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Minimum of 4 bullets per section.

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  • Nothing about punishing Germany
  • No secret treaties
  • Self-determination for colonies (choose their own gov’t)
  • Remove barriers to trade.
  • League of Nations
  • Reduction of armaments (weapons)
  • Poland
  • Ind. for Turkey and other member nations
  • Freedom of the Seas
  • Germany is harshly punished.
  • Germany has to pay reparations
  • Germany lose colonies
  • International court

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ANSWER in complete sentences:

REPARATIONS = PAYMENT

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ANSWER in complete sentences:

  • The political cartoon reveals that Germany was forced to pay war costs of WWI. This put them in debt and will cause the rise of Hitler.

REPARATIONS = PAYMENT

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ANSWER in complete sentences:

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ANSWER in complete sentences:

  • This political cartoon shows that Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

Accepted responsibility for war!

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Treaty of Versailles Text

What is Germany required to do?

How do you think this made Germans feel? Why?

Article 159

The German military forces shall be demobilized and reduced as prescribed hereinafter.

Article 160

(1) By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry.

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles.htm

Article 231

The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles231-247.htm

Article 232

The Allied and Associated Governments, however, require, and Germany undertakes, that she will make compensation [payment]* for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allied and Associated Powers and to their property during the period of the belligerency of each as an Allied or Associated Power against Germany …

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles231-247.htm

*132 billion German marks (roughly $400 billion in today's dollars)

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Treaty of Versailles Text

What is Germany required to do?

How do you think this made Germans feel? Why?

Article 159

The German military forces shall be demobilized and reduced as prescribed hereinafter.

Article 160

(1) By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry.

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles.htm

  • Reduce military

Article 231

The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles231-247.htm

Article 232

The Allied and Associated Governments, however, require, and Germany undertakes, that she will make compensation [payment]* for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allied and Associated Powers and to their property during the period of the belligerency of each as an Allied or Associated Power against Germany …

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles231-247.htm

*132 billion German marks (roughly $400 billion in today's dollars)

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Treaty of Versailles Text

What is Germany required to do?

How do you think this made Germans feel? Why?

Article 159

The German military forces shall be demobilized and reduced as prescribed hereinafter.

Article 160

(1) By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry.

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles.htm

  • Reduce military

Article 231

The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles231-247.htm

  • Accept responsibility for WWI

Article 232

The Allied and Associated Governments, however, require, and Germany undertakes, that she will make compensation [payment]* for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allied and Associated Powers and to their property during the period of the belligerency of each as an Allied or Associated Power against Germany …

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles231-247.htm

*132 billion German marks (roughly $400 billion in today's dollars)

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Treaty of Versailles Text

What is Germany required to do?

How do you think this made Germans feel? Why?

Article 159

The German military forces shall be demobilized and reduced as prescribed hereinafter.

Article 160

(1) By a date which must not be later than March 31, 1920, the German Army must not comprise more than seven divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry.

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles.htm

  • Reduce military

Article 231

The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies.

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles231-247.htm

  • Accept responsibility for WWI

Article 232

The Allied and Associated Governments, however, require, and Germany undertakes, that she will make compensation [payment]* for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allied and Associated Powers and to their property during the period of the belligerency of each as an Allied or Associated Power against Germany …

Source: http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles231-247.htm

*132 billion German marks (roughly $400 billion in today's dollars)

  • Reparations = pay for war costs

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In 1939, World War II began. The Treaty of Versailles was supposed to create peace between all nations, however, only 20 years later another war broke out. Why do you think the Treaty of Versailles was unable to prevent another war?