Conflict & Tension Flashcards
1
Q
What were the impacts from WW1 on France?
A
- 1 million casualties
- 2 million homeless
- 750,000 homes destroyed
- 4,800km of road
- 2,300 factories
- large areas of farmland
2
Q
What were the impacts from WW1 on Britain?
A
- Nearly one million casualties
- Great loss of men in communities
- Damaged buildings and 100 killed from air attacks
- Owed £1 million to USA
3
Q
What were the impacts from WW1 on Germany?
A
- Almost two million casualties
- Damage from air attacks
- Ports blocked by Britain caused widespread starvation
4
Q
What were the impacts from WW1 on Russia?
A
- Nearly two million casualties
- Gave up areas of land on western borders
- 1/3 to Germany
5
Q
What were the impacts from WW1 on USA?
A
- Around 100,000 casualties
- Gave supplies to other countries who now owed them
6
Q
What were the aims of Georges Clemenceau?
A
- Land (including Alsace-Lorraine) and money
- Smaller German army
- Security on the border
- Revenge
7
Q
What were the aims of David Lloyd George?
A
- Germany to have a smaller navy than Britain
- Punishment (not too much because her thought if they were treated too harshly they would want revenge)
8
Q
What were the aims of Woodrow Wilson?
A
- World Peace
- Had ideas for the future called “14 points” (included League of Nations)
9
Q
What did George Clemenceau get?
A
- Reparations
- Alsace-Lorraine and other land
- German colonies
- Tiny german army
- Border security through demilitarised Rhineland
10
Q
What did David Lloyd George get?
A
- Bigger navy
- German colonies
11
Q
What did Woodrow Wilson get?
A
- League of Nations, but USA Senate refused to join
12
Q
What were the land terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
A
- 10% of Germany’s land
- Germany’s African colonies were given to the LoN to control as a mandate (so Britain and France controlled them)
- 16% of coalfields
- 1/2 iron and steel industry
- 12.5% of population
- Anschluss was forbidden
