Chapter 14 Section 4 Flashcards
How many people did the flu kill worldwide in 1918?
20 million
Define pandemic:
The spread of a disease across a large area
Define reparations:
Payments for war damage
Define radicals:
People who wanted to make extreme changes
What did conservatives warn against?
The spearhead of Bolshevism or communism
Explain the goals of the “big three” at the Paris peace conference:
~Woodrow Wilson from the US
~David Lloyd George from Britain
~Georges Clemenceau from France
~Woodrow Wilson - people without victory; based on the 14 points
~David Lloyd George - build a postwar nation “fit for heroes”
~Georges Clemenceau - weaken Germany
Identify three problems that emerged at the peace conference:
- Italy wanted the Allies to honor their agreement
- People wanted national states of their own
- Some ethic groups became unwanted minorities
Define collective security (League of Nations):
A system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all (Wilson’s idea)
Identify 4 provisions (Part of terms) of the Treaty of Versailles:
- Germany assumed full blame for the war
- Germany had to pay for damages of the war
- Alsace and Loreaine was returned to France
- Weakened German military
What impact would this treat have on future European politics?
Caused much resentment and anger throughout Europe; it would spark WWII
List 3 new republics that emerged in 1919 because of self-determination.
- Czechoslovakia
- Austria
- Hungary
What was the Mandate system?
Territories administered by western powers
How many countries joined the League of Nations and what did they agree to do?
49; negotiate disputes
Whose idea was the League of Nations?
Wilson
Did the United States ever join the League of Nations? Why or why not?
No; the senate refused to ratify the Treaty
