USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

[SOURCES]
Famous German statesman/politician who negotiated both the Dawes Plan and the Locarno Pacts.

(A) ** Gustav Stresemann

(B) Fredrick Ebert

(C) Adof Hitler

(D) Mr Davis

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Chamberlain became Foreign Secretary in 1924, and gave Britain’s support when the German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann initiated negotiations in the Swiss town of Locarno aimed at Franco-German reconciliation.

Concept note-2: -Gustav Stresemann, (born May 10, 1878, Berlin, Germany-died October 3, 1929, Berlin), chancellor (1923) and foreign minister (1923, 1924–29) of the Weimar Republic, largely responsible for restoring Germany’s international status after World War I.

Concept note-3: -The Dawes Plan was put forward and was signed in Paris on August 16, 1924. This was done under the Foreign Secretary of Germany, Gustav Stresemann.

Concept note-4: -Gustav Stresemann and Recovery from the 1923 crisis. He scrapped the old Currency, the mark, and brought in a new one – The Renten (temporary) mark It stopped hyperinflation and made German money worth something again.

Concept note-5: -He is noted as one of the first to see European economic integration. His most important achievement was probably reconciliation between Germany and France, for which he and Aristide Briand received the Peace Prize.