The problems of peacemaking - the Versailles Conference (p. 167 - 169)

• Humanities
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

World War I & Peacemaking

Statement of Inquiry: 

Global competition for resources can be a cause of conflict and peacemaking is dependent on global cooperation and justice. 

Key Concept: Global interactions 

Related Concepts: Conflict; Perspectives 

Global Context: Orientation in Space and Time 

The problems of peacemaking - the Versailles Conference (p. 167 - 169)

Goals of this class:

At the end this class you...

...understand what the perspectives of France, the USA, Britain, Italy and Germany were on making peace.

The problems of peacemaking - the Versailles Conference (p. 167 - 169)

For the next questions, you are describing the stance of different nations on some issues that were discussed during the peace negotiations.

You can find their opinions on p. 168 - 169.

For each question, pick a different nation than the one you have picked the question before. For each nation, try to describe their stance on an issue twice.

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

War Guilt (who was to blame? Germany? other nations?)

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

Reparations - payment for war damage (how much should Germany pay?)

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

Limitation of German armed forces (soldiers/navy/armaments)

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

German colonies (remain German or be removed?)

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

Union between the new state of Austria and Germany (forbid unification or should it be allowed?)

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

The important German trading port Danzig
(remain German, Polish or international control?)

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

West Prussia and Poland (give to Poland so they have sea acces?
or remain German, or international control?)

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

The Sudetenland (part of Austria Hungary) (new state
Chechoslovakia should have it? Give to Germany? Self government?

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

Alsace Lorraine (remain German?
Give to France or League of Nations?)

Choose one of the nations on this page that attended the Versailles Conference. Describe your stance on the following issue:

Saar - coal mining area (remain German,
give to France? demilitarized zone?)