Facts about TOV
Which countries signed the ToV?
Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia)
The winners of WWI held this country responsible for the start of WWI.
Germany
What governments collapsed after the ToV?
Russian, German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman
The goal was to create an organisation that would prevent war and resolve conflict by discussing issues in a peaceful manner.
Which Article was collective security part of?
Article X
All decisions were made by the Council of Four. Who were the four?
UK, US, France, and Italy
What was America's primary concern?
To rebuild Europe and avoid harsh treatment of Germany.
What nations were created as a result of the ToV?
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Croatia.
What was the only "punishment" that the League of Nation impose on nations?
What was the idea of collective security?
If one nation was under threat, the others would have to defend it even if it was of no interest to themselves and regardless of the outcome.
How did the TOV effect Germany?
It required them to accept sole responsibility for starting the war.
The formal term used to refer to the bitter feeling in Germany created by the Treaty of Versailles.
What is resentment?
This ignited hatred in Germany and served as a starting factor of WWI.
What is the War-Guilt Clause?
Who were the major powers that were absent from the League of Nations?
USA never joined, USSR and Germany excluded
What's the problem with Collective Security?
obliged nations to give up their freedom of action and also nations might be forced to go to war against other nations with whom they might have a good relationship with
What was China's expectations from the ToV?
As part of the winning side, China expected to regain German territorial possessions in China like Shandong.
List three things that Germany had to do after signing the Treaty of Versailles.
1. Demilitarize 2. Pay reparations to the allies 3. Give up all of their overseas colonies
The violation of the treaty that occurred in 1935.
What is Germany’s re-introduction of military conscription?
What treaty was signed between USSR and Germany as the result of their exclusion from the League of Nation?
The Treaty of Rapallo of 1922
What is new about collective security?
In the past there was individual alliance, now everyone would join in to protect countries that are under attack.
US. President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were...
A plan for postwar peace
This man was the leader of France during the Treaty writing process...
Georges Clemenceau
This big idea influenced the US when it decided not to join the League of Nations.
Isolationism
What is the aim that called for the creation of the League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson's 14th point
What was the effect of the absence of three major powers on collective security?
The absence of three major powers, USA, Germany and USSR meant that collective security had little chance of succeeding