HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The payment of massive reparations (war debt) by Germany.
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The guarantee of freedom of the seas.
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The guarantee of freedom of trade.
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The establishment of a “League of Nations.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Convinced that a harsh peace treaty would sow the seeds of future wars, Wilson opposed stripping Germany of territory or imposing reparations, huge financial penalties by the losers. To ensure economic future prosperity, he called for free trade and freedom of the seas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. had previously held a policy of isolationism. Which of the following did the financial reparations demanded of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles include beyond the cost of destruction caused by war? Germany had to pay Allied pensions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over the next four years, U.S. banks continued to lend Germany enough money to enable it to meet its reparation payments to countries such as France and the United Kingdom. These countries, in turn, used their reparation payments from Germany to service their war debts to the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.