Treaty Of Versailles Flashcards

1
Q

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

A

28th June 1919

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2
Q

Who was the prime minister for Britain when signing the Treaty?

A

David Lloyd George

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3
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Who was the prime minister for France when signing the Treaty?

A

Georges Clemenceau

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4
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Who was the prime minister for USA when signing the Treaty?

A

Woodrow Wilson

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5
Q

Did German have any power over the Treaty?

A

No

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6
Q

What happened in 1918? (3 answers)

A

Allies broke German front line
Germans couldn’t continue fighting
New government made peace with Allies

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7
Q

What did the Germans do to their emperor?

A

Over threw him

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8
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What was the Kaisers name that the Germans over threw ?

A

Kaiser Wilhelm II

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9
Q

What did France want?

A

Germany not to be a threat

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10
Q

What did Britain want?

A

Peace and no threat between the Empire

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11
Q

What did USA want?

A

Peace and blamed the Alliance system

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12
Q

Who got the blame for the war?

A

Germany

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13
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Which article said that Germany got the blame?

A

Article 231

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14
Q

How much land did Germany loose?

A

13%

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15
Q

What was reparations?

A

The amount of money Germany had to pay back

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16
Q

How much did Germany had to pay back?

A

£6.6 billion

17
Q

When did Germany stop paying reparations?

A

1980

18
Q

How was the armed forces reduced for Germany? (3 answers)

A

Reduced to 100,00 men
36 battle ships
No submarines

19
Q

How did Germany see the Treaty?

A

Evil

20
Q

How did Germany see the Allies?

A

Evil, greedy and wanted revenge

21
Q

What did Germany think about the countries when signing the Treaty?

A

They thought the countries were gloating over the Treaty

22
Q

Why were there posters of skinny children after the Treaty was signed?

A

Tells that people are starving due to the debt being paid out

23
Q

What did Germans believe about the debt?

A

Reparations will run the country into the ground

24
Q

How did the Germans feel toward the Government?

A

Hatred

25
Q

Why did the Germans hate the Government?

A

Because they ‘stabbed’ the army in the back

26
Q

How did the Germans react to Danzig getting taken away and why?

A

Made protests because they viewed that the land was taken away from them wrongly

27
Q

What did the protests signs say about Danzig?

A

‘Danzig remains ours’