USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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A major goal of France and Great Britain at the peace treaty conference at the end of the war was to make sure Germany:

(A) was rebuilt and strong again

(B) ** could not rebuild its military strength

(C) became wealthy and industrialized

(D) strengthened its colonies

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -What was a major goal of France and Great Britain at the Conference of Versailles following World War I? A major goal was to keep Germany from rebuilding its military forces.

Concept note-2: -At the Paris Peace Conference, the French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, controlled his delegation and his chief goal was to weaken Germany militarily, strategically and economically.

Concept note-3: -Answer and Explanation: Germany’s main goal at the end of World War I was to recover from the war itself and reestablish the prestige it had lost during the war.

Concept note-4: -Germany had been without armed forces since the Wehrmacht was dissolved following World War II. When the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949, it was without a military. Germany remained completely demilitarized and any plans for a German military were forbidden by Allied regulations.