1. The World After WWI
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2. STANDARD SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
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3. ESSENTIAL QUESTION How did the Treaty of Versailles impact Europe in the years between WWI and WWII?
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4. World War I had a profound effect on world history.
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5. Europe suffered terrible destruction, and nearly 22 million soldiers and civilians died.
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6. The results of this conflict ultimately led to economic crises, radical changes in government, and a decline in the power of many European countries.
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7. THE WORLD WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME!
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8. THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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9. The treaty that ended World War I was known as the Treaty of Versailles.
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10. Signed in Versailles, France in 1919, it forced Germany to accept blame for the war.
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11. BY SIGNING THE TREATY, GERMANY WAS REQUIRED TO:
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12. Give up one million square miles of land after the war.1
Give up one million square miles of land after the war.
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13. Some of the land had been seized by Germany prior to the war.
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14. Much of the land that was lost was rich in natural resources that could have been used to generate income.
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Accept full responsibility for causing the war and pay reparations to other countries for the losses and damage they had suffered.
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16. This was difficult because Germany had to rebuild its own economy and country too.
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Limit its armed forces and stop production of nearly all war materials.
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18. It was also prohibited from uniting with Austria.
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19. Germans greatly resented the restrictions put on it by the Treaty of Versailles, and began to rise up in protest as economic conditions worsened.
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20. Germany also became isolated from and distrusted by other countries.
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21. 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.
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22. The United States Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles and never became a member of the League of Nations.
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23. The League turned out to be weak because it had no enforcement powers.
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24. Taking full blame for WWI
SPECIFIC TERMS
Taking full blame for WWI
Paying $31.4 Million dollars to the allies which is equivalent to $442 Billion in 2013.
No more than 100,000 troops
No submarines
Only 6 battleships, 6 cruisers, 12 destroyers, and 12 torpedo boats
No machine gun manufacturing
Sacrifice Alsace and Lorraine to France
Demilitarization of Rhineland
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