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23 Cards in this Set
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Introduction
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After the disasters of the Great World, countries across Europe tried to re-cooperate from the War, focusing on their own well-being opposed to World Peace.
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Themes
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1- Destruction
2- Economic 3- Treaty of Versailles 4- Ideology 5- League of Nations |
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Destruction- Death
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Deaths 8-10 million (more than any other)
i. Broken Families |
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Destruction- Gender
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Lack of men
i. Women started having more rights, movement towards gender equality (pants, ect.) |
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Destruction- Nature
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Lost Land to Trenches
i. French upset, destruction of nature, wild life ect. (not on other battlefields) |
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Destruction- Closing Sentence
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The world never saw such destruction as it did in WWI, causing Europe as a whole to greive in a period of loss, disappointment for all parties, and social unrest.
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Economic- Inflation
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1923- Ger. Hyper-inflation
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Economic- World Conferences
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Genoa Conference 1922: World economic conference, FAILED – US didn’t come, France didn’t let R & Ger come
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Economic- Plans
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1924 Dawes plan & 1929 Young Plan
i. US had money, other countries needed, reparations took a heavy toll on all |
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Economic- Closing Sentence
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Economic strife and hardship caused countries and citizens to be have more protectionist policies and ignore other countries until they were back on their feet with money in their pockets.
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Treaty of Versailles- 14 Points
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Wilson’s 14 Points, for peace, included League of Nation
i. Lost US’s support for LofN, wasn’t followed as Britain & France had different aims |
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Treaty of Versailles- War Guilt
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War Guilt Clause
i. Germany was very upset, would cause the next war, unfair clause |
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Treaty of Versailles- German Government
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New German Government- Weimar republic not invited to come
i. Further unrest, blamed for loosing the war |
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Treaty of Versailles- Historiography
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“This is not a peace treaty. It is an armistice for 20 years” Field Marshall Foch 1919 (organized signing)
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Ideology- Communism
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1917 Bolshevik October Revolution Lenin
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Ideology- Fascism
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Fascism emerged- disruption & failure of government
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Ideology- Mussolini
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1922 Mussolini Fascism
i. Fascism emerged when Italy became a state |
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Ideology- Closing Sentence
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Extremist Ideology which emerged from social unrest after WWI would be the predominate issue in the 20th century
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League of Nations- Failed Conflict
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Invasion of the Ruhr, 1923
i. Acted against its own rule, rules didn’t apply to great powers |
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League of Nations- Successful Conflict
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Upper Silesia 1922
i. League investigated civil dispute & split the land- success |
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League of Nations- Failed Conflict (Mussolini)
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1935 Italy invasion of Abyssinia
i. Ineffective economic sanctions, No military force (no vested interest in this poor, random country) |
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League of Nations- Closing Sentence
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Countries neglect of the league of nations and its rules in favor of isolationist policies allowed countries to act without consequence
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Clever Twist
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“We go to war for peace but we often settle for further war” Churchill
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