Conflict and Tension: 1919-39: Peace-making Flashcards

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What was the name of the British leader at the Paris Peace Conference?

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David Lloyd George

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What was the name of the French leader at the Paris Peace Conference?

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Georges Clemenceau

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What was the name of the American leader at the Paris Peace Conference?

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Woodrow Wilson

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What was the name given to the French, American and British leader at the Paris Peace Conference?

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The Big Three

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What were Lloyd-George’s aims during the Paris Peace Conference?

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  • safeguard Britain’s naval supremacy
  • Please electors who wanted to ‘make Germany pay’
  • Leave Germany strong enough to trade (bought back jobs)
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What were Clemenceau’s aims during the Paris Peace Conference?

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  • cripple Germany so they don’t start another war
  • weaken the German army
  • wanted Alsace- Lorraine for France
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What were Wilson’s aims during the Paris Peace Conference?

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  • to end the war and create the LON
  • ensure Germany wasn’t destroyed
  • not to blame Germany for the war –> deemed as too harsh
  • wanted to end all wars and wanted disagreements to be discussed rather than going to war
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How were the Big Three’s aims reflective of their performance in WW1?

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  • France: suffered the most during the war as the fighting happened on their land
  • Britain: suffered in the war but not as much as F
  • America: barely suffered in WW1
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What were the disagreements during the Paris Peace conference?

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  • Clemenceau + Wilson: USA hasn’t suffered as badly as France, Clemenceau resented Wilson’s generous attitude towards Germany
  • Clemenceau + LG: C felt as if Britain was ok to treat Germany on land, where they weren’t a threat but not on sea, where they were
  • LG +W: LG disagreed on 2 points of the 14 points - access to the seas + people ruling themselves was somewhat threatening to the British Empire
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What was the name of Wilson’s plan for the future?

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The Fourteen Point Plan

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Define ‘self determination’

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Giving national groups their own countries

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What were the four key clauses of the Treaty of Versailles?

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  • territorial
  • military
  • financial and economic
  • war guilt
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What was Germany’s role in the Paris Peace Conference?

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  • they weren’t allowed to attend
  • they assumed that the armistice would be based on Wilson’s 14 points
  • it was not
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14
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How much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

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£6,600 million

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What did Germany lose overall?

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  • 10% of all its land
  • 12.5% of its population
  • 16% of all its coalfields + 50% of iron and steel industry
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16
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How many soldiers was Germany allowed?

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100,000

17
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Name three pieces of land Germany lost

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  • Alsace-Lorraine
  • Rhineland
  • Saarland
  • The Polish Corridor
  • all overseas colonies
18
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What was the war guilt clause?

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Germany had to take the blame for starting the war

19
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Who was given the German colonies to control?

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League of Nations

20
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In reality, who was actually controlling the German colonies?

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Britain and France

21
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What were the German leaders who signed the Treaty of Versailles known as?

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The November Criminals

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What term was used to describe the Treaty of Versailles?

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Diktat

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What was the German people’s reaction to the Treaty?

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  • angry + humiliated
  • Mass protest outside the Reichstag in 1919
  • military restrictions would weaken them in comparison to B + F and would prevent them from becoming an imperial superpower
  • Treaty implied that they completely lost the war, which they didn’t as they had their fair share of wins and were able to successfully defend their country from invasion
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Why wasn’t America pleased with the treaty?

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  • fourteen points had not been reflected + thought that the treaty was too harsh
  • felt it would not create peace
  • American congress refused to sign the treaty and signed a separate treaty with Germany
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Why wasn’t Britain pleased with the treaty?

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LG:
- thought that the treaty was too harsh on Germany
- terms that were too harsh would lead to resentment and eventually another war
British public
- were pleased w the public as they got the revenge they wanted

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Why wasn’t France pleased with the treaty?

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  • felt it wasn’t harsh enough
  • Clemenceau was voted out because of this
27
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What were the strengths of the Treaty of Versailles?

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  • brought peace to Europe
  • Restored country boundaries + gave them a more individual identity
  • France regained Alsace-Lorraine
  • war had caused a huge amount of damage and reparations were required to rebuild
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What were the weaknesses of the Treaty of Versailles?

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  • C +LG feared that treaties would lead to another war
  • The treaty left Germans helpless; so they hated it
  • None of the Big 3 got their way, lots of disagreements
  • Germans had no say in it so they saw it as forced - Diktat
  • New countries and states weren’t stable enough to run themselves - no military, political or economic power
  • Caused displacement of a lot of the German public
29
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What other treaties were created at the end of the war?

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  • St Germain
  • Trianon
  • Neuilly
  • Sevres
30
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What did the treaty of St Germain deal with and what were its terms?

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  • Austria
  • separates Austria + Hungary
  • took away land
  • made Austria limit its army
  • created new countries
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What did the treaty of Trianon deal with and what were its terms?

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  • Hungary
  • took land away
  • made them reduce their army
  • created new countries
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What did the treaty of Neuilly deal with and what were its terms?

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  • Bulgaria
  • took away land
  • denied access to the sea
  • made Bulgaria reduce its army
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What did the treaty of Sevres deal with and what were its terms?

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  • Turkey
  • lost land
  • lost control of the Black Sea