REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What principles did Woodrow Wilson want to serve as the basis of the peace
settlement?
2. According to Wilson, what were the principal reasons for the outbreak of war in
1914?
3. What accusations did Georges Clemenceau make against the German national
character? What contrasts did he draw between the Germans and the French?
4. How did Clemenceau respond to the manifesto of the German intellectuals?
5. Why, more than a decade after the war, did Clemenceau believe that Germany
should still be feared?
6. According to the German delegacion, how did the Treaty of Versailles violace the
principle of self-determination championed by Woodrow Wilson?
In addition to the loss of territory, what other features of the Treaty of Versailles
angered the Germans?