Conflict and Tension
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- Created on: 13-04-18 18:31
Conflict and tension
Four questions:
· How do you know source question (4 marks)?
· How useful are source E and F (12 marks)?
· Write an account (8 marks)
· How far essay question (16 marks)
Focus 1- The treaty of Versailles
1. The Paris peace conference
· People suffered in the war losing homes and jobs.
· After the war there were food shortages
· People wanted Germany to pay for their problems
· First 6 months were spent dealing with Germany
· Conference lasted 2 years
2. The aims of the big three – George Clemenceau (France)
· Revenge- wanted to weaken Germany
· Motivated by the serious damage to France
· Make Germany pay
· Wanted to make sure Germany would never be a threat again
3. The aims of the big three- David Lloyd George (Britain)
· Justice for the British public
· Not to punish too harshly
· Keep Britain as a world power
· Maintain strong trade
· Avoid another war
4. The aims of the big three- Woodrow Wilson
· Fair peace
· His fourteen points
· Disarmament
· League of nations
· Avoid another war
· Self determination
5. Terms of the treaty
· Pay £6600 million
· Accept the blame
· Had overseas empire taken away
· Military restrictions (no air force, no tanks, no submarines, army limited to 100,000 men and no conscription)
6. How satisfied were the allies? - George Clemenceau (France)
· Happy to get Alsace-Lorraine territory back
· Happy with the fine- helped to rebuild France
· Felt safer thanks to the military limits
· Still unhappy that Germany was not destroyed and crippled financially.
7. How satisfied were the allies? – David Lloyd George (Britain)
· Happy with reduced navy as Britain remained a main sea power
· British empire expanded as they were given some German colonies
· Unhappy with the huge fine as it hurt trade with Germany
8. How satisfied were the allies? – Woodrow Wilson (USA)
· Happy with the creation of the league of nations
· Not happy with the harshness of the treaty as he feared future revenge
· Didn’t like that Britain and France strengthened their empires as he believed in self determination
9. German reaction
· Created the word ‘diktat’ which means dictated peace
· Felt weak and worried about their ability to defend themselves
· Complained about a double standard as there were the only nation forced to disarm.
· Feared the high payments would cripple them
· Couldn’t recover and suffered hyperinflation in the 1920’s
· Lost an important area of defence (land on the border with France)
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