2.1 Why was there dissatisfaction with the peace settlements of 1919–20?
US President Woodrow Wilson outlined his vision for future world peace in this
What is his Fourteen Points speech?
Under Benito Mussolini, this became the first fascist state in the world.
What is Italy?
This major nation never joined the League of Nations, despite its president helping create it
What is the United States?
This plan reduced tension by easing German reparations, cutting the total from £6.6 billion to £2 billion and ending foreign controls on Germany’s economy, it admitted the original demands were “too high and unrealistic."
What is the Young Plan?
This U.S. president championed the creation of the League of Nations, even though his own country never joined.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
•: a newly formed state whose territory and population were previously under the sovereignty of another state.
What is a Successor State?
Caused by the reparation terms of the Treat of Versailles.
What is German hyperinflation?
The aim of the Genoa Conference (1922)
What is ways of easing post-war economic problems?
This 1924 plan helped calm tensions by getting France out of the Ruhr and giving Germany loans so it economy could recover.
What is the Dawes Plan?
This main decision‑making body of the League met annually in Geneva and required unanimous votes for its resolutions.
What is the General Assembly?
The reason the new Russian leader, Lenin, believed that it was essential for Russia to end its involvement in the First World War.
What is to establish his Bolshevik government?
This crisis happened because France and Belgium were angered by German's inability to pay reparations.
What is the Ruhr crisis?
The network of alliances France made with countries including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia, in an attempt to gain greater security.
What became known as the “Little Entenete”?
This 1921 dispute between Sweden and Finland was peacefully resolved by the League, which decided the territory should remain under Finnish control.
What is the Åland Islands dispute?
United States, United Kingdom, and France
Who are the Big Three that negotiated the Treaty of Versailles at Paris Peace Conference to dictate peace terms?
This incident occurred when Italy defied the Paris Peace Conference terms, taking possession of the Adriatic port of Fiume. Misunderstanding that Greece killed 4 Italians, Mussolini ordered bombardment and occupation of the Greek island until Greece paid a substantial amount of compensation.
In the US, fear that revolution might spread from communist Russia led to a nationwide panic known as
What is the Red Scare?
This meeting between nations led to formally recognized borders, agreed-upon reparations, mutual defense pacts, and a working relationship between France and Britain.
What is the Locarno Conference?
The League failed to prevent Poland’s occupation and eventual annexation of this city, largely because Britain and France supported Poland.
What is Vilna (Vilnius)?
What is isolationism?
The conference where The Five Power Treaty, The Four Power Treaty, and the Nine Power Treaty were written to ease tension in East Asia.
This document settled the borders of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, formally recognized the independence of the Republic of Turkey, with Kemal as head of state. Turkey’s requirement to pay reparations was ended. In effect, Turkey had become the first country to mount a successful formal challenge to the Paris peace settlement.
What is the Treaty of Lausanne (1923)?
This treaty was proposed as a result of the Locarno Conference which was held in order to address multiple issues. One of which was the fighting and military aggression between borders, therefore if any one of the countries involved were to violate the proposed Locarno treaties Britain and Italy would aid it.
What is the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee?
This structural rule, required in both the Assembly and the Council, slowed League decision‑making and allowed any member to block collective action.
What is the requirement for unanimity?