USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

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What treaty officially ended WWI for European countries?

(A) Treaty of Paris

(B) ** Treaty of Versailles

(C) Treaty of Portsmouth

(D) Treaty of Ghent

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Delegates signed the Treaty of Versailles in the former palace’s famous Hall of Mirrors, ending World War I. On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, France.

Concept note-2: -The first, and most significant, was the Treaty of Versailles, signed on June 28, 1919.

Concept note-3: -The Treaty of Versailles, 1919 28 June 1919.

Concept note-4: -On 11 November 1918, an armistice came into effect ending the war in Western Europe – but this did not mean the return of peace. The armistice was effectively a German surrender, as its conditions ended any possibility of Germany continuing the war.