Chapter 2- Impact of Treaty of Versailles on Germany

Question 1

Diktat

Answer 1

An order or decree imposed by someone in power with popular consent or favour

Question 2

Key figures in TOV (leaders of 4 countries involved)

Answer 2

David Lloyd George- British PM
Philipp Scheidemann- German Chancellor
George Clemenceau- French President
Woodrow Wilson- American President

Question 3

Paris peace conference

Answer 3

12th Jan 1919
Germany not allowed to see terms until 7th may
representation of 75% of the world pop there.

Germany and axis excluded

Question 4

national self-determination

Answer 4

nations being able to decide whether they govern themselves, independent of larger empires or groupings of nations

Question 5

terms of TOV

Answer 5

6.6 billion dollars of reparations
ff all colonies
No heavy weapons. German conscription banned. army capped at 100k men. no air force
Rhineland put under French control
over 13% of germanys land taken
Article 231- Germany take blame- humiliation

Question 6

German reaction to TOV

Answer 6

disbelief. up to this point Germany was a massive military power.

no civilians in Germany were told how desperate the situation on the western front was

Question 7

Gustav Bauer

Answer 7

leader of the new coalition cabinet that formed after Scheidemann resigned

Question 8

Clemenceau’s demands from TOV

Answer 8

Extended French border to the Rhine
annexed the Saar coalfields and created an independent Rhineland

Didn’t happen because they wanted Germany to be strong enough to resist communism

Question 9

How did the German people react to the reparations?

Answer 9

Anger
they did not accept the war guilt clause which justified the reparations
they knew quality of life would inevitably decrease

Question 10

Why were German complaints seen as unjustified

Answer 10

Russia was punished more under the Brest-Litovsk treaty in 1918
The French wanted reparations to be higher
Germany’s war aims in 1914 claimed they would’ve been harsh on the allies