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Costs of War
Paris Peace Conference
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations, Mandate System, or Self-Determination
Terms, People, and Places
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How many soldiers were killed in WW1?
More then 8.5 billion men
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When did the Paris Peace Conference meet?
January 12, 1919
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How many terms were in the Treaty of Versailles?
21 terms
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What was the mandate system used for?
To take control of the overseas territories until they could stand on their own. Also, to take over the Central Powers colonies.
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People who want to make extreme changes, and dream of building a new social order from the chaos.
Radicals.
200
How much did the Allies spend during WW1?
125,690,477,000 billion dollars or about 130 billion dollars
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What goal did French Leader Georges Clemenceau have?
To weaken Germany so that it could never threaten France
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What country was to blamed for war and had to pay reparations to the Allies?
Germany
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Why wasn't the United States apart of the League of Nations?
Wilson would not accept Lodge's compromises which then the Senate refused to ratify the treaty.
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What is a pandemic?
Spread of disease across a large area.
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How many civillians were estimated dead after WW1?
About 6 to 13 million civillians.
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What did British Prime Minister David Lloyd George promise?
Build a postwar Britain that was "Fit for heros". This would cost a lot of money.
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What costs were Reparations needed for?
Pay for damage caused by war and to pay for pensions given to Allied soldiers, their widows, or their families.
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What are 3 of the 8 nations that sought independence after WW1?
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia
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A system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all.
What is collective security.
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How much did the Central Powers spend during WW1?
60,643,160,000 billion dollars or about 61 billion
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What was the main goal of the Paris Peace Conference?
Put an end to the first World War.
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What land was given to France?
Alsace-Lorraine
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While the mandate system was in play, the non-Europeans felt betrayed by the peacemakers. Why?
They were all turned into British colonies.
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What are reparations?
Payments for war damage.
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What, other than war, killed more then 20 million people worldwide?
Influenza (The Flu)
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What did Wilson want?
"Peace without victory" based on the Fourteen Points
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What, other than the Alsace-Lorraine, did Germany lose?
Their overseas colonies.
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Was the United States apart of the League of Nations? Note: Wilson was the instigator of the League of Nations.
No.
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What is a mandate?
A system of territories administered by Western power.