USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country was invited to Versailles, but was ignored and alienated during the peace talks?
A
Japan
B
Russia
C
Belgium
D
Germany
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.

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

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