questions on ww1 test:
paris peace conference; what it was
describe wilsons 14 points:
describe the treaty of versilles in detail and the impact it had on germany and europe
describe why the US never ratified the treaty of versallies
the paris peace conference:
the meeting of the allied victors following the end of ww1 to set the peace terms fro german and other defeated nations, and to deal with the empires of the defeated pwoers following the armistice of 1918
it took place in paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more thatn 29 countries
they came up with a series of treatis ("peace of paris treaties) that reshaped the map of europe and the world and imposed guilt and stiff financial penalties on germany
four great powers:
great britain. italy, france, US
virsailles palace
the big four:
woodrow wilson- 14 points
speech delivered by wilson
to assure the country that ww1 was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in europe
other countries didn't like it because they thought it was too easy on germany
germany liked them; became the basis of germany's surrender
many of wilson's 14 points didn't happens
US never ratified the treaty
points were all about changing for the better of countries
for points go to US history daily summary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
david lloyd george- great britain
georges clemenceau- france
wanted to make sure they never had to worry about germany agian
vittorio orlando- itlay
left twice to protest
felt unrespected
major changes in europe over ww1:
russia lost a lot of land (were not invited)
lost finland, estonia, latvia, lithunia, part of poland, some of romania
yugoslavia died out
map of europe changed a lot because of hilter and stallion
treaty of versaillies:
territorial laws- germany lost land and colonies
the land that germany loses hitler gets back
millitary consequences:
no more than 100,000 men
no tanks, no subs-
league of nations didn't watch germany too closely
geramny broke the treaty eventually
france wanted a new country; didn't happen
germany couldn't move into the rhineland area
financial consequences:
germany getting countries taken away costed them a lot of money, the countries had a lot of resources on them
they also had to pay 33 billion dollars in reparations which put germany into a big depression
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