AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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Germany were invited to attend and negotiate the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Germany were NOT invited to attend and negotiate the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -1) The Treaty of Versailles marked the end of the First World War. 2) The Treaty of Versailles helped Germany to prosper. Both the statements are true.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Allied Powers refused to recognize the new Bolshevik Government and thus did not invite its representatives to the Peace Conference. The Allies also excluded the defeated Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria).
Detailed explanation-3: -Germany and the other defeated powers-Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey-were not represented at the Paris Peace Conference.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.