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1
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What was the Dawes plan?

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The plan between Stresemann and USA where the USA lent Germany money in 1924

2
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What was the new currency that Stresemann introduced?

A

The rentenmark

3
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What was the young plan?

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The plan between Stresemann and the allies that allowed Germany an extended time to pay back the reparation fees in 1929

4
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What did the Dawes plan and the young plan both do to Germany?

A

Allowed their economy to thrive

5
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What was the increase in money that Germany had increased by 1929?

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By 1929 Germany were making 33% more than they had done in 1913 despite losing its major industries in the treaty of Versailles

6
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Name 3 ways Gustav Stresemann dealt with the economic problems facing

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  • he borrowed money from America in the Dawes plan in 1924
  • he created a new currency in 1923
  • he agrees the young plan with the allies in 1929 that extended the deadline for the reparations
7
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What year was the Locarno pact signed?

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1925

8
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What was the Locarno pact?

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An agreement between France, Belgium, Britain and Italy that they wouldn’t attack each other or adjust each other’s boundaries

9
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What year was Germany allowed into the League of Nations?

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1926

10
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When was the Kellogg Briand pact signed?

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1928

11
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What was the Kellogg Briand pact?

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An agreement with most of the world where they agreed to renounce the use of war against each other in the future

12
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What were the outcomes of the Locarno pact?

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  • the countries wouldn’t attack each other

* they wouldn’t change each other’s boundaries

13
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Stresemann helped the chancellor of 1923 to maintain the coalition government. What did this mean for the nazi party and communist party?

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There was a decline in the fortunes of the nazi party and the communist party as people weren’t voting for the extreme parties as the government are stable

14
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How many seats did the nazi party have in May 1924?

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32

15
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How many seats did the nazi party have in 1928?

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12

16
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How many seats did the communists have in May 1924?

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62

17
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Which party won the most seats?

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Social democrats