POWER AND AUTHORITY: Survey

Question 1

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 1

To solve the problems after WWI and maintain peace.

Question 2

What was Woodrow Wilson’s characteristics?

Answer 2

1. Wished to make the world ‘safe for democracy’.

2. An idealist - wanted to end secret treaties and alliances.

Question 3

What was Georges Clemenceau’s characteristics?

Answer 3

Nicknamed ‘the tiger’ because of his motives for revenge to Germany.

Question 4

What was Lloyd George’s characteristics?

Answer 4

1. He accepted many of Wilson’s ideas.

2. British campaigned ‘hang the Kaiser’ and ‘make Germany pay’.

Question 5

What were the military grievances for Germany in the ToV?

Answer 5

1. Reduced to 100 000 soldiers.
2. No tanks or air force allowed.
3. U-boats and navy were restricted.

Question 6

What were the economic grievances for Germany in the ToV?

Answer 6

1. Accept full responsibility - War Guilt Clause 231.
2. Pay reparations of 6.6 billion pounds.
3. Coal and timber given to France every year.

Question 7

What were the territorial grievances for Germany in the ToV?

Answer 7

1. Lost significant land to Poland.
2. The Rhineland was demilitarised.
3. To give up all overseas colonies including parts of Africa.
4. The Alsace-Lorraine returned to France.

Question 8

What was the key feature in the Treaty of Sevres, Turkey?

Answer 8

1. Ottoman empire lost land in Greece.

2. Empire in middle east became mandates to France and Britain.

Question 9

What were some of the consequences of the Treaties?

Answer 9

1. Rejection of racial equality clause encouraged anti-west feeling in Japan.
2. Fuel hatred in Germany for the rise of dictators.