Germany+1920-1930

Germany 1920-1930

Rise of WWII Powers Tucker Price & Max Foss

Germany 1920-1930 Timeline

1920-February Hitler announces the new name for the German Workers' Party - National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi) - and his 25 point plan for the future 1922-December Germany failed to make reparation payment 1923-January French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr German workers began passive resistance in the Ruhr September Chancellor Stresemann ended passive resistance against the French government in the Ruhr October A new currency called the Rentenmark was introduced November Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch in Munich failed 1924-April Hitler was sentenced to five years' imprisonment The Dawes Plan was announced December Hitler was released from prison and began to rebuild the Nazi Party 1925-February Paul von Hindenburg was elected President of Germany October Germany signed the Locarno Treaty with France, Britain, Belgium and Italy guaranteeing its borders with France 1926-May Hitler declared leader (Führer) of the Nazi Party 1929-January Goebbels appointed chief of the Nazi propaganda department October Death of Stresemann Wall Street stock market collapsed, beginning the Great Depression 1930-March Muller's government failed to deal with the Great Depression Bruning was appointed Chancellor July Bruning's budget passed using Article 48 September Nazis won 107 seats in the Reichstag elections

essay questions

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 * Who held power, and how was power gained?
 * What type of government was established?
 * What were the goals/objectives of each leader?
 * How did the objectives of these nations contribute to WWII?
 * How does this topic relate to U.S. foreign policy?
 * What was the relationship between the United States and your assigned country, as well as Great Britain and your assigned country, during the time period?
 * What other significant events occurred in this nation during this time period?

After a devastating loss in the Great War, Germany’s economy went into a downward spiral and hit an all time low. Soon their money became worthless, making the pay of debt impossible. However, a man named Adolf Hitler began to rise to power after joining a new political party called the Nazi party and would soon be Germany’s savior. He slowly rose to power and in 1926 he was declared Leader of the Nazi party, or Fuhrer. (Wikipedia, Hitlers rise to power). He gained power through the economic crisis and harsh feelings towards the allies war reparations. Hitlers goals for Germany included his 25 points which were Unification of Greater Germany by combining Austria and Germany, expansion of old german territory,Anti-Versailles german release of the Treaty. lebensram Only a "member of the race" can be a citizen.Anti-semitism No Jew can be a member of the race. Anti-foreigner only citizens can live in Germany.No immigration. Everyone must work. Abolition of unearned income "no rent-slavery". Nationalisation of industry Division of profits Extension of old age welfare.Land reform. Death to all criminals. Education to teach "the German Way", Education of gifted children Protection of mother and child by outlawing child labour. Encouraging gymnastics and swimming Formation a national army.Duty of the state to provide for its volk. Duty of individuals to the state. The type of government established was an imperialistic government. All of this contributed to WWII due to the unfairness, The disruption of treaties, and the conquering of nations that lead to war. As far as relationships go, the US government began its own process of rapprochment with Berlin. As part of that process, a separate US-German peace treaty was concluded in 1921. Followimg the conclusion of the peace treaty, diplomatic relations between the two governments were reestablished, and on December 10, 1921, the new US ambassador, [|Ellis Loring Dresel], presented his credentials in Berlin. [|[2]] In late 1923, German economy collapsed under the burden of reparations, and the US government viewed this as a new opportunity to improve relations in order to strengthen the German position. As a result, the friendship treaty was concluded. (Wikipedia, treaty of friendship). This is in direct violation of the Monroe Doctrine however, so the Doctrine is no longer in effect.

Works Cited Tonge, Stephen. "European History." Weimar Germany 1919-1933. N.p., 26 Oct. 2013. Web. 09 Jan. 2014.