Core - Was the Treaty of Versailles fair

Worked examples (5)

• 1Describe Wilson's aims at Paris
• 2Describe Lloyd George's aims at Paris
• 3Explain why the Big Three disagreed
• 4Judgement: who was most satisfied with the Treaty — Clemenceau or Lloyd George?
• 5Paper 2 source skill: cartoon on Clemenceau's harshness

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• 1Describe two compromises made at Versailles
• 2Describe how Lloyd George balanced public and private positions
• 3Explain why the Treaty was a compromise
• 4Explain why no one was fully satisfied with the Treaty
• 5Judgement: Clemenceau or Lloyd George — who was more satisfied?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Big Three leaving the conference

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• ✓Model answer — Cambridge 0470 Specimen Paper 1 Q5(c)
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• 1Describe the Ruhr Crisis
• 2Describe hyperinflation in Germany 1923
• 3Explain why the German economy collapsed in 1923
• 4Explain why reparations were so resented in Germany
• 5Judgement: were reparations the main cause of Germany's economic problems?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: a photograph of hyperinflation

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• 1Describe the human costs of the First World War
• 2Describe two political problems facing Europe in 1919
• 3Explain why a peace settlement was needed by 1919
• 4Explain why the Big Three had different aims
• 5Judgement: was fear of communism the biggest reason?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: what the source tells you about 1919

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• 1Describe the military terms of the Treaty
• 2Describe the territorial terms
• 3Explain why Germans were angry with the Treaty
• 4Explain why the War Guilt Clause was so controversial
• 5Judgement: was the Treaty too harsh on Germany?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: German cartoon on the Diktat

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• 1Describe the Spartacist Uprising
• 2Describe the Kapp Putsch
• 3Explain why Weimar Germany was politically unstable 1919–23
• 4Explain why the stab-in-the-back myth was so politically damaging
• 5Judgement: was the Treaty the main cause of Weimar instability 1919–23?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: a cartoon on Rathenau's assassination

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• 1Describe contemporary criticisms of the Treaty
• 2Describe Keynes's view of the Treaty
• 3Explain why British opinion turned against the Treaty
• 4Explain why German opinion universally rejected the Treaty
• 5Judgement: was the Treaty justified at the time?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: extract from Keynes's *Economic Consequences*

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• ✓Model answer — Paper 1 Section A part (a) style
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• ✓Model answer — Paper 1 Section A part (b) style
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