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6. What was the armistice?

  • The decision to reduce arms after the First World War.
  • the treaty that was signed to punish russia
  • The ceasefire that ended the fighting in the First World War.
  • The invitation to the Versailles Conference after the First World War.

7. What rescued the conference from collapse in March 1919?

  • The German delegation published a rebuttal.
  • Lloyd George publishing the Fontainbleau Memorandum rescued the conference from collapse in March 1919.
  • The Big Three held a pre-meeting.
  • Germany joined it

8. Why did the Germans find the treaty particularly unfair?

  • war guilt
  • It was signed in the Hall of Mirrors, in the Palace of Versailles, near Paris.
  • There was no negotiation.
  • It was based on the armistice.

9. Which aspect of Wilson's ideas did Clemenceau particularly despise

  • Clemenceau particularly despised the idea of the League of Nations.
  • self-determination
  • freedom of the seas
  • for countries to reduce their army size

10. Which of Clemenceau's demands did Woodrow Wilson find particularly hard to accept?

  • german troops had to leave the borders
  • Germany was to blame for the war.
  • There should be freedom of trade.
  • Alsace-Lorraine should be returned to France.