REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: DAWES PLAN 1924.

1. DAWES
PLAN
IGCSE HISTORY
REVISION

2. DEFINITION
The Dawes Plan was signed in 1924 and contains a set of
recommendations to tackle Germany’s post-1918 economic problems.

3. Question 1
What did the Dawes Plan attempt to tackle?

4. Answer 1
Hyperinflation and the collapse of the German economy in 1923.

5. Question 2
What three measures did the plan
call for?

6. Answer 2
Reduction in reparations, reorganisation of the German currency,
international loans to Germany.

7. Question 3
Was the plan a success?

8. Answer 3
In a limited way, it gave Germany superficial and temporary relief from its
debt problem.

9. Question 4
In what two ways was the plan
a turning point.

10. Answer 4
It marked the beginning of changing attitudes towards Germany.
It opened the way for German economic recovery.

11. Important
US money that poured into Germany went around in circles – Germany
used it to pay reparations to France and Britain. They used it to pay off
war loans to the USA.