25 To ratify or Reject

Question 1

armament

Answer 1

a weapon or piece of equipment used in war

Question 2

Big Four

Answer 2

at the Paris peace conference, the nickname for the leaders of the four largest victorious nations of World War I, including U.S. president Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, French prime minister Georges Clemenceau, and Italian prime minister Vittorio Orlando

Question 3

collective security

Answer 3

a system in which a group of countries commit to jointly dealing with a nation that threatens the peace or security of any one of the countries

Question 4

Fourteen Points

Answer 4

at the end of World War I, a 14-part plan for peace presented by President Woodrow Wilson to Congress on January 8, 1918

Question 5

freedom of the seas

Answer 5

the principle that merchant ships have a right to travel freely and unthreatened in international waters in times of peace and war

Question 6

internationalist

Answer 6

at the close of World War I, one of the Democratic senators who strongly supported the Treaty of Versailles

Question 7

League of Nations

Answer 7

an international organization established by the Allied powers at the close of World War I to promote international peace and security

Question 8

mandates

Answer 8

the former colonies given over by the League of Nations to France and Britain to administer

Question 9

partisanship

Answer 9

rivalry between political parties based on strong disagreement about political principles

Question 10

reparation

Answer 10

a payment demanded of a nation defeated in war by a victorious nation

Question 11

reservationist

Answer 11

at the close of World War I, one of the Republican senators who agreed to approve the Treaty of Versailles only if changes were made in response to their concerns about the document

Question 12

territorial integrity

Answer 12

a diplomatic principle in which nations respect one another’s borders and do not try to gain one another’s territory by force

Question 13

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 13

a peace treaty signed by the Allied powers and Germany on June 28, 1919, at the Paris peace conference at the Palace of Versailles in France; it assigned Germany responsibility for the war, required Germany to pay reparations to the Allied countries, reduced Germany’s territory, and included the covenant for the League of Nations