Treaty Of Versailles

Question 1

What was the treaty of Versailles

Answer 1

Peace treaty between Germany and their opponents in WW1

Signed in 1919

Question 2

What was the nickname given to the politicians who signed the armistice in November 1918 which ended in the war?

Answer 2

November criminals they were scapegoats for Germany’s defeats

Question 3

What is the stab in the back myth?

Answer 3

The view that army had not really lost WW1 and unpatriotic groups like socialists, democrats and Jews had undermined it. Popular army leaders and right wing groups used it to attack Weimar government and shift the blame away from the German army

Question 4

What did the treaty of Versailles order Germany go do to its military?

Answer 4

• abolish 100,000 men
• demilitarise the Rhine land
• limit Germany’s mazy to six battleships no submarines
• no air forces

Question 5

How much did Germany have to pay the allied in reparations?

Answer 5

£6600 million in gold marks

Question 6

Where did Germany lose territory?

Answer 6

Overseas colonies such as west Prussia

Question 7

What did the treaty of Versailles forbid Germany to do in relation with Austria?

Answer 7

Political reunification was forbidden

Question 8

Name 4 reasons why Germans hated the treaty of Versailles

Answer 8

1. Territory that was seen as German was put under foreign rule
2. Germans did not accept full blame for the war guilt
3. Believed the reparations were too high
4. Allies felt that the treat had been imposed on them without any negotiations

Question 9

What was the significance of the treaty of Versailles for the Weimar government?

Answer 9

New Weimar democracy forced to accept the armistice and sign the treaty of Versailles it was seen as defeat and humiliation
Stab in the back myth weakened them and support started to decline