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Were peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
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- 1Who was Woodrow Wilson?President of the USA
- 2What were some of his 14 points? SDSFFFFSet up LN
Disarmament
Self-determination of eastern Europe
Freedom of seas
Free trade
Freedom for all colonies and countries
France get Alsace Lorraine
No secret treaties - 3What happened at the Paris Peace conference of 1919-20?In the palace of Versailles
5 treaties were drawn up
32 nations were represented
All important decisions on fate of Germany were taken by Clemenceau - 4Who was David Lloyd George?Prime minister of Britain
- 5What did Lloyd George say to the House of Commons?"the severity must be designed, not for vengeance, but for justice"
- 6Who was Georges Clemenceau?Prime Minister of France
- 7What were the pressures on Clemenceau?France suffered damage to land, industry, people and self-confidence.
Germany's land and industry had not been damaged as badly as France's.
C didn't want Germany to be strong so couldn't attack France again. - 8Why did Clemenceau not agree with Wilson?C resented W's generous attitude to Germany after they had suffered so much.
Disagreed over what to do with Rhineland and coalfields in the Saar. - 9Why did Clemenceau not agree with Lloyd George?LG didn't want to treat Germany too harshly and didn't care about France according to Clemenceau; only the safety of Britain
That's why LG wanted Germany to get rid of navy and colonies - 10Why did Wilson and Lloyd George disagree?LG didn't like 'freedom of the seas' as they had a huge army
LG didn't like W's views on people ruling themselves. - 11What were the terms of the TV?War Guilt
Reparations
Colonies taken away
LN
Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
Army cut to 100,000 men
6 battleships and no submarines or tanks - 12How did Germans react to War guilt and reparations?G didn't think they started the war. Thought blame should be shared.
Bitter that Germany had to pay for damage caused by war even though German economy was weakened. - 13How did Germany react to disarmament?Army symbol of Germany's pride
Army of 100,000 small for a country of Germany's size
None of allies forced to disarm in the same way - 14How much territory did Germany lose?10% of land in Europe
All overseas colonies
12.5% of population
16% coalfields
Almost half of iron and steel industry - 15What was the impact of the Treaty on Germany? PVPolitical violence-
Kapp Putsch, 1920
Foreign minister murdered 1922
Munich Putsch, 1923 - 16What was the impact of the Treaty on Germany? Ruhr1923
G couldn't pay
F and Belgian took what wanted
Passive resistance called
France killed over 100 workers expelled over 100,000 protesters from the region
Hyperinflation - 17Possible reasons why Germany stopped paying reparations?Reparations to high and G virtually bankrupt
G didn't want to pay, bitter over TV
G wanted to create a crisis to force countries to revise treaty - 18What were the other 4 treaties?St Germain, 1919 - Austria
Neuilly, 1919 - Bulgaria
Trianon, 1920 - Hungary
Sevres, 1920 - Turkey - 19—
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- Were peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
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- Eleanor Simpson-Williams · May 2016
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- Dec 5, 2016
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