what did the world look like after WW1

Question 1

impact of WW1 on USA

Answer 1

• no fighting on US soil so no infrastructure was damaged
• ended up with a lot of money because they exported things to other countries

Question 2

impact of WW1 on Russia

Answer 2

it was crippled
took many decades to rebuild
cannibalism started due to famine
economy completely dropped

Question 3

impact of WW1 on Germany

Answer 3

social
- over 2 million men died in the war and those who came back didn’t have a job, unemployment
- widespread poverty
- discontent and untrusting of Weimar republic led to rise of extremist groups
- trauma and devastation

political
- rising support in political parties as people were unhappy with the new government and the parties were fighting
- Kaiser abdicated November 1918 and Germany became a republic, it faced immediate opposition (spartasict uprising, Kapp Putsch)
introduced propotional representation

economic
- national income went down 33%
- borrowed heavily to finance the war leaving them with many debts
through TOV they were required to pay 132 billion in reparations, severely straining their economy
- industrial regions like saar and Alsace - Lorraine were lost

Question 4

impact of WW1 on France

Answer 4

economic
- most of fighting on their land so infrastructure and land was destroyed by bombing
- borrowed heavily to finance war leaving them with debts and couldn’t afford to rebuild

political
- their aggressiveness with the TOV led to more tensions with allies

social
- over 1.3 million soldiers killed and millions wounded
- women entered the workforce during war marking a shift in gender roles

Question 4

impact of WW1 on Britain

Answer 4

borrowed money from USA leaving them with debts

over 2 million unemployed by 1921

taxes were increased to pay off debts

Question 5

impact of WW1 on Italy

Answer 5

at the start there were disagreement on the direction where the country should side with

at first they were going to side with Germany but ended up with Britain and France

the war made them more unified

Question 5

impact of WW1 on Japan

Answer 5

gained power and wealth
invaded china and left them with 21 demands that they had to agree to

Question 6

leading countries in WW1

Answer 6

france
britain
austria-hungary
germany
usa

Question 7

aims of the TOV

Answer 7

• germany had to sign the war guilt clause
• germany had to pay reperations (6.6 million)
• Germany was banned from forming an alliance with Austria
• league of nations was created
• german army was limited to 100,000 men and no tanks
• germany could not place troops in rhineland
• germanys colonies were taken and placed under control of the lon

Question 8

how did France, Britain, Germany and USA feel about the TOV

Answer 8

germany- humiliated from war guilt clause, bad position economically

france- wants revenge, suffered the most from ww1

britain- hurt economically, doesnt want another war

america- good economically, avoid conflict,feels bad for germany

Question 9

what was the lon

Answer 9

usa, britain, france, japan, italy worked together to adress conflicts and work together for peace

Question 10

why did the usa not join the LON

Answer 10

american didnt support the tov

feared it would drag them to war

didnt want to be controlled by other powers

Question 10

aims of the LON

Answer 10

discourage agression

encourage nations to disarm

improve living and working conditions

encourage countries to co operate in buisness and trade

Question 11

what was the LON based on

Answer 11

26 articles

article 8 - stated to uphold the TOV

article 10 - stated that members should not use aggression against other countries of the league

Question 12

successes of LON

Answer 12

improved working and living conditions

helped refugees(money,food and aid)

improved working conditions (wages, health and safety, woman and children unemployment)

improved world health (awareness on malaria and yellow fever)

resolved some situations peacefully

Question 13

failures of LON

Answer 13

disarmament - they were only able to drcrease the size of navies

kellogg Briand pact - a lot of countries violated the pact as there were no consequences if they did so
this led to conflict between countries

Manchuria
Abysinia
Corfu crisis

Question 14

how did WW1 shape hitler

Answer 14

• after ww1 a lot of people hates the jews and communists as they blamed them for Germany’s defeat
• Hitler was influenced due to Propaganda about Jews

in 1919 he released a statement saying - “Jews are a race not a religion”

Question 15

was the TOV fair

Answer 15

reasons no
- faced loads of problems because of it like its government was unstable and there was a lot of political violence because people were mad at the WR for signing it
- the payments were too much for germany leading to Hyperinflation
- it stunted germany’s economic growth
- germany wasn’t the only aggressive country in the war and didn’t deserve the full blame

reasons yes
- germany had been very aggressive even before the war and had invaded France almost twice in 50 years so it needed to be controlled to prevent further conflict
- Germany had inflicted a much harsher treaty of Russia