The Dawes Plan, 1924SummaryUSA loaned Germany money in order for them to be able to pay France the reparations they owed. France then took that money and payed off their loans to the USA and imported US goods.
QuoteThe real test is to come in the fourth or fifth year; in order successfully to meet this test Germany must get her businessmen to adapt production, prices, and wages to the necessities of the community.- Foreign Affairs
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Subjunctive QuestionIf USA didn't loan Germany money what would the money situation look like?
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