Treaty of Versailles and aftermath of WWI

Because of the Treaty of Versailles…

• Germany gained 1 million square miles of land from former Russian territory.
• Germany had to pay war reparations to the Allies.
• Germany’s government was allowed to build up a new military and navy, including the use of submarines.
• Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary all shared the blame for the war equally.

Because MILITARISM had been a major cause of the Great War, the framers of the Treaty of Versailles:

• made Germany pay reparations.
• barred Germany from maintaining a large military.
• forced Germany to sign a war-guilt clause.
• stripped Germany of its colonies in Africa.

What was President Wilson's proposed plan called that he brought to Versailles?

• Fourteen Points
• Treaty of Verdun
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• The Big Four

Which of Wilson's points was accepted by European leaders?

• Neutrality for all nations everywhere
• League of Nations
• Do not to punish Germany
• Blame Canada instead of Germany

President Woodrow Wilson wanted peace, but the rest of the "Big Four" wanted to punish:

• Austria-Hungry
• Germany
• Russia
• The Ottoman Empire

Payment for damages after a war is called:

• Demilitarization
• Self-determination
• Reparations
• League of Nations

Vocabulary term for forcing a nation to reduce its armed forces and not allow them to acquire weapons.

• reparations
• demilitarization
• self-determination
• nationalism

Where did the Allied Powers meet to create a treaty at the end of WWI?

• Berlin, Germany
• Versailles, France
• Congress of Vienna
• the United States

Each of the following countries accepted (& actually signed) the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT:

• Germany
• France
• Britain
• United States

The provision (part) in the Treaty of Versailles that required Germany to take responsibility for the war was known as the:

• War Guilt Clause
• Lusitania Clause
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Treaty of Tordesillas