AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Forcing Germany to pay reparations
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Forcing Germany to pay for new guns
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Forcing Germany to pay for the Russian Revolution
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Forcing Germany to pay for American factories that were damaged in America
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the most controversial terms of the treaty was the War Guilt clause, which explicitly and directly blamed Germany for the outbreak of hostilities. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The treaty was one of several that officially ended five years of conflict known as the Great War-World War I. The Treaty of Versailles outlined the conditions of peace between Germany and the victorious Allies, led by the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.
Detailed explanation-3: -understanding that is relevant to the question For example, the payment of reparations was not in itself Germany’s main objection to the Treaty because this had been agreed at the signing of the armistice in 1918. However, it was the unfair and dictated scale of the reparations that was the devastating blow.