4.14: What Kind of Peace?

What was a factor that helped the Allies force Germany to sign the armistice on November 11, 1918?

Germany and Austria-Hungary were experiencing civilian uprisings.

Why were German military leaders confident of a victory on the Western Front at the end of 1917?

Germany had negotiated a peace with Russia and was no longer fighting in the east.

What did U.S. President Woodrow Wilson argue for during the peace conference at Versailles?

A generous peace

Why did the U.S. Senate, following popular opinion, refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

Americans were not interested in joining the League of Nations

Many factors changed American opinion of the Great War and eventually led to a U.S. declaration of war on Germany. What was not one of these factors?

The massacre of thousands of Armenians by the German army

What best describes how Europe's borders changed as a result of the Treaty of Versailles?

The new nations of Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia were created.

How did most Germans feel about the Treaty of Versailles?

They thought it was unjust and felt humiliated by the treaty's provisions.

What was not included as a major provision of the Treaty of Versailles?

a war reparations clause forcing all Central Powers to pay their enemies for damage

What was not one of President Wilson's intended outcomes of the Great War?

an overthrow of the Communist government in Russia

What did the human and economic costs of World War I include?

the ruin or near ruin of many European economies

Why did French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau want to cripple Germany with a punitive peace?

to make it impossible for Germany to wage war again