29 Reading Questions What effects did World War I and the Treaty of Versailles have on Europe? World War I left European countries with huge debts and decreased amounts of land for crop production. The massive loss of life due to the war massively decreased the European workforce and forced European economies to rely on imports from settler societies and the U.S. Additional economic pressures placed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles made the political situation there particularly unstable.
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To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles weaken Germany Democratically‚ between 1919 to 1929? The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on the twenty second of June in 1919‚ would forever psychologically be associated with the long term bitterness and humiliation of the German public towards the German democracy. The civilian government who agreed to the terms of the treaty‚ which saw German suffer a deduction in their army‚ forced to pay high reparations‚ deduction of land and population were
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extent I agree that the Treaty of Versailles 1919 was fair and just. Firstly‚ I will define what is fair and just. For me‚ "Fair" is defined as free from bias and proper under rules. And "Just" is defined as what guided by truth or reason‚ punish and award rightly ‚done or made according to principle. For the Treaty of Versailles‚ some people argue that some of the territorial arrangement was fair and just. And which I partly agree with their statement. Here are the treaties about the territorial
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Post WWI Peace Treaties World War 1 lasted from 1914-1918. In 1919‚ the leaders of the victorious powers (Britain‚ France and the USA / The ‘Big Three’ -> Lloyd George‚ Clemenceau & Wilson) met in Paris to decide how to deal with the defeated powers. The main treaty drawn up at the Paris Peace Conference was the Treaty of Versailles‚ which dealt with Germany. It was signed on June 1919. The ‘Big Three’ were under pressure to deal severely with Germany. (Remember that Italy was involved and
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in sept. 1939 because by appeasing Hitler Britain and France gave him the confidence to believe he could ask for anything he wanted. This only reinforced what they’d already shown him‚ which was they wouldn’t take action if he wanted him broke the treaty‚ such as when he took over other parts of Europe‚ such as Sudetenland in 1938 and reoccupying the Rhineland. This made him stronger and more powerful‚ which made him more likely to start a war because he thought he was more likely to win or for Britain
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The first dispute occurred in January 1919. A meeting was held at Versailles in France by the leaders of each country as to decide how to punish the Germans. The leaders who attended the meeting were Lloyd George‚ prime minister of England‚ Georges Clemenceau‚ prime minister of France‚ and Woodrow Wilson‚ president of America. They were also known as "The Big Three" However they disagreed with each other’s ideas. They each wanted something‚ which benefits themselves. Firstly‚ as the French were
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To what extent were the effects of the Treaty of Versailles the most serious problem for the Weimar republic between 1919-1923? The Weimar republic encountered many serious problems in the years 1919-1923; and whilst historians argue that the effects of the treaty of Versailles were the most severe‚ it is necessary to compare the significance of a range of other political‚ social and economic factors to determine the prime and most significant problem faced by the newly formed government in a
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A treaty is defined as a formal‚ written agreement between sovereign states or between states and international organizations (Nathan‚ 1977). The subjects of treaties span the whole spectrum of international relations: peace‚ trade‚ independence‚ reparations‚ territorial boundaries‚ human rights‚ immigration‚ and many others. Harold (1936) defines a treaty as “an express agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law‚ namely sovereign states and international organizations
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“Analyse the results of one Twentieth century treaty or peace settlement” The Locarno Treaties of 1925 could be seen as the formal turning point for the beginning of the Locarno honeymoon era. It came as a welcome solution to the German problem at a time where they were regaining strength as a powerful nation after accepting the Dawes Plan 1924‚ which gave them financial aid from the USA – worrying nations‚ particularly those sharing borders with Germany (France‚ Belgium‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia)
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SHORT- TERM CONSEQUENCES 1. The creation of new states There were several treaties signed after the treaty of Versailles. This treaty was signed by Germany‚ but other countries such as Austria‚ Hungary‚ Bulgaria and Turkey‚ also had to sign their own treaties. In September 1919‚ just some months after signing the Treaty of Versailles‚ the Treaty of Saint-German was signed with Austria. Due to this treaty Austria’s land got reduced to 84.000 kilometers and it had to accept the independence of Hungary
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