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Important Figures
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Paris Peace Conf.
America + Treaty
100
The leader of the rebellion in Russia.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
100
Wilson fought for the creation of this, a place where countries could meet and settle disagreements peacefully.
What is the League of Nations?
100
This country blockaded Germany in 1914
What is Britain?
100
Where did the conference take place?
What is Versailles?
100
The group of Senators who opposed any treaty with a League of Nations included.
What are the irreconcilables?
200
The British Prime Minister at the time
Who is David Lloyd-George?
200
Wilson's belief that it was the right of the people to choose their own government
What is self-determination?
200
Making peace with this country allowed Germany to focus their war efforts elsewhere.
What is Russia?
200
European leaders demanded Germany pay this for war damages.
What are reperations?
200
The large group of senators who were opposed to the treaty as it was written, some only wanted small changes.
What are the reservationists?
300
Who was the primary supporter of the creation of the League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
300
Wilson's outline of America's war aims
What are the Fourteen Points?
300
The renewal of this policy led to the sinking of merchant ships faster than they could be rebuilt.
What is unrestricted U-Boat warfare?
300
Wilson refused to ask any ranking Republican, including this foreign policy expert, to join him in his peace delegation.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
300
The refusal of the US government to do this killed any hope for the league of Nations to succeed.
What is compromise?
400
Who was the commander of American forces in Europe?
General John J Pershing
400
The conference where Wilson argued for the league of nations.
What is the Paris Peace Conference?
400
Germany surrendered here.
What is Compiegne, France?
400
The breaking up of this at the conference led to randomly clustered ethnic groups.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
400
Wilson's grueling campaigning for the treaty caused him to suffer one of these.
What is a stroke?
500
The leader of the reservationist movement in the senate.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
500
Wilson believed the war should end without this.
What is victory?
500
This ended the great German offensive
What is the Allies' military advantage?
500
Even though the League of Nations failed to secure peace in Europe, it led the groundwork for the creation of this.
What is the United Nations?
500
The number of different versions of the treaty that failed in the senate.
What is three?