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1 The World After WWI 1/15/2019 Bennifield

2 World War I had a profound effect on world history.
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3 Europe suffered terrible destruction, and nearly 22 million soldiers and civilians died.
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4 The results of this conflict ultimately led to economic crises, radical changes in government, and a decline in the power of many European countries. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

5 THE WORLD WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME!
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6 THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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7 The treaty that ended World War I was known as the Treaty of Versailles.
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8 The Treaty was signed in Versailles, France in 1919.
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9 BY SIGNING THE TREATY, GERMANY WAS REQUIRED TO:
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10 Accept blame for the war.
1 Accept blame for the war. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

11 Give up one million square miles of land after the war.
2 Give up one million square miles of land after the war. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

12 Some of the land had been seized by Germany prior to the war.
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13 Much of the land that was lost was rich in natural resources that could have been used to generate income. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

14 3 Pay reparations to other countries for the losses and damage they had suffered. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

15 This was difficult because Germany had to rebuild its own economy and country too.
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16 4 Limit its armed forces and stop production of nearly all war materials. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

17 It was also prohibited from uniting with Austria.
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18 Germans greatly resented the restrictions put on it by the Treaty of Versailles, and began to rise up in protest as economic conditions worsened. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

19 Germany also became isolated from and distrusted by other countries.
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20 The Treaty of Versailles also created the League of Nations, a group of nations that vowed to work together to ensure that a world war would never occur again. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

21 The United States Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles and never became a member of the League of Nations. 1/15/2019 Bennifield

22 The League turned out to be weak because it had no enforcement powers.
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