Treaty of Versailles

Question 1

Who were the big 3

Answer 1

Woodrow Wilson (president of USA), Georges Clemenceau (pm of France), David Lloyd-George (pm of Britain)

Question 2

What did Woodrow Wilson want?

Answer 2

Wanted a fair and lasting peace based on his 14 points.
- self determination
- disarmament
- creation of LoN
- freedom of seas

Question 3

What did Georges Clemenceau

Answer 3

Wanted revenge:
- large reparations
- Take back neighboring lands
- Cap Germany’s army greatly
- War guilt clause
- No LoN

Question 4

What did David Lloyd George want?

Answer 4

Did not want to punish Germany hard, knew they would seek revenge
- take German colonies and divide them amongst victors
- Disarm Germany, Weak navy
- war guilt

Question 5

Germany lost ___% of its land

Answer 5

13

Question 6

What does acronym TANKS refer to?

Answer 6

Troops reduced, Aircraft and submarines, No conscription, Keep out of Rhineland, Ships.

Question 7

What happened to Germany’s military?

Answer 7

1,000 army, no air force, 6 battleships, no submarines. No conscription.
Article 181 (no subs), Article 198 (no airforce).

Question 8

How much were the reparations?

Answer 8

6.6B pounds (article 232)

Question 9

What was Article 231?

Answer 9

The war guilt clause - Germany had to take blame for starting the war, and all losses.

Question 10

How did Germany feel about ToV?

Answer 10

• burdened Germany’s economy due to massive debts
• did not agree with Article 231
• did not feel she was able to defend herself (cap on army)
• Colonies taken away made it harder to pay reparations.
• people lost faith in government

Question 11

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 11

A peace document signed at the end of WW1