Treaty of versailles terms

Question 1

What were the terms of the treaty of versailles?

Answer 1

• war guilt
  -reparations
  -German territories and colonies
  -German armed forces
• league of nations

Question 2

War guilt

Answer 2

Although a simple clause, for Germans it was seen as very harsh as they didn’t believe they started or lost the war. However, they accepted the blame for starting the war.

Question 3

Reparations

Answer 3

Without consulting Germany, the major powers agreed that Germany had to pay reparations to the allies for the damage caused by the war. The reparations was set in 1921 at 6600 million pounds.

Question 4

German territories and colonies

Answer 4

Germany’s overseas empire was taken away. Former German colonies had become Mandates controlled by the League of Nations. Germany was also forbidden from joining former ally Austria. 10% of German land was lost.

Question 5

German armed forces

Answer 5

• The army was limited to 100,000 men.
• Conscription was banned.
• Germany was not allowed armoured vehicles, submarines or aircraft.
• The navy could build only 6 battleships
• The Rhineland became a demilitarised zone.

Question 6

The league of Nations

Answer 6

Germany was not allowed to join the league of nations until it had shown that it was a peace-loving country

Question 7

Impacts of the treaty:

Answer 7

• Germany lost 12.5% of its populations and 16% of its coalfields and almost half its iron and steel industry.
• Multiple revolutions were against Ebert and the treaty, like the Kapp Putsch.
• Germany failed to pay their reparations in 1922, so in 1923 French and Belgian soldiers entered the Ruhr region and took what was owed to them in the form of raw materials and goods.
• over 100 workers and expelled and over 100,000 protesters from the region.
• Germany no longer had any goods to trade or money to buy things.
• The government printed money which caused hyperinflation. The money was virtually worthless so prices shot up.