Impact of TOV

Question 1

How did the Germans react to the TOV?

Answer 1

• On the whole very negatively, it was a scapegoat for many of their issues.
• Affected the nation for 10 years

Question 2

How did the Germans react to loosing Land as part of the TOV?

Answer 2

• Major blow for pride and economy as 2 areas lost were industrial towns

Question 3

How did the Germans react to War Guilt and reparations as part of the TOV?

Answer 3

• War guilt was hated
• They didn’t believe they began the war
• Bitter they had to pay reparations though their economy was ruined after war.

Question 4

How did the Germans react to Disarmament as part of the TOV?

Answer 4

• Unfair as the army size was too small for their nation and it was a symbol of German Pride
• No other nation was made to disarm in the same way as Germany.

Question 5

How did the Germans react to the 14 Point Plan and the League of Nations as part of the TOV?

Answer 5

• The treaty did not keep within Wilson’s 14 point plan

- Germans were insulted by not being invited to the LON

Question 6

How did the Germans feel about not having a representative at the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 6

• Angry as they were forced to accept everything agreed by the ‘Big Three’.
• Believed they had not lost the war and should not have been treated as a defeated nation.

Question 7

What were the TOV cause in Germany?

Answer 7

• Political violence
• Conflict in the Ruhr
• Hyperinflation

Question 8

What was attempted in 1920 by Ebert’s Political opponents?

Answer 8

• A revolution called the Kapp Putsch