Why Was Stresemann Important

I will argue on how Gustav Stresemann was a significant figure. I believe he was significant but to a certain extent. Gustav could have not been a significant figure, and I will show both sides. There were things he had fixed and solved, but some were just left the same. To understand if he is or not, we would have to look at the background.

First, we have to see how Germany was before 1924. World War I had just stopped which this leads us to the Treaty of Versailles. The Germans did not love the Treaty of Versailles because this made them seem defeated and unsuccessful. With this treaty, it made Germans lose their pride. They did not agree with the Treaty of Versailles mostly of the republic, which was called the Weimar Republic. The first Chancellor was Friedrich Ebert, and his first order as Chancellor was to restore order, law, and to have the first elections as soon as possible. Order and law was needed first because the Weimar Republic had brought sparks of revolts, political violence, and disorder. …show more content…
There were three main revolts. The revolt on the left wing was caused by the Spartacists and was named the Spartacists Revolt, and the one from the right wing was named the Kapp Putsch, which was triggered by the Freikorps, and last was the Munich Putsch caused Hitler’s Nazis. The revolts were not the only problems; the other problem was the economy. Germany had to pay reparations for all the damage in war, and Treaty of Versailles said this. The republic got really desperate, and no one would lend money because Germany was distrusted. They printed money and the response was atrocious which was hyperinflation. People had to take barrels of money to buy a loaf of bread. Later on, some one took them to the