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International Relations: Topic II - Peacemaking 1918-1919 and the League of Nations

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widespread starvation due to British blockade of ports
most fighting had taken place in France - destruction of infrastructure and farming land
number of French people who had to flee their homes
number of French homes destroyed
dominant attitude of French after the war
no serious damage but heavily in debt
amount of money Britain owed to the USA
resources (such as crops or machinery) used by Germany in war, devastation
heavy casualties, gave up huge areas at western boarders to Germany (Treaty of Best-Litovsk)
Russian revolution
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
ment Russia had to give up much land to Germany and the Ottoman empire and marked Russia's exit from World War I
Paris Peace Conference
number of states attending the Paris Peace Conference
number of defeated powers attending the Paris Peace Conference
Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George
president of the USA
prime minister of France
prime minister of Great Britain
14 points, self determination, punishment of Germany (not too harshly), League of Nations, Germany should not be made to pay cost of war damage
people of different national groups have the right to rule themselves
Georges Clemenceau becomes French prime minster promising to win the war for France and to make sure Germany would never be able to cause such devastation in France again
gaining back Alsace and Lorraine, Germany should pay war damage, Germany should lose land at French boarder (security from future German attack)
David Lloyd George becomes British prime minister
promise made by Lloyd George in the election campaign
did not want to treat Germany too harshly as it could be a future trading partner
Treaty of Versailles
Alsace and Lorraine returned to ______
Eupen and Malmedy went to ______
North Schleswig went to ______
West Prussia, Posen and parts of Upper Silesia went to ______
Germany lost all land taken from ______ in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania became ______
Danzig was made a ______
the Memel was taken by the ______
the ______ controlled the Saar
the coalfield of the Saar were controlled by ______
time of control the League of Nations had over the Saar
______ lost all its colonies
______ with Austria was forbidden
Germany's overall loss of land
Germany's overall loss of population
Germany's overall loss of coalfields
Germany's overall loss of iron and steel industry
number of men Germany's army was limited to
______ was banned
______ were not allowed to Germany
number of battleships Germany's navy was limited to
the Rhineland was ______
no German troops were allowed in the Rhineland/near the French boarder
amount of time the allies were to keep an army of occupation in the Rhineland
Germany had to accept the responsibility of causing the war
Germany's reparations as set in 1919
amount of time in which Germany was supposed to pat back its reparations
German government signs armistice
name given to the German government after signing the armistice which was objected by many Germans
Judiciary of the League of Nations
Executive of the League of Nations
Legislature of the League of Nations
permanent members of the Council
amount of times the Council came together
each member in the Council had a ______ allowing to stop an entire decision process
period of membership for temporary members in the Council
major decisions made by the Assembly had to be ______
refusal to trade with members of the League of Nations
telling off by the League of Nations
military action taken by the League of Nations
Aaland Islands Crisis
Corfu Crisis
number of member countries of the League of Nations in 1919
number of member countries of the League of Nations by 1930s
nickname given to the League of Nations as defeated countries were not allowed to join
Germany joins the League of Nations
Germany and Japan leave the League of Nations
Russia joins the League of Nations
Collective Security
any member of the League of Nations threatened with war was to be protected by other members
Manchurian Crisis
percentage of industrial and employment decrease of Japan between 1929 and 1931
Washington Naval Agreements
Japan agreed to build 3 ships for for every 5 ships built by Great Britain
explosion at South Manchurian Railway
leader of Commission of Inquiry to investigate events in Manchuria
Lord Lytton's report is published
amount of time it took the League of Nations to investigate the Manchurian Crisis
Japan starts to invade the Jehol province
Japan begins major invasion of China
Abyssinian Crisis
Italy's first attempt to take over Abyssinia (failed)
Treaty of Friendship signed between Italy and Abyssinia
Great Britain, France and Italy sign Stresa Pact
Italy attacks Abyssinia
leader of Abyssinia
British Foreign Secretary
French Prime Minister
Hoare-Laval Pact
Italian troops enter Addis Ababa
Abyssinian capital
Hitler remilitarises the Rhineland
Hitler and Mussolini sign Rome-Berlin-Axis

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