The Treaty of Versailles was designed to put an end to the German menace. Although is was designed to create some sort of peace‚ the treaty was unsuccessful. It ended up setting the stage for WWII. Four major points that came up with‚ and in‚ the treaty that lent themselves to its failure were Article 231‚ reparations‚ the exclusion of Wilson’s 14 points‚ and the weakness of the League of Nations. Article 231 was also known as “War Guilt.” It placed sole responsibility for the war on Germany and
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2012 HUMN 2223 Shirley Elliott I took a virtual tour of Versailles‚ Hampton Court Palace‚ and St. Peter ’s Basilica as well as looked at numerous pictures of artwork and architecture in and of the buildings. These three places have things in common as well as many differences. They all have the evidence of the baroque era but they each show different values that are most important to their community. It seems to me that Versailles was more concerned with showing their successes in politics
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-Treaty of Versailles- "As solders on the battlefields celebrated‚ families reunited‚ and the unlucky ones mourned‚ the war was finally over‚ as of 11 o’ clock on the morning of November 11th in 1918 (Vaughan‚ 1-2)." The solders that survived came home‚ and the unlucky ones did not; some families united‚ and other families mourned for their loved ones. Everybody started celebrating the end of the first major war‚ where so many young lives were lost; so many people were permanently scarred for life
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powers were present ‚ but the meetings were dominated by the ‘Big Three’ Britain‚ France and USA. Russia was not present because she was not trusted after the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917 and had already made peace with Germany.The treaty of Versailles was created to cripple Germany so that they could not start another war. One side of the argument is that the Treaty was extremely unfair to Germany‚ as it took away some of her most valuable assets and fueled nationalism. However‚ the other side
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disappointed. The main problem was Germany. The Treaty became to be known as a ‘Diktat’ because Germany was forced to seek peace. It had neither been defeated nor had it surrendered. Many Germans felt humiliated when the Allies presented the Treaty of Versailles to them and threatened to resume the war unless they agreed all the terms without any condition. Many also felt that they had been “stabbed in the back” by a weak civilian government and by revolutionary forces at home. The German government also
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Explain why Louis xiv ordered the construction of Versailles. There are many reasons why Louis built the palace of Versailles. The main reason Louis xiv ordered the construction of Versailles was because it would give him all the power in France (absolutism). He would get this by making it his official residence in 1682 and by the moving government there. By moving his government to Versailles it would mean all the nobility will be at his palace. He never achieved this as the cost of the construction
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The Treaty of Versailles was intended to be a peace agreement between the Allies and the Germans. The responsible of creating the Treaty of Versailles were the four main leaders of the world: British Prime Minister Lloyd George‚ French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau‚ Vittorio Orlando from Italy‚ and United States president Wood Wilson. Out of the big three allies‚ France was the country that suffered the most during the war. As Alan Sharp stated‚ French had lost about 1.5 million military troops
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The controversial terms of the treaty of Versailles had a very direct impact on political ideologies of the left and right which dominated the 1920s and 30s in Europe. This was definitely most evident in the radical policies of leaders of these states. During the 1920s and 30s political ideologies were drastically changed due to the treaty‚ and these drastic changes and influences were displayed through the actions and rulings of leaders such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The fascist and
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Fascism is an ultra-right movement that emerged in a period of crisis in European society. Like other right-wing parties and movements before World War II‚ fascism opposed democracy‚ liberalism‚ socialism‚ and communism and emphasized support for hierarchy‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ aggressive imperialism‚ and women’s subordination. In seeking power‚ fascist movements were organized around a charismatic leader‚ used the techniques of mass politics to win support from the middle strata of war veterans
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Why was the Treaty of Versailles so unpopular in Germany? The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that was drawn up by the Allies and Germany after the First World War. It was made to prevent Germany from starting a war again and to pay back the Allies for the money they had spent. The Germans had hoped that the Allies would treat them fairly in the negotiations for the treaty‚ but the Allies‚ in particular France‚ believed that Germany should be brought to its knees. France was not as satisfied
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