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The Stresemann Golden Years

The recovery of the mid-1920s under Stresemann: the Rentenmark, the Dawes and Young Plans, the Locarno Pact, the League of Nations, and a cultural golden age that rested on US loans.

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The Stresemann golden years 🌟

After the crisis of 1923, Gustav Stresemann helped Germany recover. He brought in a stable currency, arranged US loans and new reparations plans, improved relations abroad, and oversaw a cultural golden age. But the recovery rested on US loans.

Words for the recovery 🔑

Learn these four terms before you judge the golden years.

Recovery and weakness 🆚

The golden years brought real recovery, but rested on fragile ground.

Grade 9 thinking 💡

To reach the top grades, assess how golden the years really were, and weigh the recovery of Stresemann against its dependence on US loans.

Match the measure to what it was 🔗

  • the Rentenmark
  • the Dawes Plan
  • the Locarno Pact
  • the League of Nations
  • the stable currency that ended hyperinflation
  • the 1924 deal that brought US loans
  • the 1925 agreement on the western borders
  • the world body Germany joined in 1926

Match the term to its meaning 🧩

  • reparations
  • loan
  • currency
  • the Bauhaus
  • payments Germany made for the war
  • money borrowed that must be repaid
  • the money used in a country
  • a famous school of modern design

How did he help recovery? ❓

How did Stresemann help Germany recover?

  • He brought in a stable currency and arranged US loans and better reparations plans.
  • He won a new war for Germany.
  • He built a wall around Germany.

Economic measures ✅

Select the TWO economic measures of the golden years.

  • The Rentenmark stable currency.
  • The Dawes Plan and US loans.
  • The Munich Putsch.
  • The occupation of the Ruhr.

Order the golden years 🪜

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Summarise the recovery 📝

Stresemann ended hyperinflation with the _____. The _____ Plan of 1924 brought US loans. The _____ Pact of 1925 settled the western borders, and Germany joined the _____ in 1926. But the recovery depended on US _____.

Rentenmark Dawes Locarno League loans Young reparations Ruhr Bauhaus Berlin

Count the years 🔢

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Spot the two economic measures 🖍️

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Economic or foreign-policy success? 🧭

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Assess the golden years ✍️

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