AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To punish the Germans
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To make the world safe and make peace
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He wanted justice, but wanted it to not be too harsh.
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He wanted Germany to be split into 8 different countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -He wanted ‘justice’, but he did not want revenge. He said that the peace must not be harsh – that would just cause another war in a few years time.
Detailed explanation-2: -In reality, delegates to the Paris peace conferences had their own objectives: The British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, wanted to protect Middle East interests (key to the security of the Indian Empire), as well as to secure German colonies and limit commitment in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the Paris Peace Conference, the French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, controlled his delegation and his chief goal was to weaken Germany militarily, strategically and economically.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lloyd George’s main objective at the conference was to protect British interests and build strong relationships with other world powers, especially the United States (MacMillan 42).
Detailed explanation-5: -All three wanted to stop a war ever happening again, but they did not agree about how to do this; everybody wanted different things from the peace. Many people genuinely wanted peace – they wanted the Great War to be ‘the war to end all wars’.