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35 Cards in this Set
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Who was the leader of France?
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Georges Clemenceau
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Who was the leader of US?
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Woodrow Wilson
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Who was the leader of Britain?
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Lloyd George
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The money that Germany had to pay to the other counties was called ____________
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reparations
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What is collective security?
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peace in the world because there is a way for different countries to talk to each other
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What year was the Paris Peace Conference?
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1919
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What was Wilson's big idea?
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League of Nations, collective security, 14 points, national self-determination
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Why did Britain want a peaceful atmosphere?
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so trade could recover
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What was France's main concern?
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Germany would attack again
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What happened to Alsace Lorraine?
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Returned to France from Germany
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What is self-determination
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The ability for a people to choose their own government
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What happened to Rhineland?
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was de-militarized - Germany could not use it for military purposes
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What happened to Saar Valley
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given to France until 1935
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What was the War Guilt clause?
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Clause 231 of Versailles Treaty, meant that Germany gets all blame for the war
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What happened to Poland?
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got bigger, got some German land
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What happened to the German military
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much smaller, no air force, very small navy
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What happened to German colonies?
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mandates controlled by League of Nations
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What happened with US and League of Nations?
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US government would not approve, so US did not join
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What is Anschluss?
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Austria union with Germany
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What happened to Anshluss?
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not allowed
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What happened to Austro-Hungarian Empire?
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split into several countries
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What country was created with the Czechs and Slovaks?
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Czechoslovakia
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What country was created with the serbians, Croatians?
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Yugoslavia
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What was the Sudentenland?
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An area given to Czechoslovakia, but where Germans lived
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What happened to the Ottoman Empire?
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split apart into mandates
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Who was the "tiger"
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Clemenceau
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What were the 14 points?
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Wilson's ideas about how to make world peace
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What was the most humiliating thing for Germans?
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the War Guilt clause
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which leader wanted the highest reparations?
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clemenceau
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Why did Clemenceau want revenge?
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so many French people died during the war
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Why did WIlson want world peace?
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Help America grow economically
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how did Germans feel about the Treaty of Versailles?
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felt humiliated
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what is the difference between Paris Peace Conference and Versailles Treaty
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there were several treaties signed at the Paris Peace Conference. One of them was the Treaty of Versailles
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Why did France want to weaken Germany?
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so that Germany could not invade France again
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What did Keynes think of the reparations?
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they were too high
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