BGS History GCSE Revision Tests Stresemann the golden

BGS History GCSE Revision Tests Stresemann & the golden years

1) Name the two jobs that Stresemann did in the German government. üChancellor üForeign Minister

2) What two things did Stresemann do to end the crisis of hyperinflation? • Introduce a new currency – the RENTENMARK • Called off passive resistance

3) What is the name of the policy linked with Stresemann? FULFILMENT!

4) Explain how this theory was meant to work. Germany would fulfil, or agree to, the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

5) What happened in 1924 that showed that theory was working. How did it help Germany? The DAWES PLAN gave Germany longer to pay the Allies and the US lent them 800 million marks! • It helped Germany because they could then improve housing, hospitals, schools and roads

6) What was decided at the Locarno Pact of 1925? Germany, France, Belgium & Italy agreed not to invade one another

7) Which organisation was Germany allowed to join in 1926? The LEAGUE OF NATIONS!

8) What happened in 1929 which helped Germany? The YOUNG PLAN lowered the reparations that Germany had to pay

9) Why was Stresemann unpopular with right-wing extremists? They thought he was weak because he: Ø had “given in” to the French over the Ruhr crisis Ø he had agreed to fulfil the terms of Versailles