Paper 2 Flashcards
When was the armistice
11th November 1918
When we’re t of v terms announced but not yet signed
May 1919
When was the treaty of Versailles signed
28th June 1919
When was treaty of St Germain
10th September 1919
Treaty of Neuilly date
27th November 1919
Treaty of Trianon date
4th June 1920
Treaty of Sevres
10th August 1920
Turkish War of independence dates
May 1919-1923
Treaty of Lausanne
24th July 1923
Reparations announced date
April 1921
Congress vote not to join the LoN
First in 1919 then 19th Jan 1920
19th of January 1920 congress defeated proposition to join leave how many votes
49 to 35
Us presidential election post WW1
2nd November 1920
British general electrions
14th December 1918
15th November 1922
French legislative election
November 1919
Wiemar constitution announced
11th Aug 1919
French occupation of Ruhr began?
January 1923
Why did Americans not want to join the league
Americans had German ancestors who hated the treaty which was enforced by League
Didn’t want to involve itself in European affairs and face US soldier deaths as a consequence
League imposed economic sanctions which could damage American trade and economy
Some though league wld be dominated by Britain and France and wld ask them to help defend their empires and many Americans opposed empires
League based in
Geneva
How many countries joined the league at the start
42
How many countries were in the league by the 1930s
59 members
What was treaty of st Germain
Dealt w/Austria
Austria army limited to 30,000 &a forbidden 2 unite with Germany
Austro-Hungarian empire broken up into several states including Czechslovakia and Yugoslavia
Sudetenland had minotritt of Germans
Austrias economy suffered
What was treaty of Neuilly
Dealt with Bulgaria
Lost land to Greece Romania and Yugoslavia
Army limited to 20,000 had to pay £10 million in reparations
Bulgaria treated less harshly as was Seen as less of a threat
Treaty of Trianon
Dealt with Hungary
Due to pay reparations but economy so weak it never did
Treaty of Sevres
Turkey Lost land to Bulgaria oral and Greece and much of its empire including Tunisia and Morocco Armed forces limited to 50,000 men Navy limited No Air Force allowed
Treaty of Lausanne
Smyrna
Anatolia
Parts of Thrace became Turkish lands
Borders fixed to they more or less are today
