The Treaty of Versailles

Because of the Treaty of Versailles …

• Germany had to give up 1 million square miles of land
• Germany had to pay war reparations to the Allies
• Germany’s government was reconstructed.
• ALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT

How did the German people react to the Treaty of Versailles?

• They were ok with it because they realized that they lost the war
• They loved it because it was so favorable to them
• They hated it because it treated them severely
• Most Germans didn't really care

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

What are reparations?

• Payments Germany was forced to pay
• Repairs and improvements made to Germany
• Money that France would donate to Germany to help rebuild
• Payments that Russia would give to the Ottoman Empire

What did the the major European victors want from the Treaty of Versailles?

• to help Germany rebuild its economy
• to punish Germany for its role in WWI
• to establish lasting world peace in the future
• to punish Russia for its role in WWI

A written agreement between countries:

• Pact
• Mandate
• Diktat
• Treaty

What were the two sides called?

• Allied Powers and Central Powers
• Americans and Communists
• British and Russians
• Allied Powers and City Powers

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

• Britain
• Ottoman Empire
• Germany
• Russia

Who was president of the US at the end of WWI?

• Woodrow Wilson
• William Howard Taft
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Bill Clinton

What was a result of the harsh conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I?

• economic and political instability in Germany
• uprisings during the French Revolution
• the development of democracy in Italy
• the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia