USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

END OF WWI

[SOURCES]
Because America and the Allied Powers won, Germany was forced to pay for damages. Payment for damages after a war is called

(A) Demilitarization

(B) Self-determination

(C) ** Reparations

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Treaty of Versailles didn’t just blame Germany for the war-it demanded financial restitution for the whole thing, to the tune of 132 billion gold marks, or more than $500 billion today.

Concept note-2: -The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. The treaty’s so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. This meant a loss of territories, reduction in military forces, and reparation payments to Allied powers.

Concept note-3: -Between 1919 and 1932, Germany paid less than 21 billion marks in reparations. The German people saw reparations as a national humiliation; the German Government worked to undermine the validity of the Treaty of Versailles and the requirement to pay.

Concept note-4: -West Germany paid reparations to Israel for confiscated Jewish property under Nuremberg laws, forced labour and persecution.