History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1102 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Treaty's Terms
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The idea
The Treaty of Versailles required Germany to pay reparations of more than thirty-three billion dollars and to accept a war guilt clause.
In practice
France gaining disputed border lands, and Germany's colonies redistributed.
Where people slip
Former Ottoman lands, such as Iraq and Palestine, became new states under French and British rule, which the anchor calls quasi-colonial.
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