問題一覧
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what did woodrow wilson want
no secret treaties
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one of the reasons why woodrow wilson was known as too idealistic?
he wanted disarmament for all countries. there was no idea of how this could have been measured.
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who was georges clemenceau?
the french prime minister
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what did clem want?
german army weakened
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why did clem want the german army weakened
so it couldn’t be a threat to france as they border each other
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what two points did clem disagree with and why?
he wanted to keep secret treaties as he felt that they protected france. he wanted to keep a naval blockade on germany so he could control it
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what did lloyd george want?
wanted germany punished but not too harshly, wanted naval blockade and secret treaties.
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why didn’t lloyd george like wilson’s ideas of self determination?
because colonial freedom was a threat to the british empire
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why would a weak german economy cause issues for britain?
they were important trading partners
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when did the kaiser abdicate
november 1918
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why did germany contact wilson first?
because of his fourteen points
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5 important terms of the armistice
german troops to evacuate belgium and other occupied areas within 2 weeks, give up many of its heavy weapons, naval blockade on germany, accept blame, evacuate the rhineland
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what was the paris peace conference?
talks at the versailles palace to replace the temporary armistice with a permanent peace treaty
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who wasn’t invited to the peace conferences + why?
germany and austria-hungary bc they were losers
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why did the talks last six months?
no one wanted another war and had no idea how to achieve this and the disagreements caused it to be 6 months
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what was the treaty of versailles?
the treaty that only dealt with germany and was signed in june 1919
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what happened to alsace lorraine?
germany lost it due to the armistice
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what happened to the polish territory?
germany had to give up their polish territory because the treaty rebuilt poland as independent
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what was the polish corridor?
a strip of land given to poland so they could have access to the sea
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what was the saar and what happened to it?
a region with valuable coalfields, it was taken from germany for 15 years and governed by the LoN. the residents could vote for which country they wanted to belong to
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how was taking the saar party french revenge?
because many of frances coal mines were destroyed in the war