peacemaking

Question 1

why did france want reperations

Answer 1

much of the fighting took place on french soil and it lost mnay men in the army

Question 2

what were the main aims of clemenceau at the peace conference

Answer 2

wanted to make it weak and make it difficult to recver
wanted to guantee the peace of france
wantes harsh reperations
wanted revenge
wanted alscae- lorraine back
wanted germany to disarm

Question 3

what were woodrow wilsons aims

Answer 3

14 points- countries to rule themselves, boundries to be redrawn, disarmament, peace, negociation, open seas, freedom for colonies, coutnries to be open and honest, league of nations

Question 4

aims of lloyd george

Answer 4

needed to be harsh enough to please the public but not too harsh- neeeded for trade
land ofr british empire
safeguard british naval superiosity
feared that if too harsh than would turn to communism

Question 5

terms of the treaty

Answer 5

£6 600 million
all colonies given to mandates
return land took from russia
return alscae-lorraine
lost saar
6 battleships, no submarines/ tanks/ planes
100 000 men in army, no conscription, demiliterised rhineland, navy of 15 000 men

Question 6

reaction of germmany

Answer 6

diktact, insulted that not asked to join the league of nations
unfair that they had to disarm but other countries didnt have to

Question 7

what did the court of juistice do

Answer 7

15 judes- depended on the goodwll of the coutries because had no means of enforicing its decisions

Question 8

name some commissions

Answer 8

helath commision- heled tackal the typhoid epidemic
slavery commsion, disarmament commision
international labour organisation -good working conditions, abolished child labour
refugee commision- help regugees return back home

Question 9

what could the league do

Answer 9

economic sanctions- other coutnries stop trading with it
no military but countries could combine arms and use it against the agressor
moral condemtion