USA HISTORY

This agreement was outside the League. It enabled Germany to repair its economy and pay reparations, thus helping Britain and France, who could then pay back loans to the USA.

(A) The Washington Conference 1921-22

(B) Treaty of Rapallo

(C) ** Dawes Plan 1924

(D) Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928

Concept note-1: -Dawes Plan, arrangement for Germany’s payment of reparations after World War I.

Concept note-2: -Under the Dawes Plan, Germany’s annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved; the full amount to be paid, however, was left undetermined. Economic policy making in Berlin would be reorganized under foreign supervision and a new currency, the Reichsmark, adopted.

Concept note-3: -Dawes) was an agreement between the Allies and Germany. The basic idea behind the plan was to make it easier for Germany to pay reparations and had two key parts. As a result, reparations payments resumed, and the French occupation of the Ruhr ended.