On August 13‚ 1923‚ Gustav Stresemann was appointed Chancellor during a problematic time for the Weimar Republic. There were still huge economic‚ political and social problems following the First World War. The Weimar Government had been forced to accept the humiliating and crippling terms of the Treaty Of Versailles meaning Germany was put under a huge amount of strain. Germany’s standing in the world had been limited greatly by the Treaty as well. Stresemann had to address these problems and begin
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their old leader Kaiser back‚ Hyperinflation. After Kaiser abdicated in 1918 then friedich Ebert became the president of Germany then Philip Schiedmann became a chancellor. Then on 11th November 1918 Germany signed a armistice and they agreed to stop fighting against Russia‚ France‚ and Britain. Many Germans were very shocked by the decision; even though they didn’t have many choices but they were they were still determined to continue the battle. After the German surrender to sign the armistice‚
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In the early 1920’s‚ hyperinflation and £6600m worth of war reparation payments sent Weimar Germany into deep finiancial decline and a economic slump. It was in 1924‚ shortly after Gustav Stresemann introduced the Rentenmark when the situation started to improve‚ started by implementation of the American ’Dawes plan’ in August. The key factors of this plan were the agreement that the reparations should paid over a lengthened period of time‚ and the £100m worth of gold given to Germany to strengthen
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‘Golden Age’ or ‘The Years of Hope’. Some people think that the Weimar Republic recovered‚ but others disagree and think that it’d got worse or was only a slight improvement. During the years 1924 to 1929 the Weimar Republic appeared to recover from the disasters of 1923. The period of 1924 - 1929 is often seen as the high point of the Weimar Republic. This interpretation is also heightened by the fact that the period before it (1919-1923) was filled with the crisis and chaos of rebellions‚ political
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Gustave Stresemann had a lot of influence over Germany in the period between 1923 and 1929. Before Stresemann took charge in 1923 the Weimar Republic had many problems. In 1922 the government declared that they could no longer pay reparations to France due to severe economic problems. The French angrily responded to this by sending in 60‚000 French and Belgian troops to invade the Ruhr. They took most of Germany’s raw materials‚ the government called for the workers to carry out passive resistance
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argued that the Weimar Republic staged a significant recovery between 1924 and 1929. However‚ it has also been suggested that the recovery was only partial and that many of the problems continued to seriously damage the Republic. Treaty of Versailles was too harsh on Germany and not justified. This essay will argue that the Weimar Republic was able to recover in some ways but still had many problems. It could be argued that the Weimar Republic had recovered because of the Dawes plan. After hyperinflation
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Gustave Stresemann had a lot of influence over Germany in the period between 1923 and 1929. Though he was only chancellor for a short while he occupied other very important positions such as Germany’s Foreign Minister. Before Stresemann took charge in 1923 the Weimar Republic had many problems. In 1922 the government declared that they could no longer pay reparations to France due to severe economic problems. The French responded to this by sending 60‚000 French and Belgian troops to invade the
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The Weimar Republic Key features and issues * successes and failures of democracy * nature and role of nationalism * influence of the German army * changes in society From this tutorial you will learn about the political‚ economic and social issues in the Weimar Republic to 1929. The following are extracts from an article which first appeared in Teaching History‚ July 1998 and is expanded in the HTA Modern History Guide 2006. Political and Economic issues In order to understand
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Dawes In 1923‚ the Weimar Republic was on the verge of collapse‚ but‚ surprisingly‚ the crisis was the start of a period of stability and success. The period 1923-1929 was a time when the economy boomed and cultural life flourished in Germany. This dramatic turnabout happened because Germany was saved by two people - Gustav Stresemann and Charles Dawes. Gustav Stresemann had been a nationalist‚ but he realised that something needed to be done to save Germany. The most important thing he did in 1923
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factories to close elsewhere in germany‚ unemployment rose to 23%‚ tax money collapsed and the government’s solution was to print even more money. all this together caused a major Hyperinflation and by 1923 the value of the mark collapsed altogether by november 4 trillion marked equaled 1 dollar. In 1923 came the solution to this great depression of Germany. All financial support to the general strike in Ruhr was ceased‚ a new stable currency the Rentenmark was introduced it was equal to 1 trillion marks
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