REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: RUHR.

1. RUHR
IGCSE HISTORY
REVISION

2. DEFINITION
Ruhr is an important manufacturing region in Germany occupied by
Belgian and French troops in 1923.

3. Question 1
Why did the French and
Belgians march into the Ruhr?

4. Answer 1
The German economy was in ruins, and it could not afford to pay
reparations; the French and Belgians wanted control of the Ruhr.

5. Question 2
How did the Ruhr Germans respond to
the occupation?

6. Answer 2
With a campaign of “passive resistance” – strikes and non-cooperation.

7. Question 3
List three consequences of the
occupation for the German people.

8. Answer 3
Rising unemployment.
Fewer goods in the shops and skyrocketing prices.
Hyperinflation.

9. Question 4
What was the outcome of the occupation?

10. Answer 4
The occupying forces left after Weimar leader Gustav Stressemann
resumed reparations payments using the new Rentenmark currency.

11. Important
The occupation was condemned by the British and US governments,
brought little real benefit to the French, further undermined the
Weimar Republic, and contributed to the Beer Hall putsch.