Midterm

Question 1

What was the Dreyfus Affair?

Answer 1

• Jewish Captain accused to be traitor

- Govt. Admitted they were wrong

Question 2

Why was the Dreyfus Affair significant?

Answer 2

Divided France between Pro Catholics and Anti-Clerics

Separation of Church and State

Question 3

What were the Rome Accords

Answer 3

Agreements between France and Italy in 1935

Question 4

Who signed the Rome Accords?

Answer 4

Laval and Mussolini

Question 5

What did the Rome Accords agree?

Answer 5

France agreed to give up some African territory to Italy in exchange for support against German Aggression

Question 6

What was the significance of the Rome Accords?

Answer 6

Shows that France was anticipating German Aggression

Question 7

What was the WSPU?

Answer 7

Women’s Social and Political Union

Question 8

Why was the WSPU significant?

Answer 8

Resulted in wider attention for Women’s Suffrage in the UK

Question 9

What did the Treaty of Lausanne do?

Answer 9

Ended the Turkish War

Question 10

Why was the Treaty of Lausanne significant?

Answer 10

Because the new Turkish government signed it.

Question 11

Which previous treaty did the new Turkish government reject?

Answer 11

Treaty of Sevres

Question 12

What was the Little Entente?

Answer 12

Alliance between Czechs, Romania and Yugoslavia to defend against Hungarians

Question 13

Why was the Little Entente significant?

Answer 13

Led to the assassination of the Yugoslav King and the French Foreign Sec

Question 14

What was the Triple Entente?

Answer 14

An alliance between GB, Fr and Russia

Question 15

Why was the Triple Entente significant?

Answer 15

Because it set out the allied side of WW2

Question 16

What was the TofV?

Answer 16

The peace treaty with DE that came out of the Paris Peace Conference

Question 17

Why was the TofV significant?

Answer 17

Because it is one of the main causes of WW2?

Question 18

What was the main German grievance wit the TofV?

Answer 18

Article 231-War Guilt Clause

Question 19

Which particular German leader responded negatively to the TofV?

Answer 19

Hitler

Question 20

What were the three significant parts of the TofV?

Answer 20

• DE Disarmament
• DE loss of territory
• Reparations

Question 21

What was the Treaty of Trianon?

Answer 21

The peace treaty between Hungary and Allies

Question 22

Why was the TofTrianon significant?

Answer 22

Disturbed the ethnic/culture of C. Europe

Question 23

Why did the TofTrianon disturb Hungary?

Answer 23

Hungary lost 3/4s of Ter. and 2/3s of Pop

Question 24

What was the LofN?

Answer 24

A union of countries founded during the LofN?

Question 25

Significance of LofN?

Answer 25

Major arbitrator of European affairs in 20th Century

Question 26

What were the Lorcano Treaties?

Answer 26

Treaty between Allies and new states setting out territory | Also made Germany promise not to go to war

Question 27

What was the significance of Lorcano?

Answer 27

Spirit of Lorcano | Angered Poland

Question 28

What was the Sykes Picot Agreement?

Answer 28

Secret British and French solution to Ottoman Empire