Treaty of Versailles Webquest

Directions: Using the websites provided, answer each of the following questions. You do not have to use
complete sentences, when applicable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/versailles_01.shtml
1. How many countries were represented at the Paris negotiations in January 1919? 32 countries
2. What was President Woodrow Wilsons peace plan called? Fourteen Points
3. Who were the Big Four? David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando, Georges Clemenceau,
President Woodrow Wilson.
4.

What were some of the losses suffered by Germany as a result of the Treaty of Versailles? Land
was taken, financial impact; cost of the war, political impact; stabbing people in the back.

5. What clause in particular left the Germans feeling like they were stabbed in the back? by the
victors? This 'stab in the back' had prevented the gallant soldiers from securing the
victory which was almost in their grasp. Thus a treaty which not only confirmed
German defeat, but which, in clause 231, justified its demands for punitive war costs
by laying the blame for the outbreak of the war firmly on German shoulders, was
bound to provoke fury. Germany was a country which saw itself as having been
encircled by France, Russia and Britain in 1914 and provoked into war.

http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/projects/1920s/VersaillesTreatyCarlos.htm
6. What percentage of German territory was taken away? What happened to all of Germanys colonies?
13.5% of its territory, France was taken for its coal mines, Poland, Belgium.

7. Why did the Allies include the War Guilt Clause? What were the political consequences of this
clause? They wanted Germany to be punished, consequence would be it caused lasting resentment in
Germany, humiliation and rage.

8. How much in reparations was Germany forced to pay? 6,000 million

9. Why did the French invade the Ruhr in 1923? What were the political consequences of this in
Germany? France wanted to repay war debts with German capital, consequence was parties were given
rights left and right which caused economic collapse and social disorder.
10. What future German leader and former soldier (he did fight in World War I) was particularly upset by
the Treaty of Versailles? Hitler

11. Who did he blame for Germanys defeat? Jewish politicians

12. In what ways did Hitler break the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? He disregarded Treaty of
Versailles when he took Germany out of League of Nations, Germany started rearming in 1933, he united
with Austria, he then negotiated with the British Prime Minister Chamberlain, he took the rest of
Czechoslovakia.

Processing: Answer the essential question using ACES.

Summary of the Treaty of Versailles: Germany was harshly punished for the war. Adolf Hitler and the
NAZI party would use this to their advantage in their rise.
Is it fair to say the Treaty of Versailles caused World War II? Why or why not?
Yes, the Treaty of Versailles caused WW1 due to the fact that, it caused colonial losses such as
economically, military, and territorially. During the War many millions of people in the World died.
There was many death in WW1, all because of the Treaty which literally kind of was against Germany.