Treaty of Versailles DBQ

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Directions​:​ As you read the assigned text, answer the following questions in ​COMPLETE SENTENCES​.
Answers should be written in complete sentences that explain your answer. You can use multiple sentences or lengthy
sentences that include the word BECAUSE. Incomplete answers will receive partial credit.

Document A

1. According to the Allies and Germany and its allies are expected to accept the responsibility of
Associated Governments, what causing all the loss and damage to which they have been subjected
responsibilities is Germany as a consequence of the war forced upon the Allied Powers by the
expected to accept? Central Powers.

2. How will the amount of damage The amount of damage will be determined by an Inter-Allied
be determined? Commission, to be called the Reparation Commission.

They will consider the claims of the German government and give
3. Do you think they will have
them an opportunity to be heard so they will a bit of sympathy.
sympathy for Germany?

Document B

4. Who was William II of William II of Hohenzollern was a former German emperor for an
Hohenzollern? offense against international morality and the holiness of agreements
between countries.

5. What is the decision to be made A special court will be made for William II who might be accused by
regarding William II? promising him that something will happen to the right of defense.

6. Who is making the decision? There will be five judges from five countries who are the United
States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan.

Document C Excerpt 1

7. What was Germany transformed Germany was transformed from an agricultural state to an industrial
into during the last two state​ ​during the last two generations (50 years).
generations (50 years).

8. How did this transformation affect This transformation affected its population because Germany
its population? nourished forty million inhabitants. When it was an industrial state, it
can assure the nourishment of a population of sixty-seven million
while before the war, a total of fifteen million people found existence
in Germany by the buying and selling of goods and by means of
transportation.

9. In what ways would the loss of Germany is to give up its Merchant Marine and ships now under
the Merchant Marines harm construction for the buying and selling of goods. For five years,
Germany? German shipyards are to construct mostly a weight already decided
before the peace treaty for the Allied and Associated Governments.
This was bad for them because that would weaken their navy and
weaken their foreign trade.

10. According to the document, Germany will lose the most important areas for the production of
what effect would losing raw wheat and potatoes, and this would be equal to a loss of twenty-one
materials have on the German percent of the total harvest. The importation of certain raw materials
 population and economy? extremely important for the production of a material that makes
plants grow better would slow down the industry as well as
businesses that need coal.

Document C Excerpt 2

11. What do the German people rely Do not understand.

12. Is Rantzau correct in saying that Rantzau is correct in saying that the treaty will be a catastrophe for
the treaty will be a catastrophe Germans because Germany would lose many more human lives
for Germans? Explain. because of the peace treaty that we lost in the 4.5 years of war and
the treaty would move Germany’s economy back 50 years when we
only had to care for a population half its current size. The treaty will
cause the death sentence of many millions of German men, women,
and children.

Document E

13. How would Wilson’s idea benefit Wilson’s idea benefits the minority populations existing within
the minority populations (Slavs, European countries and must be respected; people may now be
Poles, Serbs, etc.) existing within dominated and governed only by their own consent.
European countries?

14. Why would Wilson’s ideas upset Wilson's ideas would upset nations who were unwilling to grant
nations who were unwilling to self-determination to other groups because the war had disregarded
grant self-determination to other the rights of small nations that lacked the union and the force to
groups? choose allies and governments so they made agreements that make
things like this impossible and will be backed by the united force of
all nations that love justice and maintain at any price.

Document F

15. Two-Part Analysis: a. Germany

16. What does this tell you about the This cartoon tells me of the author’s perspective on the treaty that he
author’s perspective on the thinks what the peace treaty is doing is right and that they should
treaty? force Germany to do anything they want.

Document G and Document H

17. Describe the makeup of the The agreement would cut up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Middle East prior to the ended. The agreement effectively gave control of Syria, Lebanon,
Versailles Treaty? and part of Turkey to the French. The agreement gave Palestine,
Jordan, and areas around the Persian Gulf and Baghdad to Britain.
(had to copy this because I did not know how to analyze the map and
there was no way of writing it)

18. How does the map change after The map changed after the Treaty of Versailles like the countries
the Versailles Treaty? Persia, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Soviet Union, Afghanistan,
British India, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Muscat, and Oman, Yemen,
Aden, Eritrea, and Abyssinia were created or moved from a place to
 another. Spain was not a controlling power anymore.

Document I and Document J

19. How do France and Great Britain France and Britain benefited from the Sykes-Picot Agreement
benefit from the Sykes-Picot because both areas are allowed to establish direct or indirect
Agreement? administration or control as they desire and as they may see fit.
Great Britain also has the right to build, administer, and be the sole
owner of a railway connecting Haifa with the area b, and shall have a
right to transport troops.

20. Are the changes fair for the I believe that some changes are fair and some are not fair. The
people living in the area? change that is fair is that both areas shall have priority of right of
Explain. enterprise and local loans. The change that was not fair was that
both areas will supply people who give opinions about what could or
should be done about things or foreign government workers at the
request of the Arab state or confederation of Arab states.

Assessment (4-5 sentence paragraph)

Consider both the Allied and German The consequences of the postwar agreement were that Germany
responses to the treaty. was blamed for the sudden start of something bad like diseases of
angry feelings. The treaty forced the Allies to take Germany’s
What were the consequences of the weapons away and make Germany stop using weapons. The allies
postwar agreement?
also made Germany renounce their foreign possessions and give up
How could it set up a future conflict their Merchant Marine and vessels now under construction suitable
between nations? for foreign commerce, and to pay for causing all the loss and
damage to the Allied powers. It set up a future conflict between
nations because the imposing of harsh reparations payments and
payments for casualties and the renouncement of foreign
possessions led to the creation of unstable smaller nations in
Europe, the agreement did not resolve the issues that caused the
war to break out in 1914 and these consequences of the postwar
agreement led to future conflicts like the Great Depression.