Monday March 10th

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Treaty of Versailles

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

• The treaty that ended WW1
• Punished Germany for WW1

Who was there?

• US- Woodrow Wilson 
• Great Britain 
• France 
• Italy

What were the major points of Treaty of Versailles and others?

• Maps changed 
  • Austria Hungary was dismantled after the ww1
  • Russia lost land to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Yugoslavia 
  • Poland
• Punishment of Germany 
  • Territorial Loss 
    • Land to France
    • Belgium
    • Denmark
    • Czechoslovakia
    • Poland 
    • Germany also lost their territories
    • Germany gave land back to Russia 
  • Military 
    • Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks 
    • No air force
    • Small naval force 
    • Germany could have no troops along the Rhine river 
  • Financial
    • Germany had to pay $33 billion to the Allies(GB/France) 
    • Germany was not allowed to join with Austria
    • With the land loss of the Treaty, vital industrial territory became scarce. Had no resource 
  • General
    • Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war 
    • The League of Nations was set up to keep world peace  

What did the US do with the Treaty? 

• US never signed the Treaty of Versailles 
• Congress was very concerned about the League of Nations
  • US didn't want to be involved in European Wars 
  • Congress didn't want the League of Nations to become a type of "government".
• US signed several peace agreements ending the war