Lesson 1501 of 1524
The Interwar Period
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles fully blamed Germany for the war and sought to punish it by assessing reparations of more than $33 billion and physically shrinking the country.
Practice this chapterThe 1919 Treaty of Versailles fully blamed Germany for the war and sought to punish it by assessing reparations of more than $33 billion and physically shrinking the country. A period of significant change followed World War I.
New countries emerged through the redrawing of Europe’s maps. Massive physical rebuilding was necessary in former combat areas in Europe, while the United States emerged as a major player in world politics and a creditor nation on the brink of prosperity.
reparations — monetary payments to be made to the Allied nations by Germany to compensate for destruction they suffered in the war. Treaty of Versailles — a 1919 treaty that formally ended World War I, redrew the map of Europe, and created the League of Nations. gold standard — a monetary system in which the value of a country’s currency is tied directly to the value of gold. Balfour Declaration — a 1917 statement by British foreign secretary Alfred Balfour publicly supporting the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Worked example
What does “reparations” mean in The Interwar Period?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for reparations.
- 2The book says: monetary payments to be made to the Allied nations by Germany to compensate for destruction they suffered in the war.
- 3Do not use the meaning of Treaty of Versailles. That term means a 1919 treaty that formally ended World War I, redrew the map of Europe, and created the League of Nations.
Result: monetary payments to be made to the Allied nations by Germany to compensate for destruction they suffered in the war
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for reparations.
Do not swap reparations and Treaty of Versailles. reparations means monetary payments to be made to the Allied nations by Germany to compensate for destruction they suffered in the war. Treaty of Versailles means a 1919 treaty that formally ended World War I, redrew the map of Europe, and created the League of Nations.
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