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    known as ‘The Treaty of Versailles,’ signed by Germany and the Allied Nations on June 28, 1919, took force. This agreement was the most powerful of the peace treaties, bringing an end to World War I. Despite the peace it brought to the Allied Nations, it brought nothing but devastations to all aspects of Germany. Due to its harsh and humiliating terms, twenty years after its authentication, the treaty would trigger a second world war. Created as a document of peace, The Treaty of Versailles would antithetically

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    The Treaty of Versailles included a large sum of punishments for Germany. These punishments went too far because of America and the other Allies and should be changed. The new treaty should make it more fair to Germany in order to keep them from becoming angry and resentful. Changes that should be made include getting Serbia, Russia, and Germany to accept the blame for starting WWI, instead of blaming the entire war on Germany. Germany should also be able to keep their coal-fields, as there was no

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    Final Topic Proposed: The Treaty of Versailles Please give a short summary of this topic: The Treaty of Versailles was the contract that ended WWI. This is a strong example of conflict and compromise. How will you display this topic: We will display this topic with an exhibit or a website. This year’s NHD theme is Conflict and Compromise. In order to move forward, your group must explain, in detail, how your topic hits each one of following questions in paragraph form. These paragraphs should

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    The failure of the Treaty of Versailles in the United States Senate was due to both the opposition of the treaty in liberal and conservative forces, as well as Woodrow Wilson’s stubbornness and incompetence when deciding the final version of the treaty with imperialism, German restrictions, and the League of Nations. As World War I began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, igniting a conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary that snowballed into a war with Great Britain, France

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    Treaty of Versailles On June 28, 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany and the Allied Powers which officially ended world war 1 (Treaty of Versailles. 2009) The treaty was brought up by the four-major people who devoted to the treaty which were known as the “Big Four—David Lloyd George of Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, Woodrow Wilson of the United States, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy”. (Treaty of Versailles n/d) David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson cooperated

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    Instead of Wilson’s mindset and actions, it was the Senate and popular opposition that led to the defeat of the Treaty of Versailles in the U.S. Senate. This can be seen through two points. Firstly this can be seen when, Wilson claims that Article X is an inevitable system to the League of Nations. The other can be seen when Herbert Hoover talks about the wrongs imposed in the Treaty. Due to the fact that Wilson had such a stubborn mindset, it goes to show how strong his opposing forces were. On

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    When treaties are put into place they are usually to bring peace. In fact, the Treaty of Versailles was constructed to bring peace between the countries involved in World War I, as well as to prevent another war from happening. Even though the treaty brought peace, it only brought it for some time, which caused the end result to be negative. The treaty also provided new opportunities for the countries involved except for Germany. Most of the opportunities that were generated by the treaty went to

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    Jazmyne Turner April 6th, 2016 HIS 112 Topic Six Writing Assignment The Treaty of Versailles is a peace document that was signed at the end of World War l by Allied powers and Germany at the Palace of Versailles, France on June 28th, 1919. However the treaty had taken effect on January 10th, 1920. The Arrangement of Versailles was drafted by agents of Extraordinary England, the Unified States, France, Italy and Japan without meeting with the crushed forces of Germany or Russia or even with information

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    Treaty Of Versailles Essay The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties after WWI had finished. This treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers, and it was signed exactly five years after Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination. This treaty gave colonies to some countries and took territories from others. Russia and the central powers were allowed at the meeting of the treaty because they had lost the war and it would create even more tension than there already

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    On July 28 1919, the Treaty of Versaille was signed (Treaty of Versaille). Before the signing the Kaiser fled the country in November 1918 (Llewellyn, J. “Weimar Republic Timeline”) and the SDP (Social Democratic Party) leader Philipp Scheidemann made Germany into the Weimar Republic (“Llewellyn, J. Weimar Republic Timeline”). Germany at the time had thought that the Treaty would be based on the Woodrow Wilson’s original 14 points that were made in january 8 1918(“fourteen points”). Later on these

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