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32 Cards in this Set
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Who was the french representative at versailles |
George clemenceau |
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Why did clemenceau want to permanently cripple germany |
So they could not start another war |
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Who is the American representative at versailles |
Woodrow wilson |
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What did wilson want from the treaty |
A just and lasting leace |
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Why did he not want a harsh treaty |
America had not been badly damaged |
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Who was the British representative at versailles |
David Lloyd George |
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Why didn't he want to punish germany too harshly |
He thought it would start another war |
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What did France and Britain think about the free seas point |
France - reasonable as they can expand their colonies Britain - not happy as they thought that Britain's navy must remain the greatest |
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What was the war guilt clause and how did germany react |
It said that german had to accept blame for solely starting the war. They felt that it was extremely harsh |
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What was reparations and how did germany react |
Compensation for war damage set at £6,600 million. This was an enormous amount |
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What military restrictions were placed and how did germany react |
100,000 men No conscription No armoured vehicles, submarines or aircraft 6 battleships Rhineland demilitarised Germany were horrified as they had great pride in their armed forces |
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What were the 3 levels of sanctions |
1 moral condemnation 2 economic sanctions 3 military sanctions |
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Why did the USA not join the league |
The Congress did not approve the league, as they did not want to get dragged into another war and they thought economic sanctions would affect their trade |
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Why was America's absence a body blow |
Economic sanctions could not be effective |
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Who met about 5 times a year |
The council |
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Who met once a year |
The assembly |
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Who dealt with the leagues administration |
The secretariat |
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What were the 3 successes of the league in the 1920s |
Organised upper silesia Freed refugees Improved lives of many poor people |
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What did germany sign in 1925 |
The locarno treaties to say that their borders would remain unchanged |
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What happened in 1928 |
Most of the world powers signed the kellogg-briand pact, agreeing not to use force to settle disputes |
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What year did the manchurian crisis take place |
1931 |
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What was Japan excuse for invading manchuria |
They claimed that the Chinese had attacked their railway line |
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Why did the league fail to impose economic sanctions |
They knew that America would not support these sanctions |
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Why did the league fail to impose military sanctions |
Britain and France were still weak from the war |
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What years did the abyssinian crisis take place |
1934-36 |
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What happened in 1934 |
There was a dispute between Italian and Ethiopian (abyssinian) troops, and muss plink used this to claim that it was Italian land |
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What was the stresa pact |
The stresa pact of 1935 said that Britain, France and Italy would stand up to Hitler. Britain and France signed it as mussolini seemed to be their only ally against hitler |
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What did the league tell mussolini in 1935 |
They said he could have part of abbysina but he rejected it |
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What did mussolini do in October 1935 |
Invaded abyssinia |
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What did the league do |
Banned arms sales to Italy Banned loans to Italy Banned imports from Italy Banned exports of rubber and metals to italy |
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Why did Britain and France not close the suez canal |
They feared it would start a war with italy |
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How did Britain and France go behind the leagues back |
The hoare-laval pact was created by the 2 foreign ministers, and was to give mussolini 2/3 of abyssinia. However, mussolini declined the offer |
