USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

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Which statement below correctly describes a war reparation?

(A) war reparations are when countries are asked to disband (get rid of) their army

(B) war reparations are when countries are asked to take the blame for starting a war

(C) ** war reparations are when countries have to pay money back to other countries

(D) war reparations are when submarines sink opposing ships

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -reparations, a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries. Reparations were levied on the Central Powers after World War I to compensate the Allies for some of their war costs.

Concept note-2: -Allied victors took a punitive approach to Germany at the end of World War I. Intense negotiation resulted in the Treaty of Versailles’ “war guilt clause, ” which identified Germany as the sole responsible party for the war and forced it to pay reparations.

Concept note-3: -War reparations are payments by one state to another (or, sometimes, in modern practice, to individuals) at the end of a conflict, intended to compensate for the damage and injury inflicted during the war.

Concept note-4: -The Treaty of Versailles held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties on the Germans, including loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization.