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Aims and Motives of the Big Four Flashcards

1
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What did Wilson want to do to Germany?

A

Punish them

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2
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What did Wilson want the 14 Points to be the basis of?

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Future peace negotiations

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Why did Wilson want to set up independent nation states in Eastern Europe and the Balkans?

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Ensure self-determination

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4
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How did Wilson compromise on “Freedom of the Seas”?

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Made it clear to Britain they would not lift the German naval blockade immediately

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5
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How did Wilson compromise on German colonies?

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Said the League could control them and give them out as mandates

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What was the problem with Wilson having too much faith in the League of Nations?

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It wouldn’t fix everything

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Which policy meant that Wilson wanted a strong Europe to trade with even though he didn’t want to become involved in European conflicts?

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Isolationism

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What was Wilson’s opinion of empires?

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Didn’t like them, even though Britain and France had them

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9
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Where was Britain looking to gain more territory?

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Middle East, NOT EUROPE

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10
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What was Britain worried about spreading westwards?

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Bolshevism

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What was Bolshevism?

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The communist form of government adopted in Russia following the Bolshevik revolution of 1917

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Why did Britain oppose French policy of securing a guarantee of preventing German military revival?

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Wanted to prevent long term British intervention and German bitterness

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13
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How did Britain agree with France on reparations?

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They agreed that the Kaiser should be put on trial for war crimes and that Germany should pay ‘the greatest possible indemnity’

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Why was Lloyd George unenthusiastic about Wilson’s 14 Points?

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Self determination potentially threatened the stability of the British Empire

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What did Britain wanting the strongest possible weak Germany show about Britain’s policies towards Germany in comparison to France’s?

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  • Britain was more conciliatory than France
  • Didn’t want to be harsh like France due to Communist worries
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16
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In comparison to Germany’s, how big did Lloyd George want Britain’s navy?

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Double Germany’s

17
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What did France want against Germany?

A

Security and revenge

18
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What war in France and Germany’s past started France’s desire for revenge?

A

Franco-Prussian War

19
Q

What former German area did France want Poland to have?

A

Upper Silesia

20
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What was France concerned about in relation to Germany?

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A German revival in Europe

21
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What 2 things did France want to do to Germany?

A
  • Disarm them
  • Revert them to an agricultural nation
22
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What sort of reparations did France want for Germany?

A

Heavy

23
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What were the 3 reasons for France wanting reparations for Germany?

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  • To economically destroy Germany
  • Didn’t want Germany to rebuild itself
  • Didn’t want Germany to become a threat again
24
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What sort of Rhineland state did France want?

A

Demilitarised and independent

25
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What 3 countries did France want?

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  • Yugoslavia
  • Poland
  • Czechoslovakia
26
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In return for 3 countries, what would France let Britain have and why?

A

Palestine because of its rich oil

27
Q

Why did Italy try to get the other Powers to stick to the Treaty of London?

A

Trying to convince Italian voters that Italy had prospered from WW1

28
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What 4 things did the Treaty of London 1915 promise Italy?

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  • South Tyrol
  • Half of the Dalmatian coast
  • Port Fiume
  • Territory in Africa and the Middle East
29
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Italy wanted an empire like which 2 countries?

A

Britain and France

30
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Which Italian leader really wanted an Italian empire?

A

Mussolini

31
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Why did Italy feel the need to prove themselves as a major power?

A

Surrounded by empires

32
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What would the newly formed states (Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia) allow Germany to impose?

A

Sphere of influence

33
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What were 5 common aims between US, Britain, France and Italy?

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  • Reparations
  • Lasting peace
  • Peacekeeping organisation
  • Contained Germany
  • Germany as a buffer zone to contain Communism

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