AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Giving up 1, 000, 000 square miles of land
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Paying $33 Billion in reparations
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Limiting it’s military
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Being prohibited from joining with Austria.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Article 231, commonly called the war guilt clause, required Germany to accept responsibility for causing “all the loss and damage” inflicted on the Allies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Germany was economically devastated after a draining defeat in World War I. Due to the Versailles treaty, Germany was forced to pay incredibly sizeable reparations to France and Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Treaty of Versailles didn’t just blame Germany for the war-it demanded financial restitution for the whole thing, to the tune of 132 billion gold marks, or more than $500 billion today.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) and the 1921 London Schedule of Payments required Germany to pay 132 billion gold marks (US$33 billion [all values are contemporary, unless otherwise stated]) in reparations to cover civilian damage caused during the war.
Detailed explanation-5: -The most famous legacy of the Treaty of Versailles is that its draconian terms-designed to prevent Germany from repeating its military aggression-instead created an economic and political crisis that led to the rise of Hitler and the start of World War II.