International Relations 1920s successor states Flashcards
Why were successor states created?
- were created as a result of major European Empires breaking up after WW1
- Existence confirmed by Paris Peace Settlement 1919
- Peacemakers wanted to establish a new series of democratic states which would act as a defense against communism
How did Wilson cause issues for the successor states?
- His ideas of self-determination were too simplistic
- He wanted states to be drawn along lines of language
-difficult due to ethnic diversity of Eastern Europe
Who were the Successor states? 5
Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary
What major Empires collapsed during WW1?
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Turkish Empire
- Old Russian Empire
Who set up the successor states?
France, Britain & the USA
Why was significant about Italy & the successor states?
Italian leader (Vittorio Orlando) had little say in decisions
One of the reasons for Italy criticising Treaty
What was the ethnic make-up of Czechoslovakia ? 7
Czechs, Slovaks, Russians, Magyars, Poles, Jews
-3M Germans in Bohemia Moravia & Sudetenland
Ethnic makeup of Poland
18 million Poles, 1 million Germans and others
Ethnic makeup of Yugoslavia
Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Magyars, Germans
What problems did Czechoslovakia have in Bohemia and Moravia?
In 1939, Hitler supported Slovak uprisings that lead to Germany aiding them and occupying Bohemia and Moravia
What makes Czechoslovakia stand out from the other successor states?
It was the only one able to sustain a democratic government
How did Polish democracy collapse? 2
Had 14 political parties that made establishment of democracy difficult
In 1927 Joseph Pilsudski lead military coup & became dictator
How did Hungary’s democracy collapse?
It lost 2/3 of it’s population in Peace Treaties
Lost loads of industrial land in Treaties
authoritarian regime was established
How did Austria’s democracy collapse 5
In economic difficulties
Treaty of Saint-Germain gave industrial land to Poland & Czechoslovakia
Increasingly reliant of foreign loans
Wanted to unite with Germany (forbidden by Treaty of Versailles)
Temporarily united with Nazi Germany in Anschluss
How did Yugoslavia’s democracy collapse? 3
Mixed population made religious & ethnic conflicts inevitable
In 1929 King Alexander 1 banned all political parties & became a dictator
Yugoslavia would become involved in border disputes with Greece, Italy & Bulgaria
