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The Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919
Question 2
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Scheidemann’s SDP-Centre Party-Democratic Party coalition government even considered restarting the war rather than accept the terms of the Treaty.
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The new Republic and its politicians were branded as 'June Criminals' for 'accepting' the Trerms of the Treaty
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Another 'claim' was that the Weimar politicians had 'stabbed Germany in the back'.
Question 5
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The German army was restricted to 100,000 men.
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The reparations payments were a cause of inflation in Germany
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The War Guilt Clause (231) had little impact on the reputation / stability of the Government - German people were expecting it.
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On the whole the treaty played a significant part in undermining the stability of the fledgling Republic.
Question 9
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The Kapp Putsch was a direct consequence of the Treaty of Versailles.
Question 10
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Philipp Scheidemann, the German Chancellor in June 1919 resigned rather than sign the treaty,
saying, “May the hand wither that signs this treaty.”
Question 11
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The territorial losses of the Treaty were 'minimal' .
Question 12
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Walther Rathenau, the foreign minister, was assassinated by in 1922 for signing the treaty.
Question 13
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The Treay of Versailles was considered to be harsher than the Treaty of Brest Litovsok (The Treaty imposed by Germany on Russia)
Question 14
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Clemenceau’s main aim was to secure a ‘just and fair’ treaty?
Question 15
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Germany may have been ‘content’ with Wilson’s 14 Points.
Question 16
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The hyper-inflation of 1923 was a direct consequence of reparations.