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 allies 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