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Golden Years
Evidence against and for
Term | Definition |
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The Golden Years | political and economical stability and prosperity, improvements in relations to the west, and withdrawal of aggression from French and Belgians |
Fiscal Easing | printing off money, too much, results to drop in value |
Shortage of goods | higher prices |
Value of mark falling | 1921: 1 pound = 500 marks, 1923: 1pound = 14 tri. Marks |
Hjalmar Schacht | commissioner of currency, stopped issue of paper Reichmarks |
Stresemann’s work | abiding by ToV: fulfillment of treaty’s terms, to persuade the Allies, brief chancellorship, successfully negotiated Dawes and Young Plan |
Evidence against the Golden Years: Politics | stab in the back theory still haunted WR, coalitions never lasted too long, instability in the govt (6 in 4 years) |
Evidence for the Golden Years: Politics | extremists lost seats, Wilderness years for the anti-Weimar/extremists parties (NSDAP), no violent attempts to seize power |
Evidence for the Golden Years: Foreign Policy | French and german politicians both convinced that they need better relations with one another, allies with USSR, Dawes Plan and Young Plan |
Evidence against the Golden Years: Foreign Policy | Dawes plan still required reparations, Stresemann’s death removed as an obstacle for nationalists |
Evidence for the Golden Years: Economics | Dawes Plan to stabilize economy for a while, fewer strikes and higher wages for working classes |
Evidence against the Golden Years: Economics | workers not working, higher unemployment rates, foreign policies can be withdrawn at any time, too unstable and unreliable, food prices fall rapidly, farmers lose income, over-production faces recession |
Evidence for the Golden Years: Culture | cultural revival, more art and theatre,famous Bauhaus style developed, Marlene Dietrich (actress), Fritz Lang (director), clubbing=past time, continuous movement of expressionism, cultural upheaval of modernism |
Evidence against the Golden Years: Culture | many want to return to simple culture, Wandervogel’s reaction to wanting less decadence, criticism from Nazis, disliked new freedom in women’s fashion, women blamed it on Jewish & K influences from USSR |