Several treaties were signed during World War One including the infamous Treaty of Versailles‚ the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye‚ the Treaty of Trianon‚ Treaty of Sèvres and the Treaty Brest Litovsk. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3‚ 1918‚ between the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers in Brest-Litovsk in Brest Litovsk. This treaty officially brought Russia’s participation in the World war to an end. Russia had no other option other than
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remain with Finland but that no weapons should ever be kept there. Both countries accepted the decision and it remains in force to this day. Their Second judgement fell when Upper Silesia was wanted by both Poland and Germany during 1921. The Treaty of Versailles had given the people of Upper Silesia the right to have a referendum on whether they wanted to be part of Germany or part of Poland. In this referendum‚ 700‚000 voted for Germany and 500‚000 for Poland. This close result resulted in rioting
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1. Explain the aims of the Big Three when drawing up the peace treaties after WWI. One of the aims of the Allies was to keep Germany weak so that it would not be able to start any wars again. This aim was particularly important to France‚ which shared a common border with Germany. The Rhineland‚ an area between France and Germany‚ was to be demilitarized to create a buffer zone between Germany and France. Germany was also only allowed to have a small army of 100‚000 men. It was also not allowed
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World War I (WWI)‚ which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939‚ and the First World War or World War I thereafter‚ was a major war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world’s great powers‚ which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centered on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centered on the Triple Alliance
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Due to WWI and the treaty of Versailles‚ Germany was forced to pay large amounts of money to France and Great Britain. In addition‚ the treaty also forced Germany to give up thirteen percent of its land. For the next ten years most of Germany’s citizens were unemployed and by 1930 the great depression had begun to hit Germany. Hitler rose to power throughout the 1920s and finally by 1933 President Paul Von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Hitler focussed on the younger generation
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What criteria do you use to distinguish between knowledge‚ opinion and propaganda? In the 21st century society‚ we are immersed in mass media and absorb all kinds of information. With this amount of information‚ we ask basic questions about the authenticity of the information itself. We can get information from seeing‚ hearing things‚ school‚ friends or even just watching TV. We are exposed to propaganda and opinion everyday‚ but how much of that information do we accept into our knowledge
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surface‚ the method in which Stresemann had achieved stability would cause Germany to fall into turmoil after the 1929 Wall Street Crash. Stresemann wanted to achieve an ecomically stable Germany. Germany was currently crippled by the despised Treaty of Versailles. The reparations Germany were made to pay were sending an already declining country over the edge. Stresemann also wanted to create a single‚ unified‚ proud Germany. They had lost much land from the war‚ and many Germans were being ruled by
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Constitution meant that everyone as politically accountable within quite an advanced political structure which seemed to promise true democracy. And yet it was also based on flimsy foundations. It had accepted the validity of the hugely unpopular Versailles Treaty which ended the First World War this meant that it accepted as law the large amount of reparations imposed on Germany as instigator of the conflict. This led to financial and economic weakness underpinned by political unpopularity with the
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Midterm exam prep sheet‚ History 406W. 2-11‚ Spring 2013 Kurk Dorsey‚ Justine Oliva‚ Shawn Pirelli‚ Mike Verney The exam is scheduled for Wednesday‚ 6 March‚ 9:10-10:00 in Horton 210. You need bring only pens or pencils; we will supply the paper. Essay (50 points): You will be assigned one of these three questions. It should take about 25 minutes of your time to answer it‚ and your answer should have a clear argument that addresses the question and evidence drawn from the reading and lectures. Keep
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ideologies among the citizenry grew to favor the extreme left and right sides of the political spectrum‚ the democratic parties’ share of the vote shrank to less than 50 percent in 1920 (Weimar‚ 7). German distrust in the Weimar government grew as the Versailles
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