AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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Question
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war reparations are when countries are asked to disband (get rid of) their army
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war reparations are when countries are asked to take the blame for starting a war
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war reparations are when countries have to pay money back to other countries
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war reparations are when submarines sink opposing ships
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Detailed explanation-1: -reparations, a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries. Reparations were levied on the Central Powers after World War I to compensate the Allies for some of their war costs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Allied victors took a punitive approach to Germany at the end of World War I. Intense negotiation resulted in the Treaty of Versailles’ “war guilt clause, ” which identified Germany as the sole responsible party for the war and forced it to pay reparations.
Detailed explanation-3: -War reparations are payments by one state to another (or, sometimes, in modern practice, to individuals) at the end of a conflict, intended to compensate for the damage and injury inflicted during the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Versailles held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties on the Germans, including loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization.