Stresemann and the "Golden Years" - Germany
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- Stresemann and the 'Golden Years'
- Political stability
- Coalitions were not stable - the SDP and liberals could not agree
- Parties supporting democracy did well. By 1925 they had 136 seats more than the Nazis
- Hindenburg was elected as president in 1925 and he replaced the SDP with the DNVP
- Social improvements
- Wages rose; an eight-hour day was introduced and welfare improved
- There were still financial extremes and farmers were earning half the average
- Foreign policy success?
- The Locarno Treaties of 1925 guaranteed Germany's frontiers with France and Belgium
- Germany joined the League of Nations in 1926
- Allied Disarmament Commission withdrew in 1927
- The Young Plan was signed in 1929 - Britain and France would leave the Rhineland
- Cultural flourishing
- Architectural flourishing: the Bauhaus Group
- New Objectivity Movement
- The film industry grew and became more liberal
- Jazz became popular
- Economic recovery
- By 1927 industrial production had reached pre-First World War levels
- Dawes Plan - 800 Million loan
- Germany rose export costs and became dependent on loans
- Agriculture was hit by a depression in in 1927
- Success?
- The republic did not win left/right wing loyalty
- The economy was burdened
- Governments were short-lived
- Political stability
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