WW1 aftermath unit 5 Flashcards
September 10 1919
Treaty of Saint-Germain signed with Austria
June 28 1919
Treaty of Versailles signed with Germany
November 27 1919
Treaty of Neuilly signed with Bulgaria
June 4 1920
Treaty of Trianon signed with Hungary
August 10 1920
Treaty of Sevres signed with Turkey
march 1921
Plebiscite in Upper Silesia
April 1921
German reparations fixed at 132B gold marks
November 1921
Washington Conference
1922 April
Genoa Conference and Rapallo Treaty between Germany and USSR
11 January 1923
French and Belgian troops occupy the Ruhr
24 July 1923
Treaty of Lausanne
1924 August
Dawes Plan
1925 December
Locarno Treaties
1926 September
Germany joins League of Nations
1928 August
Kellogg-Briand Pact
1929 August
The Young Plan
Pandemic
An epidemic on a global scale
Dictated peace
A peace treaty that is dictated to the defeated state(s) rather than negotiated
Covenant
Rules and Constitution of the League of Nations
Reparations
Compensation paid by a defeated power to make good the damage it caused in a war
War guilt
Carrying the blame for starting the war
Dominions
The British dominions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa were self-governing, but part of the British Empire and the Commonwealth, of which to this day they are still members
Georges Clemenceau
A French politician whose outspokenness won him the title of ‘the tiger’. As Prime Minister, he was a charismatic war leader, 1917-18 and presided over the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, but lost power in 1920. He oversaw the re-emergence of Germany as a great power and even predicted war in 1940
Louis-Lucien Klotz
A French journalist and politician and Minister of Finance, 1917-20
Louis Loucheur
French Minister of munitions, 1917-18, and Minister of Industrial reconstruction until 20 January 1920
Bonds
Certificates issued by a government or a large company promising to repay borrowed money at a fixed rate of interest by a specified date
Imperial War Cabinet
A cabinet made up of prime ministers of self-governing Commonwealth countries
Milliard
One thousand million; now largely superseded by the term billion
Ferdinand Foch
Commanded a French army group on the Somme, in 1916, then in 1917 became Chief of Staff to Petain. In April 1918 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Allied armies on the Western Front. He played a prominent part in the Paris Peace conference and retired in 1920
Council of Ten
Representatives of Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and the US(each had two representatives in it). Until March it was the controlling committee of the Conference
Inter-Allied commissions
Allied committees set up to deal with particular tasks
Plebiscite
A referendum or vote by the electorate on a single issue
Free city
Self-Governing city under the protection of the League of Nations
Eupen and Melmedy
After the League consulted the population about their wishes these territories were integrated into Belgium in 1925
Self-determination
A states right to decide its own future
Demilitarized
Having all military defenses removes
Mandated status
Ex-German or Turkish territories entrusted to the Allied powers as mandates to govern in accordance with the interests of the local population
Yugoslavia
Until 1929 Yugoslavia was known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
Rump Austria
What was left of Austria after its partition
Anschluss
The Union of Austria with Germany
Magyar
Ethnic Hungarians
Balkan Prussia
Bulgaria was compared to Prussia, which in the eyes of the Allies had an aggressive and militarist reputation
Zionists
Supporters of Zionism, a movement for reestablishing the Jewish state
Balfour Declaration
A communication to the Zionists by A.J. Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, declaring British support for establishing a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine
Nationalism
A patriotic belief by a people in the virtues and power of their nation
Ratified
Having received formal approval from the legislature
Isolationist
Remaining aloof from international politics
Secretary Henry Lodge
Republican Congressman
Mutilated victory
A victory which was scarred by the refusal of the Allies to give Italy what had been promised
Proletarian Nation
A nation that lacked an empire and raw materials. Like the proletariat(workers), it was poor.
Successor states
The states created from former Austro-Hungarian and Russian territory
Minorities Treaty
Treaty guaranteeing the rights of ethnic minorities
Curzon line
Frontier proposed by British Foreign Secretary, Lord Curzon, for Poland’s eastern frontier with the Soviet Union
