13.4 GR – Flashcards
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1. The "Big Four"
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Woodrow Wilson (US), Georges Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (Great Britain), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
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2. What nations were not represented at the Paris Peace Conference?
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Russia, Germany, and its allies.
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3. What issues were addressed in Wilson's Fourteen Points?
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An end to secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, reduced national armies and navies, Adjustment of colonial claims with fairness toward colonial peoples, and Specific suggestions for changing borders and creating new nations.
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4. What was the guiding principle of Wilson's Fourteen Points?
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Self determination.
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5. Define self determination:
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the process by which people decide for themselves under what government they wish to live.
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6. What were the concerns and aims of France and Britain?
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National Security and stripping Germany of its war-making power.
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7. The Treaty of Versailles was between what two entities?
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Germany and the Allied powers.
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8. When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
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June 28, 1919.
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9. How was Wilson's Fourteenth Point incorporated into the treaty?
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It created a League of Nations to be an international association whose goal would be to keep peace among nations.
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10. What was the function of the League of Nations?
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To be an international association whose goal would be to keep peace among nations.
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11. In what ways did the treaty punish Germany?
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They lost substantial territory, Had severe restrictions placed on its military operations, Sole responsibility for the war placed on Germany, they had to pay reparations to the Allies, German territories in African and the Pacific were declared mandates or territories to be administered by the League of Nations.
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12. How did the treaty change the world map?
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The allies carved up the lands that the Ottomans lost in Southwest Asia into mandates rather than independent nations. Ottoman Turks were forced to give up almost all of their former empire. Syria and Lebanon went to France. Poland and Romania gained Russian territory.
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13. List some of the new nations created out of the Austro Hungarian Empire:
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Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
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14. Palestine, Iraq, and Transjordan came under the control of this country:
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Britain
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15. List the nations that became independent of Russia:
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Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
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16. Why did the United States reject the treaty?
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Many Americans objected to the settlement and especially to President Wilson's League of Nations. They believed that the US's best hope for peace was to stay out of European affairs.
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17. How did the American rejection affect the League of Nations?
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The League of Nations was in no position to take action on these and other complaints without the support of the US.
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18. Why did many countries feel bitter and cheated as a result of the treaty?
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Mandated Territories-People in these territories were any at the way the Allies disregarded their desire for independence. Allied Powers-Japan and Italy received less territory than they wanted.
