Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles

Multiple Choice

What did Great Britain do to Germany to severely limit their food and raw materials?

• They bomb German cities

• They imposed a naval blockade on Germany

• They sued for peace

Multiple Choice

What was one reason cited by the video for why the United States declared war on Germany?

• Unrestricted U-boat warfare

• Germany's treatment of immigrants

• President Wilson felt personally insulted

Multiple Choice

Who came to power in Russia that promised to pull them out of WWI?

• Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks

• President Wilson and the United States 

• Charles de Gaulle and France 

Multiple Choice

What was an advantage for Germany with having Russia out of the War?

• Germany could not just sit back and win the war. 

   

• Russia would help Germany win the war. 

• Germany could now move its troops to the Western Front and only fight on one front.

Multiple Select

Which of these were a reason for Germany's downfall in WWI

• Allies were set to receive a massive

  boost of manpower and resources from the

  United States

• Germany's morale at

  home and on the front was quickly fading

• Germany pushed forward with the spring

  offensive of 1918 the Germans were

  initially successful and moved to within

  75 miles of Paris

Problem, problems!

Here are some of the problems facing world leaders at the end of WWI.

What advice would you offer them?

1. Who should pay for the destruction?

2. What could be done to help the economies of countries affected by the War?

3. How could future wars be prevented?

4. What could be done to help the families of the dead or injured?

Poll

Area A on the map marks Alsace-Lorraine. Germany took this area from France in 1871. Should you … ?

• return it to France

•  let Germany keep it

• people who live in this area vote who they 

      want to control where they live

Poll

Area B on the map is the Rhineland. It is the place from which Germany can most easily attack France. Should you … ?

• give it to France

• let Germany keep it as before

• let Germany keep it but insist that she never 

      puts any soldiers in this border area

Poll

Area C on the map is the Saarland. It is an important coal-mining part of Germany. Should you … ?

• give it to France forever

• let Germany keep it as before

• let it be run by the League of Nations (an early 

  type of United Nations) for fifteen years and allow 

  France to have all its coal in those years

Poll

Area D on the map is part of Germany. Most people there are Germans but some are Poles. You want to make the new nation Poland, as strong as possible. Should you …?

• give this land to Poland (the Polish Corridor) 

       and split Germany in two

• let Germany keep it 

• let it be run by the League of Nations

Poll

You guess that Germany and Austria may want to join to become one country. They share the same language and culture. Should you … ?

• forbid them to join as one nation

• allow them to join as one nation

Poll

Based on the way the war was fought should you … ?

• allow Germany to keep a 

       full army, navy and air force

• order Germany to cut down drastically on all 

       her armed forces

• order Germany to cut down drastically on all 

       her armed forces including no airforce  or 

       submarines and a ban on conscription (the draft)

Poll

Based on the way the war was fought should you … ?

• let the League of Nations run Germany’s overseas colonies

• give Germany’s colonies to Britain and France

• let Germany keep its oversees colonies

Poll

Based on the way the war was fought should you … ?

• fine Germany a medium amount of money to pay for the damage done in the war  - £2 Billion

• fine Germany a large sum of money to pay for 

       the damage done in the war - £6 Billion

• fine Germany a massive sum of money to pay 

       for the damage done in the war - £20 Billion

Poll

Based on the way the war was fought should you … ?

• leave any mention of guilt or blame for the war out of the treaty

• Convince Britain, France, Russia, Germany and 

      Austria-Hungary to take equal blame for the war

• make Germany sign a War Guilt Clause 

       accepting all blame for starting the war

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