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THE WEST AFTER WWI - Coggle Diagram
THE WEST AFTER WWI
UNEASY PEACE, UNCERTAIN SECURITY
Discontent with the Treaty of Versailles
New problems in the interwar years
Dreams of nationalism
New boundaries and new states
Relations in eastern Europe
Germans wanted modify the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
FRENCH DEMANDS
Germans were suposed to make reparations for the damage they had done
Germany owed 132 billion
Germans made its first payment in 1921
German government faced a financial crisis
Germany could not pay any more reparations
France planned to collect reparations by using the Ruhr mines and factories
INFLATION IN GERMANY
German government adopted a policy of passive resistance to the French occupation
Germany paid their salaries by printing more paper money
Economic adversity led to political upheavals
France and Gerrmany began to seek a way out of the disaster
New plan of reparations
Brief period of European prosperity
A WEAK LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Created to solve future conflicts between countries
Was not very effective in maintaining the peace
The U.S. senate voted for no joining
Without USA effectiveness was weakend
Members could not agree to use force against aggression
TREATY OF LOCARNO
Gustav Stresemann and Aristide Briand fostered a spirit of cooperation
Guaranteed Germany's new western borders with France and Belgium
New spirit of cooperation grew
63 nations signed this accord and pledged
AFTER
Competition among countries
global depression weakend western democracies
HOW DID GERMANY PAY?
Treaty of versailles
A total of 132 billion marks
2.5 billion marks each year
Germany doesn't get any economic help
Dawes plan
Germany's debt is reduced
Germany repayments depend on its ability to pay
Germany gets an inicial loan to recover it's economy