History- Paper 1 Unit 1/ The treaty of Versaille

Question 1

When was the treaty of versaille signed?

Answer 1

June 28th, 1919

Question 2

How long did it take for the Treaty of Versaille to be signed?

Answer 2

Armistice was signed on the 11th of november 1918 and the treaty was signed 6 months later in june.

Question 3

who were the big three?

Answer 3

France- George Clemenceau
Britain- David Lloyd
America- Woodrow Wilson

Question 4

Outcomes of the Treaty of Versaille: Military? 4x

Answer 4

-German army was limited to 100,000
-Germany was not allowed an air force, submarines or battle tanks
-German navy was limited to 15,000 men, 1,500 officers and 6 battleships
-The Rhineland was demilitarized

Question 5

Outcomes of the Treaty of Versaille: Pride? 2x

Answer 5

-Germany was not allowed to join the LoN
-Article 231, the war guilt clause, blamed Germany and their allies (Austria, Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria)

Question 6

Outcomes of the Treaty of Versaille: Economic? 2x

Answer 6

-Article 232: Germany was set to pay £6.6 billion
-The Saar land was given to the league to control for 15 years, it was an important industrial area and a main industry for coal, heavily affecting their

Question 7

Outcomes of the Treaty of Versaille: Land? 5x

Answer 7

-Poland was given the polish corridor, splitting Germany in two and allowing Poland to have access to the major port city Danzig
-Danzig was made a free city under the LoN’s control
-Germany’s colonies in Africa were given to the LoN- Basically under Britain and France’s rule- such as togoland and the cameroons.
- Anschluss (union) between Germany and Austria was forbidden.
-Germany lost 13% of its land: Alsace Lorraine to France; Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium; and North Schleswig to Denmark.

Question 8

What was Germany’s GDP percentage compared to pre war in 1919?

Answer 8

-1919, it was 73% of 1913 GDP.

Question 9

What was Germany’s GDP percentage compared to pre war in 1923?

Answer 9

-1923, it was 86% of 1913 GDP

Question 10

What was Germany’s GDP percentage compared to pre war in 1925?

Answer 10

-1925, it was 96% of 1913 GDP

Question 11

What was Germany’s GDP percentage compared to pre war in 1927?

Answer 11

-1927, it exceeded pre war GDP

Question 12

What did David lloyd want out of the ToV? 4x

Answer 12

• Wanted germany’s colonies ( in Africa)
• Prevent germany’s navy from becoming too powerful.
• Germany to remain a strong enough country to trade with
• Wanted to prevent future conflict/

Question 13

What did George Clemenceau want out of the ToV? 6x

Answer 13

• Germany’s border to be pushed back to rhine
• Reclaim Alsace Lorien
• Reduce German military
• Wanted germany to suffer
• Needed excessive reparations to rebuild
• Wanted to prevent future conflicts

Question 14

What did Woodrow Wilson want out of the ToV? 6x

Answer 14

• Freedom of the seas
• Borders to remain the same
• Reduce military everywhere
• Wanted Peace
• Didn’t want harsh reparations
• Wanted the LoN

Question 15

Which of the 14 points did Woodrow Wilson achieve?

Answer 15

• Belgium evacuated
• Return of Alsace- Lorraine and other
  french territories to France
• Creation of a turkish state with free trade in Dardanelles
• Independent Polish state
• Creation of the LoN

Question 16

What political state was the world in after the first world war?

Answer 16

• Britain had promised land to japan and Italy for their aid in the war
• Led to a communist revolution in Russia (1917)
• Turkey, Austria and Germany’s monarchy were overthrown

Question 17

What social state was the world in after the first world war?

Answer 17

-French and British voters put pressure on their democratically elected leaders to “Hang the Kaiser”
- America wanted to return to Isolationism

Question 18

What economic state was the world in after the first world war?

Answer 18

• America became the first Superpower
• War cost europe $260 billion (much loaned by the Us)
• 1918 influenza killed 30million

Question 19

How many people died in WW1?

Answer 19

16 million

Question 20

How many french civilians were killed?

Answer 20

600,000