WW1

Question 1

Who was in the Triple Entente?

Answer 1

France, Britain and Russia

Question 2

Who was in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 2

Germany, Austria/Hungary and Italy

Question 3

Which two countries did Germany first declare war on?

Answer 3

Russia and France

Question 4

Why did Uk declare war on Germany?

Answer 4

Germany invaded Belgium

Question 5

What was George Clemenceau’s aims?

Answer 5

Germany Broken up into states
Reparations
Security for France

Question 6

What was Woodrow Wilson’s aims?

Answer 6

Self-Determination
Disarmament
Germany to be punished

Question 7

What was David Lloyd George’s aims?

Answer 7

Not harsh on Germany
Keep trade links between Germany
Germany to pay reparations

Question 8

What does GARGL stand for?

Answer 8

Guilt-German takes blame,article 231

Arms-reduced army to 100,000 men, 6 ships, 1 submarine, no conscription

Reparations- £6.6 billion

Germany land loss-Saarland, Rhineland, Polish Corridor, No Anschluss

League of Nations-Germany banned

Question 9

What does UNFAIR stand for?

Answer 9

Un represented

Not allowed in League of Nations

Forced to accept terms

Angry with armed forces reductions

Injustice- 48% iron resources taken, 16% coal, 10% land loss

Reparations too high

Question 10

Wilson’s points with the LoN:

Answer 10

Access to Sea
Trade with LoN
Self-determination

Question 11

What was the St. Germain treaty?

Answer 11

No anschluss between German and Austria/Hungary

1919

Question 12

What was Article 231?

Answer 12

War Guilt Clause

Question 13

What date was Treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 13

28 June 1919

Question 14

What was the assembly in the LoN?

Answer 14

Unanimous voting
First monday in september
42 countries

Question 15

What was the council in the LoN?

Answer 15

any vote had to pass through the council

consisted of France, Britain, Italy and Japan

Question 16

List 3 strengths of the LoN?

Answer 16

All nations recognised the LoN

Vast memberships

Different members for different problems

Question 17

What is the Vilna border dispute?

Answer 17

1920

Lithuania and Poland

Polish took over Lithuania

Poland refused to remove army and took over Vilna

Question 18

What was the Upper Silesia border dispute?

Answer 18

1921-25

Between Germany and Poland

Plebiscite- Germany had 60% of votes

Upper Silesia split into regions depending on vote percentage

Short term it was accepted

Long term it caused relations between Germany and Poland to worsen

Question 19

The Aland Islands dispute

Answer 19

1921

Finland and Sweden

both claimed the islands and declared war

Finland gained the islands

Finland didn’t use the island to attack Sweden

Question 20

Corfu border dispute

Answer 20

1923

Greece and Albania

Tellini (Italian General) was murder ed when surveying Greece

Mussolini invaded Corfu and killed 15

Greece payed compensation

Mussolini removed troops

Question 21

Kellog-Briand Pact

Answer 21

28th August 1928

Germany, France and US

62 other nations

War would not be used to deal with conflict

Question 22

Locarno Treaty

Answer 22

October 1925

Between France, Belgium and Germany

Respect of the borders-no worry of invasion

Question 23

Dawes Plan

Answer 23

1924

America lends money to Germany

Germany rebuilds economy and increases tax to pay off reparations

France used money to pay off US war loans and import goods

Question 24

What did the LoN change about living conditions?

Answer 24

Limited child working hours

International highway code

tackled Malaria, Leprosy and Yellow fever

200,000 slaves in Sierra Leone freed

Question 25

What was the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 25

Manchurian railway had been sabotaged by Chinese 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria China turned to league for help League sent Lytton by boat League refused trade links with Japan Countries refused due to weakened economy since the depression

Question 26

What was the Stresa Pact?

Answer 26

April 1935 Between Britain, France and Italy All stood against German rearmament

Question 27

What was the Anglo-German naval agreement?

Answer 27

June 1935 Between Germany and Britain German could build up to 35% of British army

Question 28

What was the first attack on Adowa by Italy?

Answer 28

Bombing October 1935 League of nations banned trade with Italy except oil

Question 29

What was the Hoare-Laval Pact?

Answer 29

December 1935 Italy received best parts of Abyssinia Secret deal-outside of league of nations Leaked to press-public were fuming Hoare resigned-FAILURE banned oil trade

Question 30

What are the effects of the Abyssinian Crisis?

Answer 30

LoN is discredited Spanish Civil War 1936-(league did nothing to help left wing) By ww2 in 1939, the league wasn’t bothered with

Question 31

What was the Spanish Civil War in 1936?

Answer 31

Spanish elected democratically a left wing government Right wing rebels started a civil war German and Italy assisted the right wings League did nothing

Question 32

State 4 reasons for LoN failure:

Answer 32

- America not joining - structure made decision making slow - depression led to vulnerable countries - weak since they failed to resolve border disputes such as Upper Silesia and Vilna