USA HISTORY

This treaty established nine new nations in Europe and shifted boundaries of other nations. The treaty also banned Germany from maintaining an army, pay reparations and return Alsace-Lorraine to France. What was the name of the treaty?

(A) Treaty of Paris

(B) the Ottoman Treaty

(C) ** T reaty of Versailles

(D) the European Treaty

Concept note-1: -The Treaty of Versailles gave Germany new boundaries. Alsace-Lorraine was given to France and Eupen-Malmédy to Belgium.

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: -The Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) and the 1921 London Schedule of Payments required Germany to pay 132 billion gold marks (US$33 billion [all values are contemporary, unless otherwise stated]) in reparations to cover civilian damage caused during the war.

Concept note-4: -What nine new nations were created by the treaty of Versailles? Austria, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, and Finland. (Ottoman Empire changed its name to Turkey. Russia changed its name to Soviet Union).

Concept note-5: -The treaty forced Germany to disarm, to make territorial concessions, and to pay reparations to the Allied powers in the staggering amount of $5 billion.