ToV Flashcards

1
Q

Name of the French Prime Minister??

A

Clemenceau

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2
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British Prime Minister??

A

Loyld Goerge

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3
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American President??

A

Woodrow Wilson

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4
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what were Wilsons aims??

A

14 points, a safe democratic world, fair peace, self determination, league of nations

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5
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aims of lyold goerge??

A

comprimise, punish germany, protect the empire, trade, future peace, keep public happy

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6
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aims of Clemenceau??

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blames germany = hard justice, angry= revenge, make germany pay reparations, inderpendent rhineland, take alsace-lorraine, peace= by crippling germany

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7
Q

how many acres of french land had been destroyed?

A

8000 acres

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8
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how many french building were destroyed

A

250000

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9
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What is an armatice??

A

an agreement to stop fighting

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10
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what are reparations

A

payment that would have to be made to pay off the damages caused by the war

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11
Q

how many soldiers were germany allowed?

A

100,000 men

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12
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how many battleships and seamen were germany allowed

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1500 and 6 battleships

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13
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What was the total cost of the reparations

A

£6600 million or 6.6 billion

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14
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what 4 military areas were germany not allowed

A

no airforce, no tanks, no submarines, no conscription

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15
Q

What happened to Danzig

A

it was made a free city

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16
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what was anschluss

A

union between austria and germany banned

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17
Q

what covernant was set up by the treaty

A

league of nations - an agreement not to fight

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18
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what is a covenant

A

the rules for the deafeated nation

19
Q

what article was the war guilt clause

A

article 231

20
Q

what did the war guilt clause mean

A

that germany had to say they were to blame for the war

21
Q

which 5 countries gained land from germany?

A

poland, france, Belguim, lithunia, Denmark

22
Q

what happened to Alsace-Lorraine?

A

Givern to France

23
Q

who was the treaty of Breast-Litovisk was signed by who and what did it agree

A

Germany and russia, germany got loads of new land

24
Q

where is the rhineland?

A

between france and germany it was made a demilatarized zone

25
Q

what happened to the saar

A

made under the control of Lon for 15 years, and france givern coalfields as part of the reparations

26
Q

why did the germans hate the tov

A

all germans hated it- they thought they would get fair peace based on ww 14 points. the fact that they were so harsh to the russians was conveinatly forgotten

27
Q

why did the french hate the tov

A

they felt that Germany wasnt treated harsh enough and therefore they wern’t safe from future invasions.

28
Q

Why did Briton hate the tov

A

they thought it was to harsh and would effect trade

29
Q

why did the USA hate the ToV

A

saw it as a way of including the usa in the european squabbles (USA return to isolationism)

30
Q

Why did germany feel the ToV was UNFAIR

A
Unrepresented
Not allowed to join LoN
Forced to accept the terms (diktat) 
Angry with armed forces reductions
Injustice - war guilt loss of land etc
Reparations to high
31
Q

what year were the cost of reparations decided

A

1921

32
Q

what percentage of its land did germany lose

A

10%

33
Q

how much of its oversea colonies did germany lose

A

all of them

34
Q

how much of germanys population did it lose

A

12.5%

35
Q

how much of its iron and steel indstry did germany lose

A

almost half

36
Q

how much of the coalfields did germany losse

A

16%

37
Q

why did gemany sign the treaty of versaille

A

because their army commander Hindenburg said germany could not possibly win

38
Q

what were the 4 other treaties?

A

(SaiNTS) saint germain (with austria)
Neuilly (with bulgaria)
trianin (with hungary
severes (with turkey)

39
Q

Who was treated the most harshly and why?

A

Germany because as was most to blame

40
Q

what did all the losing counties have to do?

A

disarm, pay reparations, lose land

41
Q

which of the losing countries were invited to the drawing up of the treaties?

A

none of them

42
Q

in which countries were the treaty of severes (turkey thought to harsh and which thught it wasnt harsh enough?

A

Thought it was to harsh: Britian, America

Not harsh enough: france

43
Q

How did germany react to the ToV

A

they hated it