WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

NAZISM IN GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was NOT what Gustav Stresemann did to change the poor economic situation in Germany after World War I?
A
Gave Ruhr away to France
B
Negotiated the 1924 Young Plan (stretch the reparation payment for the money that USA loaned Germany)
C
Eased border tensions between Poland and Germany through Locarno Treaties
D
Replace the worthless, old money with a new currency called Rentenmark
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. People were able to buy goods and be properly paid, increasing confidence. ….

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stresemann’s single greatest achievement as Chancellor was to end hyperinflation. He did this in just three months by: Calling off the ‘passive resistance ‘ of German workers in the Ruhr .

Detailed explanation-4: -For Franco-German Reconciliation 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.

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