Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. What is the date of signing?September 10, 1919
2. What is the location of signing?Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
3. When was the treaty signed?It was signed on September 10, 1919, in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France.
4. Why did the treaty end the Austro-Hungarian Empire?The treaty gave independence to places like Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and a new small Austria, and it took away Austria's large power.

Anschluss: The annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938, which the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye had forbidden.
National Self-Determination: The principle that peoples of common nationality should have the right to form their own independent states.
War Reparations: Payments made by a defeated country to the victors of a war to compensate for damages and losses.
Irredentism: A political movement seeking to reclaim territory that is perceived as historically or ethnically related to one's own country.