USA HISTORY

Multi-Select! Which of the following were punishments put on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles? Check all that apply

(A) Made them form an alliance

(B) ** Made them get rid of some of their territory

(C) ** Made them decrease their military

(D) ** Made them pay billions in reparations

(E) Made them increase their military for protection

Concept note-1: -The document stripped Germany of 13 percent of its territory and one tenth of its population. The Rhineland was occupied and demilitarized, and German colonies were taken over by the new League of Nations. The German army was diminished to 100, 000 men and the country was forbidden to draft soldiers.

Concept note-2: -The treaty forced Germany to surrender colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific; cede territory to other nations like France and Poland; reduce the size of its military; pay war reparations to the Allied countries; and accept guilt for the war.

Concept note-3: -The Treaty of Versailles Punished Defeated Germany With These Provisions. Some disarmed the German military, while others stripped the defeated nation of territory, population and economic resources, and forced it to admit responsibility for the war and agree to pay reparations.