How Did The Weimar Republic Recovered By Stresemann

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Source A tells me that the Weimar Republic was stronger after Stresemann got into power. I can infer this because it says, “Led by Stresemann in the Reichstag, the different parties managed to work together". This shows that before 1924 Germany was suffering from hyperinflation and unemployment but once Stresemann got in power Germany had gotten it’s hopes back up because Stresemann was able to make things right such as money, jobs and parliamentary seats.

One feature of the Kapp Putch in 1920 was that they attempted to get Kaiser back in power since they despised the current government, they were seen as the right wing revolt. It took place in the Weimar Government, Wolfgang Kapp was a right-wing journalist who believed Friedrich Ebert stood for especially after what he believed was the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles. Another feature was that all workers went on strike and Berlin was paralyzed and the revolt failed causing them to back down.
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Another reason was that there were at least 10 elections and 7 chancellors during that time this showed that Germany was unstable and growing more and more unpopular. At this time the Invasion of the Ruhr took place because France wanted their revenge, so many goods were stolen. This led to the main reason of Hyperinflation; from a loaf of bread going from 1 Mark to a loaf of bread costing 20 billion Marks. This caused Germany to suffer and money soon became

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