Stresemann and Dawes and Young plan

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What did Stresemann aware the underlying cause of Germany's cause was?
the burden of the reparations bill
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He followed a policy of fulfillment, what is this?
complying with the terms of TOV whilst negotiating modifications to it
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Background info
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The Dawes plan
1924
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Who did Stresemann ask to address Germany's repayment concerns?
Allied reparations commitee
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Why did the USA want Germany to repay France (reparations)?
Because France owned the USA loans
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Why the time the Dawes Plan was finished what was Stresemann?
Foreign minister- not chancellor anymore but took the credit
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Key Agreements
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What was the 1st key agreement?
The total reparations bill (£6.6 billion) was not reduced
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What was the 2nd key agreement about?
Instalments of recommendations
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What was Germany's next installment reduced to (Much less than before) ?
1000 million marks
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What did this increase to for the next 5 years?
2500 marks
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Then, what would Germany's repayments be based on?
Germanys industrial performance
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How much of a loan did Germany get to start and invest in german infrastructure?
800 million Marks
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Impact
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Why had the policy of fulfillment worked?
Allies finally accepted that Germany was unable to pay
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What happened with the Ruhr?
French gradually left the Ruhr
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What was the impact of the loans?
helped to begin an economic recovery
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What were Stresemann and Dawes given for this plan?
Nobel peace prizes
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Why was the plan good for the German people?
There was increased optimism about Germany's future and an economic recovery
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However, who opposed the plan altogether and believed that Germany should reject it?
Right-wing parties like the NSDAP and DNVP
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What did Stresemann privately see the plan as?
an 'economic armistice' (no more than a private agreement that was not a final solution and only agreed to get the loan)
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What was the Dawes plan only meant to be ?
Temporary
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What was it replaced with?
The Young plan
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When was the Young plan?
1929
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Background info
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Even though the french left the Ruhr, who remained in the Rhineland?
allied forces
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Why did the french refuse to withdraw?
Until the reparations issue was resolved
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Who were the key negotiators in the new committee set up to solve the reparations issue once and for all?
Stresemann as foreign minister and Schacht as head of the Reichbank
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Key agreement
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What was the first key agreement?
Total reparations bill to be considerably reduced to 1.8 billion
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what was the 2nd key agreement?
Annual instalments were to increase over time and be paid until 1988
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What was the 3rd key agreement?
Allied troops promised to withdraw from Rhineland by 1930
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thus what worked
the policy of fulfillment
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Who did the young plan greatly anger ?
The young plan
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What did Hugenberg DNVP leader and other right-wing groups including the NSDAP and Hitler had a key part launch?
a national campaign calling for the Reichstag to pass a 'freedom law'
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What was the freedom law?
force the government to reject the war guilt clause
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what did the law get enough support for?
a national referendum and it to be debated in the Reichstag
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Although the Reichstag and the public voted against the law, how many did vote to show strong nationalist feelings?
13.8%
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Background info

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The Dawes plan

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