Points of the Treaty of Versailles:
-Germany was named the sole country responsible for the war, humiliating them and also stripping them of their colonial posessions in the Pacific.
-Germany couldn't maintain an army larger than 100,000 people, and they had to give Alsace-Lorraine back to France which they had won in the Franco-Prussian war.
-The Allies were payed $33 billion by Germany. They made their final payment in 2010.
-Germany lost 10% of their land. Lost it to Poland, Denmark, France.
-Germany couldn't have an Air Force, submarines, or tanks.
15. Why did the US never pass the Treaty of Versailles?
-Woodrow Wilson, a democratic president, came back to a Republican dominated Congress. Republicans didn't want to pass it, but the democrats did. They took a vote, and the Republicans won, so the treaty was never passed. Republicans didn't want the League of Nations and the democrats did.
16. Why did the Allied Powers win WWI?
-U.S. involvment, greater resources, more money, stonger naval power, technology.
U.S. Involvment:
-brought new resources and soldiers.
-United States had been supplying the Allied forces with ammo and resources.
-Helped France push German forces back into Germany which eventually ended the war.
Greater Resources and Money:
-Allied powers were being supplied by other countries throughout the world.
Naval and Army Power
-Naval blockades prevented Germany and Central powers from getting food and other resources.
-Had better Navy and army from the beginning. Great Britain best navy.
Technology
-Allies had tanks which helped them in land battles.
-Advancement in weapons.
17. Describe the impact WWI had on the world.
18. How did countries react to the Treaty of Versailles?
-Germany was in a major economic downfall after being punished by the treaty.
-Austria-Hungary was broken up into many countries. Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslaviak, Poland. Payed some money but not as much as others.
-Turkey was broken up into other countries. Syria, Iraq, Transjordan, Arabia, Palistan, Egypt, and Libya. Didn't have to pay a lot and didn't lose a lot of men. Turkey didn't suffer an economic depression.
-Bulgaria had to pay a little. Didn't really lose any land.
-United States didn't like the treaty at all and thought it was to harsh. We also believed that we needed to allow Germany to set up a stable deomcratic government. After the war, the Great Depression.
-France liked that Germany ssuffered under the Treaty of Versailles.
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