The Treaty of Versailles

Question 1

when was the paris peace conference

Answer 1

January 1919 ( talks of creating the temporary armistice into a long lasting peace treaty)

Question 2

who was not invited to the Paris peace conference

Answer 2

Germany and Austria-Hungary and any other opposing nations

Question 3

what was Clemenceaus aim at the conference

Answer 3

punish germany and make them take blame and weaken their economy

Question 4

what was Lloyd Georges’s aim at the conference?

Answer 4

punish Germany but not too harshly ad they wanted to still be trade partners but also wanted to increase Britain’s naval power

Question 5

what were Woodrow Wilsons aims at the conference

Answer 5

self-determination for colonies and disarmament across all countries and a League of nations to help settle peace

Question 6

when was the final agreement signed?

Answer 6

June 1919

Question 7

what were the territorial changes that were agreed upon in the treaty

Answer 7

• Germany lost Alsace Lorraine (the result of the armistice), given to France
• Rhineland belonged to G but demilitarized
• Poland was made an independent country (Germany lose land)
  -To give Poland access to the sea a strip of land was given as the Polish corridor this divided Germany from East Prussia
  -The saar an important bit of land with valuable coalfields was taken from G for 15
  years
  -Danzig was now under the control of the League