History Flashcards

1
Q

When did ww1 start and end

A

1914-1918

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2
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When was the treaty of Versailles signed

A

1919 officially bringing ww1 to a end

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3
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Which 3 leaders mostly made the treaty of Versailles

A

Lloyd George, Wilson, Clemenceau

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4
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Which country in ww1 did Lloyd George Lead

A

Britain

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5
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Which country in ww1 did Wilson lead

A

USA

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6
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Which country in ww1 did Clemenceau lead

A

France

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7
Q

How did France feel Germany should be punished

A

Harshly

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8
Q

How did Britain feel Germany should be punished

A

they knew the dangers of Germany being punished to harshly but also knew that the people of Britain wanted a punishment for Germany so they decided to meet in the middle and punish them moderately

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9
Q

How did the USA feel Germany should be punished

A

The USA felt Germany shouldn’t be punished at all

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10
Q

What punishments did Germany have to accept

A

war reparations of 6.6billion. They where limited to only 100,000 men in their army. They had to give land to France etc. and in article 231 they had to accept war guilt

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11
Q

What years did the Spanish flu start and end

A

1918-1920

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12
Q

How many people where estimated to have been infected
and how many where estimated to have died

A

500million
20-50million

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13
Q

What/who was theorized to have spread it

A

soldiers from ww1

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14
Q

What where the two parties of Irish and when was all of Ireland part of the British Empire

A

unionists and nationalists 1900s

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15
Q

what yr was the easter rising

A

1916

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16
Q

What are the 1920s often referred to as

A

the roaring twenties

17
Q

what yr was the national strike in and how many days was the country shut down

A

1926, 9 days

18
Q

what ages where people banned from working and how many new homes where built (America)

A

under 14, 200,000 homes

19
Q

What was the new Germen system called and what type of system was it

A

it was called the Weimar republic it was a full democracy

20
Q

in 1923 the Germens where not able to afford reparations so what did the French do

A

The French occupied Ruhr

21
Q

When the Germens printed more money what happened

A

Germany went in to hyperinflation. (In 1920 a loaf of bread cost 100 marks whereas in 1923 it cost 200,000 billion marks)

22
Q

Which country did Germany borrow money from and what two plans did they use

A

USA Dawes plan and young plan

23
Q

What % did unemployment during the Wall-Street crash and great depression in USA

A

23%

24
Q

What % did unemployment during the Wall-Street crash and great depression in Britain

A

20%

25
Q

How much did global trade fall by in %

A

50%