USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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Who was Germany’s foreign secretary when they finally joined the league?

(A) Orlando Vittorio

(B) Friedrich Ebert

(C) Adolf Hitler

(D) ** Gustav Stressemann

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -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-2: -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.

Concept note-3: -The German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann shared the Peace Prize for 1926 with the French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. They were honored for having signed an agreement of reconciliation between their two countries in the Swiss town of Locarno in 1925.

Concept note-4: -Gustav Stresemann’s broad aim in his foreign policy was to restore Germany’s power and prosperity. He was fully aware however, that Germany was in no position to challenge the Allies’ military and revise the Treaty of Versailles by force.