Versailles

Question 1

what leaders were at the versailles conference?

Answer 1

wilson, clemenceau, lloyd-george, orlando, ho chi minh

Question 2

was germany invited

Answer 2

no

Question 3

what was wilson welcomed with?

Answer 3

a ticker tape parade and the french hailed him as a hero

Question 4

what was wilson’s peace plan?

Answer 4

14 points

Question 5

what were the main points of the 14 points?

Answer 5

self-determination, an end to alliances, and a league of nations

Question 6

what principle was the 14 points based on?

Answer 6

peace without victory

Question 7

what does clemenceau want out of the treaty?

Answer 7

revenge on germany

Question 8

What new countries were created?

Answer 8

poland, czechoslovakia, austria, turkey, yugoslavia, finland, hungary, liithuania, estonia, latvia

Question 9

what were the three baltic republics?

Answer 9

lithuania, estonia, and latvia

Question 10

what countries did russia give up?

Answer 10

poland and yugoslavia

Question 11

what coutries did germany give up?

Answer 11

Czechoslovakia and Poland

Question 12

what countries did austria-hungary give up?

Answer 12

czechoslovakia and yugoslavia

Question 13

what two countries were broken up by the treaty?

Answer 13

austria-hungary and the Ottoman Empire, which was now Turkey

Question 14

what two countries were excluded from joining the league of nations?

Answer 14

germany and russia

Question 15

what happened to germany’s colonies?

Answer 15

they were taken from germany and became League “mandates” and was under British and France, though somewhat independent

Question 16

what did germany have to give back to France after taking it in the Franco-Prussian war?

Answer 16

Alsace and Lorraine

Question 17

what did germany have to give up for fifteen years?

Answer 17

the Saar, a coal-rich region

Question 18

what invention did germany have to give up the patent for and what effect did it have?

Answer 18

aspirin and it cost them millions of dollars in revenue

Question 19

what was germany forbidden from building?

Answer 19

subs, tanks, and planes

Question 20

how much of an army was germany allowed?

Answer 20

100,000

Question 21

what effects did the limited army have on germany?

Answer 21

unemployment and crime

Question 22

what happened to rhineland?

Answer 22

germany had to demilitarize it, giving france an opportunity to invade anytime

Question 23

how many dollars in reparations were they asked to pay?

Answer 23

33 billion

Question 24

when were the reparations finally paid off?

Answer 24

2011

Question 25

what did germany have to sign?

Answer 25

a war guilt clause admitting full guilt to everything

Question 26

did the treaty pass with the us senate?

Answer 26

no, the usa had to sign its own treaty with germany

Question 27

what was the weimar republic’s reaction to the treaty?

Answer 27

they did not like it but their other option was war, which was not possible. thus they signed it

Question 28

due to the public outrage over the treaty who did the germans blame?

Answer 28

jewish people and the weimar republic

Question 29

what did hitler call the weimar republic?

Answer 29

november criminals

Question 30

how did hyperinflation start in germany?

Answer 30

germany resorted to printing money to pay off reparations

Question 31

what region did france occupy due to germany’s failure to pay reparations?

Answer 31

the rhur

Question 32

how long did the weimar republic last

Answer 32

14 years