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Treaty Of Versailles Handout Key

Objective: Analyze the effects of WWI with e mphasis on the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. Treaty Of Versailles Handout Key. Summarize the Treaty of Versailles. War-guilt clause : blamed Germany for causing the war

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Treaty Of Versailles Handout Key

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  1. Objective: Analyze the effects of WWI with emphasis on the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. Treaty Of Versailles Handout Key

  2. Summarize the Treaty of Versailles • War-guilt clause: blamed Germany for causing the war • Reparations: Germany was required to pay for the war to the allies • Germany lost its colonies and also lost land to France and Poland. • Germany’s air force was eliminated, and its army and navy were reduced to small, defensive forces--Disarmament

  3. What are mandates? Middle East • Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan (formed from the old Ottoman Empire) became mandates of Britain and France. • Mandates are colonies recognized by the League of Nations.

  4. What is a weakness of the League of Nations? • The United States did not sign the treaty—weakens the League of Nations. • Instead, for years the United States took an isolationist stand. • The United States avoided foreign commitments.

  5. How did German people feel about the Treaty of Versailles? • The Treaty of Versailles embittered the German people. • Embittered=Bitter/Resentful

  6. Why did the German people feel that way about the Treaty of Versailles? • The German people especially resented the war-guilt clause and the obligation to pay reparations. • Obligation=Requirement • Reparations=War Payments

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