History- The Peace Settlement

Question 1

World War One lasted from …..

Answer 1

1914-1918.

Question 2

Fighting ended with the armistice on …

Answer 2

November 11th, 1918.

Question 3

The winners (Britain, France and the USA) then had to agree a peace treaty with the losers.

There were three concerns to think about:

Answer 3

Millions of people were dead or injured. Countries like Belgium and France were devastated- the main powers had spent too much money on the war.
Many people wanted Germany to take all the blame, especially in Britain and France- so Germany and their allies weren’t allowed to take part in the talks.
Everyone wanted to make sure a war like this wouldn’t happen again, but they couldn’t agree on how to do this- the system of alliances had obviously failed.

Question 4

President Wilson had come up with the………. in January 1918 when the Germans were asking for a truce.

Answer 4

14 points

Question 5

The Allies refused Wilson’s points because the Germans had rejected them before.
But the 14 points were an important part of the peace progress – especially number 14 which called for a ………… … ……. to settle disputes. This was going to become very important between the two world wars.

Answer 5

League of Nations