History - Peacemaking & League of Nations

Question 1

What was signed in November 1918?

Answer 1

The armistice to end the First World War

Question 2

Who signed the armistice?

Answer 2

Germany

Question 3

What was the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 3

A conference to discuss the terms of a peace treaty

Question 4

Who was the leader of France?

Answer 4

George Clemenceau

Question 5

Who was the leader of Britain?

Answer 5

David Lloyd George

Question 6

Who was the leader of the USA?

Answer 6

Woodrow Wilson

Question 7

What was the main aims of Clemenceau?

Answer 7

Harsh treaty, cripple Germany, prevent future invasion

Question 8

What was Wilsons main aims?

Answer 8

Fourteen Points, Fair treaty, Self Determination, International co-operation

Question 9

What was Lloyd George’s main aims?

Answer 9

Under pressure for a harsh treaty but knew that wasn’t possible, trading

Question 10

What were the mains parts of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 10

War guilt, German armed forces, reparations, loss of territories, Anschluss, League of Nations

Question 11

What was a strength of the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 11

• Created LON to preserve peace
• Lenient towards Germany
• Less harsh than the German treaty on Russia

Question 12

What was a weakness of the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 12

• Left Germany with grievances
• Germany could not afford the reparations
• Britain and France fell out over reparations
  enough to make them want revenge, but not enough to stop Germany from recovering
• Wilson relied too much on the LON

Question 13

Name a reason why German disliked the Treaty

Answer 13

• Feelings of injustice
• Reparations
• Loss of territory
• LON
• Military terms
• War guilt cause

Question 14

What does reparations mean?

Answer 14

Repair, or provide compensation, for damage caused

Question 15

What does the term Demilitarised mean?

Answer 15

No armed forces of weapons

Question 16

What does Armistice mean?

Answer 16

A ceasefire

Question 17

What does Self-determination mean?

Answer 17

The right of nations to rule themselves

Question 18

How many original members where there in the LON?

Answer 18

42

Question 19

Which three important countries were not involved?

Answer 19

USA, Russia and Germany

Question 20

What idea was the League built on?

Answer 20

Collective security

Question 21

What was the Assembly?

Answer 21

Met three times a year, five permanent members, four temporary

Question 22

Which five countries were permanent members of the Council?

Answer 22

Britain, France, Italy, Japan and from 1926 Germany

Question 23

What does a Covenant mean?

Answer 23

A set of rules

Question 24

What does Economic Sanctions mean?

Answer 24

Restrictions on trade with another country

Question 25

What was the cause of the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 25

Japan invaded Manchuria over an ‘attack on Japanese troops by the Chinese on a Japanese railway.

Question 26

What did the league do to stop the Manchurian crisis?

Answer 26

Not much, Sent a commission which took a year, condemned the Japanese

Question 27

What was the Japanese’s reaction?

Answer 27

Left the league and remained in control of Manchuria

Question 28

What caused the Abyssinian Crisis?

Answer 28

Italy attacked Abyssinia’s borders, Abyssinia appealed to the league

Question 29

What was the league’s to the Abyssinian Crisis actions?

Answer 29

Offered part of Abyssinia, after Italy invaded they imposed economic sanctions

Question 30

What did Italy do in response to the league?

Answer 30

Italy invaded the whole of Abyssinia

Question 31

What plan did the French prime minister and the British foreign secretary come up with? and what was it called?

Answer 31

A plan to offer Mussolini most of Abyssinia, The Hoare-Laval Pact

Question 32

When was the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 32

1931-1933

Question 33

What was happening worldwide during the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 33

The Great (Economic) Depression

Question 34

How did Japan try to come over the depression?

Answer 34

By building an empire

Question 35

What were the effects of the loss for the league in the Manchuria Crisis?

Answer 35

Italy and Japan showed how they could get away with this

Question 36

What did Italy want and why in the Abyssinian Crisis?

Answer 36

They were poor and wanted more land

Question 37

Who was there a dispute between

Answer 37

Italy and the Abyssinian border

Question 38

What did Mussolini do because of this dispute?

Answer 38

Invade Abyssinia

Question 39

Who did Abyssinia ask for help?

Answer 39

The League of Nations

Question 40

What did the League do?

Answer 40

• First gave a morale condemnation offering him a part of Abyssinia, instead, he sent 100,000 men to Africa.
• Then banned arm sales to both sides, hurting Abyssinia more.

Question 41

Who still traded with Mussolini and why?

Answer 41

Britain and France as they needed the money - coal and iron

Question 42

What deal did Britain and France come up with and why?

Answer 42

• Hoare Larval pact
• Promising ⅔ of Abyssinia to Mussolini
• To keep Italy on their side not Hitler’s

Question 43

What happened to the Hoare Larval pact?

Answer 43

As it was in secret, it was found out and had to be stoped

Question 44

What did Mussolini then do after the hoare laval pact?

Answer 44

Left the league and took over Abyssinia