Question
Answer the following questions about hyperinflation in Weimar-era Germany, for 10 points each.
[10e] Already weak due to debt after the First World War, the mark continued to decline in value after this treaty forced Germany to pay reparations. This 1919 treaty is named after the French location where it was signed.
ANSWER: Treaty of Versailles (“vair-SY”)
[10m] German workers in this region refused to work under French and Belgian occupation, forcing the government to print more money to support the workers. This industrial powerhouse region partly overlaps with the Rhineland.
ANSWER: Ruhr Valley [or Ruhr region or synonyms]
[10h] This chancellor introduced the Rentenmark to slow hyperinflation in 1923. This German politician was foreign minister for much of the 1920s, and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Aristide Briand (“ar-ee-STEED bree-OND”) for their role in the Locarno Treaties.
ANSWER: Gustav Ernst Stresemann
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Lehigh | Swarthmore B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rutgers | Penn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia A | University of Delaware A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |