Aims of the Big Three:

Question 1

Who were the big three?

Answer 1

Woodrow Wilson ( President of the USA)
David Lloyd George (Prime Minister of Britain)
George Clemenceau( Prime Minister of France)

Question 2

What were Wilsons ideas?

Answer 2

• Don’t be too harsh to Germany
• Strengthen democracy in defeated countries
• Giving Self-determination to small countries that had once been part of the European Empire.
• International co-operation

Question 3

What were Lloyd Georges ideas?

Answer 3

• Wanted Germany to lose it’s Navy
• Wanted Germany to lose its colonies
• Didn’t want Germany to be punished too badly
• He wanted to keep trade between Britain and Germany

Question 4

What were George Claumenceaus ideas?

Answer 4

• He wanted to completely destroy Germany
• He had already seen Germany invade France once in his life meaning that he saw this as a chance for him to seek “revenge”

Question 5

How did Clemenceau clash with Wilson?

Answer 5

• They disagreed over the Rhineland and coalfields in the Saar.

Question 6

How did Clemenceau clash with Lloyd George?

Answer 6

-France wanted to punish Germany, however, Britain did not want as they wanted to keep the trade between the two countries.

Question 7

How did Wilson clash with Lloyd George?

Answer 7

• Lloyd George was unhappy with point 2 of the Fourteen Points, allowing all nations access to the seas.