Transcript 4-Ch.-29-sec.-4-Answersx

Ch. 29 sec. 4 Answers
1. Where (building) did the Paris Peace
Conference begin?
1. Where (building) did the Paris Peace
Conference begin?
• … Palace of Versailles
2. List the Big Four at the conference
and where they were from.
2. List the Big Four at the conference
and where they were from.
• … Woodrow Wilson (U.S.), Georges
Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George
(G.B.), Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
3. What was President Wilson’s peace
proposal known as?
3. What was President Wilson’s peace
proposal known as?
• …Fourteen Points
4. Define self-determination.
4. Define self-determination.
• … allowing people to decide for themselves
under what gov’t they wished to live…
5. What two sides signed the Treaty of
Versailles?
5. What two sides signed the Treaty of
Versailles?
• Germany and Allies (U.S. ?)
6. What was the League of Nations
and what was its goal?
6. What was the League of Nations
and what was its goal?
• international association whose goal would be
to keep peace among nations
7. What was Article 231 of the treaty
also known as?
7. What was Article 231 of the treaty
also known as?
• …”War Guilt” Clause
8. Since Germany was given sole responsibility
for the war, what did they have to pay the
Allies?
8. Since Germany was given sole responsibility
for the war, what did they have to pay the
Allies?
• Reparations (payments for damages)
9. All of Germany’s territories became
mandates. What are mandates?
9. All of Germany’s territories became
mandates. What are mandates?
• … territories to be administered by the League
of Nations
10. List four new countries that were created
out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
10. List four new countries that were created
out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• … Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
11. The Ottoman Turks were left with the
territory that makes up which modern day
country?
11. The Ottoman Turks were left with the
territory that makes up which modern day
country?
• … Turkey
12. List four independent nations that
were created from Russian territory.
12. List four independent nations that
were created from Russian territory.
• … Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
13. Did the United States accept or
reject the Treaty of Versailles?
13. Did the United States accept or
reject the Treaty of Versailles?
• Rejected!
14. What did many Americans believe
was their best hope for peace?
14. What did many Americans believe
was their best hope for peace?
• … stay out of European affairs.
15. Why was Japan and Italy embittered by
the outcome of the peace treaties?
15. Why was Japan and Italy embittered by
the outcome of the peace treaties?
• … They had gained less territory than they
wanted.