The Young Act

5.

What were the reparation payments reduced to after the 1924 Dawes Plan?

a)

£50 million a year

b)

£5 million a year

c)

£15 million a year

d)

£500 million a year

6.

The Dawes Plan of 1924 restored hope and confidence in the German confidence.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What did more extreme political parties such as the NSDAP (Nazi Party) believe about the loans from the USA?

a)

They were a good idea

b)

They did not have an opinion

c)

Angry that Germany had to repay more money with a loan.

d)

They thought they should pay more money

8.

What was the name of the second agreement made with the USA to reduce the Reparations?

a)

The Old Plan

b)

The Stresemann Pact

c)

The Young Plan

d)

The Locarno Pact

9.

What did France promise with Germany after the 1925 Locarno Pact?

a)

It would invade if Germany threatened.

b)

Peace with Germany

10.

Which international organisation/group were Germany allowed to join in 1926?

a)

The League of Nations

b)

NATO

c)

The Premier League

d)

The European Union

11.

What was the name of the agreement made in 1928 in which 61 countries promised not to use war to solve problems?

a)

The Kellogg-Briand Pact

b)

The Dawes Pact

c)

The Peace Pact

d)

The Stresemann Act

12.

What happened to Gustav Stresemann in October 1929?

a)

He was sacked by President Hindenburg

b)

He went into exile in another country.

c)

He died

d)

Replaced by Hitler

13.

Which world event led to huge economic problems to return in Germany in October 1929?

a)

The Second World War

b)

The Wall Street Crash

c)

The Russian Revolution

d)

The Economic Boom

14.

The end of the 1920s were an improvement in Weimar Germany.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Germany's economic recovery allowed for the government to invest in...

a)

the military

b)

schools, social security, and infrastructure

c)

BMW and Mercedes Benz

d)

large scale agricultural projects