Treaty of Versailles

There is no incontestable legal foundation for the obligation for reparation imposed upon Germany…

• From the Treaty of Versailles

• From Germany's perspective in reaction to the Treaty

What was the peace treaty called at the end of WWI?

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

• Treaty of International Peace

• Treaty to End All Wars

• Treaty of Versailles

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

Who had to take full blame for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles?

• Britain

• Ottoman Empire

• Germany

• Russia

Because militarism had been a major cause of the war, the framers of the Treaty of Versailles

• made Germany pay reparations.

• stripped Germany of its colonies.

• forced Germany to sign a war-guilt clause

• barred Germany from maintaining a military

Payment for damages after a war is called

• Demilitarization

• Self-determination

• Reparations

Why were reparations introduced by the Allies?

• So the French could invade the Ruhr

• To fund hyperinflation

• To pay for the war damage

• So the Weimar government could be popular

Who accepted blamed for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles?

• United States

• Russia

• Germany

• France

What happened to the German army under the treaty?

• Limited to 100,000 men

• Increased to 100,000 men

• Nothing

• Not allowed to go beyond 50,000 men

What was the War Guilt Clause?

• Germany had to accept full blame for the war

• Austria Hungary had to accept part blame for the war

• Germany blamed Serbia for the war

• Germany had to accept no blame for the war