SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

YEAR 3 HISTORY
CHAPTER 1: WERE THE PEACE TREATIES OF 1919-23 FAIR?

Class Practice 1

Read TB P. 6 and 7. Identify how each point is an attempt by Wilson to achieve his ideas after WW1.

Don’t be too harsh on Strengthen Give self- International

Germany Democracy in determination to small Cooperation
defeated countries countries that had
once been part of the
European empires
No Secret Treaties

Free access to the seas

in peacetime or wartime
Free trade between
countries
All countries to work
towards disarmament
Colonies to have a say
in their future
German troops to leave
Russia
Independence for
Belgium
France to regain Alsace-
Lorraine

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Frontier between Austria
and Italy to be adjusted
Self-determination for
the peoples of eastern
Europe
Serbia to have access
to the sea
Self-determination for
the people in the
Turkish empire
Poland to become an
independent state with
access to the sea
League of Nations to be
set up

Class Practice 2

Study the political cartoon on textbook page 4. What is the message of the source? Explain your answer. [3m]
(Note: Check the Origin of the source that is in the green box on page 5)

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Class Practice 3

Read TB Pages 6 to 11. Do up a table like focus task 1.1 on TB Page 6. Fill up the blanks accordingly using the information from
TB Pages 6 to 11.

What were the motives and aims of the Big Three at Versailles?

LEADER POSITION/ COUNTRY ATTITUDE TOWARDS MAIN AIM/S

GERMANY
Wilson

Lloyd George

Clemenceau

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Class Practice 4

Read Source 3 on TB P.8. What is the origin and purpose of this source? Explain your answer.

Class Practice 5

Using information on TB P. 6 to 11, decide who made each statement and who does the “he” refer to. Give a reason to explain your
choice.

Statement Who said it? Who was Reason

he referring
to?
(a) He is too anxious to preserve his empire to want self-
determination for colonies.
(b) He wants to wreck a country which in a few years could be
a valuable trading partner and a source of vital jobs.
(c) Freedom of the seas is all very well, but who or what will
protect my country’s ships and trade?
(d) If he is so anxious to make concessions to the Germans,
then they should look overseas and make naval or colonial
concessions.
(e) He is stuck in the past. If he gets his way Germany will be
left bitter and vengeful and there will be another war in a
few year.
(f) He must make concessions to the Germans, perhaps over
the Rhineland or Alsace-Lorraine

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Class Practice 6

Read Sources 2 and 3 on TB P.8. Contrast what the sources say about the British leaders’ desires after World War One. Explain
your answer.

Class Practice 7
From your understanding of Big Threes ( P. 6 to 11), decide which terms of the Treaty of Versailles might have pleased each of the
Big Threes.

TERMS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES WILSON LLOYD GEORGE CLEMENCEAU

1. War Guilt Cause
Germany had to accept the blame for starting the war.

2. Reparations
Germany had to pay reparations to the Allies for the damage
caused by the war. Set at 6,600 million pounds

3. German territories and colonies

The Rhineland became a demilitarised zone.
Saarland was to be run by the League of Nations and then a
plebiscite was to be held after 15 year.
Lithuania, Estonia became independent states. Germany had
taken these states from Russia in 1918.
Union between Austral and Germany was forbidden.

4. Germany’s armed forces

Army was limited to 100,000 men
Conscription was banned – soldiers had to be volunteers

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Germany was not allowed armoured vehicles, submarines or
aircraft.
Navy could have only 6 battleships.
The Rhineland became a demilitarised zone. This meant that no
German troops were allowed into that area.
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League of Nations was set up as an international “police force”

Class Practice 8
Study Source 8 on TB P.14. What is the message of the source? Explain your answer. [3m]

Class Practice 9
Read the summary of German criticism of the Treaty of Versailles. Rate from 1 to 5, the extent of how unhappy a German citizen
will feel about each term. (5 being the most unhappy) Give a reason to explain your rating.

TERM RATING REASON

War guilt and reparation
German territories
Non-Representation
Disarmament
The Fourteen Points and the League of
Nations

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Class Practice 10

Explain the political and economic consequences of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany.

Class Practice 11

Explain Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau’s demands during the Paris Peace Conference, making reference to the terms
of the Treaty of Versailles.

Class Practice 12
Using information from Chapter 1, reflect on how fair you think the TOV was, using examples to back up your stand.

Your response should be about 300 words.

Class Practice 13
Study Source 21 on TB P. 21. What is the message of the source? Explain your answer. [3]