Chapter 2 (NOT FINAL)

Question 1

When was the armistice?

Answer 1

11 November 1918

Question 2

When did the Peace Conference convene?

Answer 2

12 January 1919

Question 3

When did Germany sign the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 3

28 June 1919

Question 4

Who were the Big Four?

Answer 4

• Woodrow Wilson
• David Lloyd George
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando

Question 5

Who got Alsace-Lorraine?

Answer 5

France

Question 6

Who got Eupen-Malmedy?

Answer 6

Belgium

Question 7

How much of its iron ore did Germany lose?

Answer 7

75%

Question 8

What happened to Germany’s African colonies?

Answer 8

Placed under League of Nations control.

Question 9

What was the German army limited to?

Answer 9

100,000 men

Question 10

What were the German army forbidden from using?

Answer 10

Tanks, submarines, and an air force.

Question 11

How many battleships was the German navy allowed?

Answer 11

6

Question 12

What happened to the Saarland?

Answer 12

This area of rich coal reserves was placed under League of Nations control for 15 years, providing France, Belgium, and Italy with free coal.

Question 13

What union was forbidden under the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 13

The Anschluss

Question 14

Was Germany allowed a say in the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

What had Wilson’s Fourteen Points included that undermined Germany’s protests at the terms of peace?

Answer 15

They had said that Alsace-Lorraine would return to France and that there would be considerable disarmament.

Question 16

What had Germany aimed to do had they won the war?

Answer 16

Annex much of the Allied territory and impose a severe reparations bill, just as the Allies did to them in the TOV.

Question 17

Why did Germany sign the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 17

They had no other choice; the army could not launch any sort of military action and there was no possibility of negotiation of the terms.

Question 18

What was the policy of fulfilment?

Answer 18

The policy of the SPD that complied with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles despite the fact they hated it in the hope modifications could be negotiated.

Question 19

What were the politicians of the Weimar government known as who dethroned the Kaiser, signed the armistice, and accepted the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 19

The November Criminals

Question 20

Who were two of the biggest promoters of the stab in the back myth?

Answer 20

Ludendorff and Hindenburg.

Question 21

What did John Maynard Keynes think of the level of reparations?

Answer 21

Too high, a ‘serious act of political unwisdom’

Question 22

When was the Treaty of Versailles presented to Germany?

Answer 22

16 June 1919

Question 23

How long was Germany given to accept the ToV?

Answer 23

7 days