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Were the defeated countries allowed to participate or put forward their view point in the ppc?

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No!!!

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The major decisions were determined by the big three, who were they?

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a) US president
b) British prime minister
c) French prime minister

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who was the us president who represented us in the ppc?

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Woodrow wilson

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who was British prime minister during ppc ?

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David Llyod George

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who was French prime minister during ppc?

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George Clemenceau

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What was Woodrow’s fourteen points nature?

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1) sincere, just settlement and safeguard lasting peace

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Did Wilson want to punish Germany? and why

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No, he thought Germany was still important to reconstruction of Europe

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Why was Wilson have a lenient attitude towards germany?

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cuz US did not suffer much damage and casualties from the war

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What was Clemenceau’s attitude towards defeated countries?

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a) He hated Germany and wanted full revenge and wanted to protect the security of France

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Why did Clemency of France hate Germany?

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He saw Germany invaded twice by Germany

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in which wars did Germany invade France

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  1. Franco-Prussian War and First World War
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what did clemency want to do to Germany?

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  1. weaken Germany.so she could never attack franc again
  2. gain compensation for all the damage France suffered
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who was nicknamed the tiger and for what reason?

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Clemeancu, because of his hostile attitude

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Who personally agreed with Wilson’s principle

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Lloyd George of Britain

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Why were the British people strong in their demands for revenge?

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They had suffered a great loss of life and property in war

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15
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So what did Llyod try to do , choose France or US’s viewpoint?

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he tried to strike a compromise between the idealism of Wilson and the harsh demands of Clemenceau

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16
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why did Lloyd do this? like in between?

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he thought Germany was an

important customer/ market for British

trade and so shouldn’t be kept too weak

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at the ppc, Wilson and Lloyd didn’t want to leave Germany with the desire for revenge, but why did the tides turn in favour of Clemenceau?

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It is because
a) an attemptedassasination of clemency granted him sympathy

b) Most Americans did not share Wilson’s view on American involvement in world affairs –> they preferred to keep us out of European affairs

c) public opinions in 1919 would not accept peace without restrictions on German forces

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18
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what were the five main aspects in which Germany was punished harshly by the treaty of versailles

hint: ( territorial losses)

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  1. territorial losses
  2. War guilt
  3. Colonies
  4. Arms
  5. Reparations
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What were the territorial losses of Germany?

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  1. Alsace and Lorraine were returned to France
  2. The saar Coalfield
  3. Posen and West Prussia
  4. Danzig
20
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who was the saar coalfield given to and for how long

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France, 15 years

21
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what happened to the fate of saar plebiscite

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after 15 yrs of giving to France, saar people could vote on to which country they wanted to belong

22
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Who was Posen and west Prussia given to? and what did it create?

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to Poland and it created the polish corridor

23
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what did the polish corridor allow?

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It allowed Poland to gain access to the Baltic Sea

24
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The polish corridor cut off _______ from _______

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East Prussia …….. Germany

25
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What happened to Danzig?

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It was made a free city and administered by the League of Nations

26
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what is this aspect of the harsh term of TOV: ________

Germany had to accept _____. _______________ for the _______

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full responsibility, war

war guilt ***

27
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**Colonies

All ________ German ___________ in __________ and the ________ and occupied terriories in ______ became _________ under the victorious powers.

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former, colonies,Africa, Pacific , China , mandates

28
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**Armaments **

  1. The ______________ was ___________ and to be occupied by ______________ troops for _____ years
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rhineland, demilitarized, allied troops , 15

29
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Arms

Germany was virtually disarmed. She was allowed and army of _________ soldiers , six ______ _________- and a few ______ _____________

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100 000, small battleships, smaller vessels

30
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what arms were forbidden in tov for Germany?

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submarines and aeroplanes

31
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** Arms
Germany was forbidden from making an ______ with __________ ever again***

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alliance, austria

32
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*** reparation
-How much was Germany required to pay and to whom and for what?

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a huge reparation of L6600 million to the Allies to compensate for their losses

33
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How were the reparations (L6600 million) supposed to be paid? In what_______-

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In annual instalments
and the other part in gold and goods –> coal, chemicals and cattle

34
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How many treaties were there for the peace settlements after First World War?

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5

35
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Name the three peace settlement treaties

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Treaty of Versailles,
treaty of St. Germain with Austria,
Treaties with Bulgaria ,
Hungary and
Turkey

36
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Under the TOV how many percentage of different things did Germany loose?

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13% of her land
12% of her people
10% of her coal
48% of her iron
15% of her agricultural production

37
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** Germany’s perspective

The ______-________ c_________ and the loss of ________ ________ wounded the _______ ___________ of Germany

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war guilt clause , armed forces, national pride

38
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What were the Germans’ attitude towards TOV

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outraged, humiliated, angry and bitter

39
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Why were germans determined to take revenge on the victors?

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inorder to regain lost territories and their pride

40
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what did German discontent and feelings of revenge later create?

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New problems in post-war Europe

41
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*** details of the treaty of st. Germain with Austria

The treaty split the _______ ____________ _______ into many pieces.

_____________ left _________ ___________ to become a ** ___________ ____________ ________________

AH was split into two ______________ _______________, ______________ and ___________________

AH was also divided ____________________,
—> ___________ __________ were created : ___________________ and _____________________

Austria had to cede _________ to __________ and ________ and ________ __________ to _____________

the Austrian __________ and _____________ were reduced

A

Austro-Hungarian empire

Yugoslavia , Austria-Hungary

multi-ethnic nation

independent republics, Austria and Hungary

ethnically,
New states.
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia

Galicia to Poland, Istria and South Tyrol to Italy

army and navy

42
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Who were the central powers:

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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
the Ottoman Empire

43
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who were the allies

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France
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Japan
later, the United States.

44
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Bulgaria’s punishment?

** ceded land to _________
gave up ________- to __________

A

ceded land on her western frontier to Yugoslavia and gave up Western Thrace to Greece

45
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Hungary’s punishment?

ceded ____________ to ______________

A

Transylvania to Rumania

46
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** the treaties about the control of balkan territories broke smh..?

The ___________ _____________was broken into __________. In Europe, the empiree retained a small piece of land around ________________

A

Ottoman Empire

pieces

Constantinople

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