Versailles

Question 1

Name the military terms of the treaty of Versailles? (7)

Answer 1

• 100,000 soliders,
• no airforce,
• 6 battle ships,
• conscription abolished,
• no stockpiling chemical weapons,
• excluded from the arms trade,
• disarmament of the Rhine Land.

Question 2

Name the territorial terms of the treaty of Versailles? (-)

Answer 2

• All german colonies were give to the LON and France and Britain were given control over them,
• Alsace Lorraine went back to France,
• A union between Austria and Germany were forbidden,
• Several parts of German land were given to Czechoslovakia, Poland, Belgium and Lithuania,
• The treaty of Brest-litovsk was canceled and Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia were made independent,
• The Saar was administrated to the league where France had mining rights until the 1935 plebiscite,

Question 3

What was the war guilt clause and why were they forced to sign it?

Answer 3

Article 231 made Germany and her allies completely responsible for the war which allowed any land or amount of money to be charged as well as any restrictions to be set

Question 4

When were German reparations set and how much?

Answer 4

1921 for £6.6 billion

Question 5

how many (percnetage) of german coal and iron deposits were taken by loss of land in the treaty?

Answer 5

70% of iron and 26% of coal

Question 6

Name the big three?

Answer 6

USA - Woodrow Wilson
Britain - David Lloyd George
France - George Clemenceau

Question 7

David Lloyd Gregory A&M

Answer 7

M: 
-He wanted to be reelected so he promised 300billion from the Germans,
-He wanted to improve Britains naval supremacy,
A:
-payment without crippling Germany,
-Reestablish Europes balance of power,
-Weaken Germany's navy,
-Return Europes trading patterns

Question 8

George Clemenceau A&M

Answer 8

M:
-He remembered the German invasions in 1870 and 1914,
-He wanted revenge,
A:
-Complete disarmament of Germany,
-high reparations for everything that was lost in the war,
-the saar land to be given to France,
-the Rhineland to be made an independent ‘buffer’ state,
-The return f Alsace Lorraine,

Question 9

Woodrow Wilson A&M

Answer 9

M:
-He wasn’t seeking revenge as the USA had lost very little but he wanted to ensure this wouldn’t happen again,
A:
he wanted his 14 points including: LON, no secret treaties, Self-determinations for all peoples, demobilisation of all troops and free naval navigation

Question 10

what were the 5 other treaties and who were they with?

Answer 10

Saint Germain - Austria
Trianon - Hungary
Neuilly - Bulgaria
Servers - Turkey in 1920
Lausanne - Turkey 1923

Question 11

State who the Serves treaty was with and what were the terms?

Answer 11

Turkey
huge chunks of the Ottoman Empire were given to Greece, Italy, England and France
Limited to 50,700 men
no airforce was allowed
the allies controlled the countries finances and banking

Question 12

State who the Lausanne treaty was with and what were the terms?

Answer 12

Turkey
the borders of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey were settled
Turkey gave up claim to Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, Syria and Iraq
no reparations
no military restrictions

Question 13

State who the Neuilly treaty was with and what were the terms?

Answer 13

Bulgaria
They were cut off from the sea as west Thrace went to Greece
the had to pay £100 million in reparations
their army was limited to 20,000 men

Question 14

State who the Trianon treaty was with and what were the terms?

Answer 14

Hungary
no navy
limited to 35,000 men
even though reparations were set the had no money so they never paid apart from a few shipments of coal

Question 15

State who the Saint-Germain treaty was with and what were the terms?

Answer 15

Austria
the Austro Hungarian empire was broken up and smaller countries were made from it
Article 88 forbade an alliance with Austria and Germany
conscription was abolished and they were allowed an army of 30,000 men
reparations weren’t set of Austria went bankrupt

Question 16

Give the 4 main points as to why the treaty of Versailles was too harsh?

Answer 16

1-they had been set high reparations but deprived of 70%of their iron and 26% of their coal,
2-it was a diktat no room to negotiate,
3-100,000 men wasn’t enough to hold off larger powers like Russia or France,
4-They had to accept full blame when a war ca only start with two sides,

Question 17

which German government was made to sign the treaty?

Answer 17

Weimar Government

Question 18

What were the reactions of German:
1 - right-wing politicians
2 - right wing extremist
3 - left wing extremists
4 - public

Answer 18

1 - right-wing politicians attempted to overthrow them,
2 - right wing extremist had many assassination attempts most of which successful,
3 - left wing extremists promoted rebellion in the Ruhr in March 1920,
4 - the public believed the politicians lost the war not the army because of propaganda and were outraged,

Question 19

what percentage of land did Germany loose?

Answer 19

13%

Question 20

how many paper mills and printing business were printing money to give to the treaty?

Answer 20

300 mills and 2000 printing companies