1) The Armistice and Peacemaking

Question 1

When was the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 1

January 1919

Question 2

The Big 3

Answer 2

Britain- David Lloyd George
France- Georges Clemenceau
USA: Woodrow Wilson

Question 3

What did Clemenceau want?

Answer 3

Revenge on Germany- ~1.4 million french dead in ww1
Disarmament of Germany
Buffer zone of Rhineland
Money to rebuild

Question 4

What did Lloyd George want?

Answer 4

Did not want to punish Germany too harshly so they could still trade
Wanted Germany to lose colonies
A strong Germany to act as a buffer against Communism

Question 5

What did Wilson want?

Answer 5

Lasting peace
Trade with Germany
Self determination and freedom of the seas

Question 6

Why did Communism start?

Answer 6

1917 assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Royal family
Russian revolution

Question 7

Wilson vs Lloyd George

Answer 7

W: Freedom of the seas
LG: Naval supremacy

W: Self determination
LG: The British Empire

Question 8

Clemenceau vs Lloyd George

Answer 8

C: Disarming Germany
LG: A strong Germany as a buffer against Communism

C: Reparations
LG: Trade with Germany

Question 9

Problems facing peacemakers in 1919