USA HISTORY

Which country was invited to Versailles, but was ignored and alienated during the peace talks?

(A) ** Japan

(B) Russia

(C) Belgium

(D) Germany

Concept note-1: -The prominent players of this treaty were those countries that won the First World War, UK, US, Italy, Japan and France. But the defeated powers like Germany, Austria and Turkey were not invited to the conference. Russia, which stayed away from the war after the revolution, was not invited too.

Concept note-2: -At war’s end in 1919, Japan, as a member of the victorious Allies, took part in the treaty negotiations at Versailles. The Japanese delegation had two major goals for the Versailles peace talks.

Concept note-3: -Answer and Explanation: Japan was upset with the Treaty of Versailles because it did not gain all the territory it wanted; it also did not receive the respect of an equal nation at the negotiations and afterwards. Japan had joined the Allies during World War I in order to gain land.

Concept note-4: -Treaty of Versailles Terms Germany and the other defeated powers-Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey-were not represented at the Paris Peace Conference.