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chp 31:2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did FDR's New Deal plan to stimulate the American Economy? | Increased government spending on public work projects. |
| What is a Plebiscite? | A referendum or vote to determine whether the Saar valley would belong to Germany or France. |
| How did the Locarno Treaties of 1925 mark a major turning point in international affairs? | It showed the effective working relationship between Briand and Stresemann. |
| Why did the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 cause Alarm across Europe? | European countries feared communist countries in their own nations. |
| Even though France was adamant on keeping Germany as weak as possible after WWI, why did Brittan and the USA want to help Germany recover? | Trade purposes. |
| What is Isolationism? | Keeping out of foreign affairs. |
| What country followed that policy after World War I ended? | The USA. |
| Why was Italy frustrated and humiliated with the Paris peace talks? | They did not get the land they wanted. |
| Which leaders made up the Council of Four at the Paris Peace Conference? | Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando and David Lloyd George. |
| The Treaty of Mutual Guarantee stated that these TWO countries would come to the assistance of any country that was attacked in Violation of the Locarno Treaties. | Brittan and Italy. |
| President Woodrow Wilson's speech to Congress in January of 1918, which outlined his vision for the future, was called this. | The Fourteen Points. |
| What was Georges Clemenceau's nickname because of the way he wanted to destroy Germany Economically and military? | The Tiger |
| Which Russian leader was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in 1917? | Csar Nicholas II |
| According to the Treaty of Versailles, the territories of Alsace and Lorraine were returned to this country. | France |
| Uncontrollable inflation, lack of democratic tradition, a large number of political parties and anger due to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles were all problems facing this German government. | The Weimar Republic |
| Which European country suffered greatly due to large war debts? | Germany |
| Reconciling the differences between these TWO European nations at the Paris Peace conference proved to be the most challenging for peacemakers. | Germany and France |
| What was the Dawes Plan | American plan to provide loans to Germany to help them pay their reparations. |
| What was the Young Plan | It lowered German reparations from 6.6 Billon to 2 Billion. |
| Why did the French occupy the Ruhr Valley in 1923? | To force Germany to pay reparations. 2 Billion pounds. |
| President Wilson believed that the most important aspect of his Fourteen points was the creation of an international organization to maintain peace called this. | The League of Nations |
| What are Mandates? | Territory taken from defeated nations and given to another country to administer. |
| What agreements were made at the Washington Naval Conference? | Japanese navy had to reduce to 3/5 of the British and US navy. No new naval bases are to be built near Japan. Japan had to remove their troops from China. Western powers protect china from invasion. |
| What was the goal of Comintern? | Encourage world wide communist revolution. |
| What treaty Russia out of World War I and granted Germany some Russian land? | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| What is the term for the principle that people of a common nationality should have the right to form their own nations and govern themselves? | Self-Determination |
| The Kellogg-Briand pact, which was agreed to by 65 nations, renounced _______________ as an instrument of national policy? | war |
| Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party in Russia? | Vladimir Lenin |
| Bank Closings, unemployment and business failures all ______________ during the Great Depression. | increased |
| How did the uncompromising position of Georges Clemenceau cause issues for the peacemakers of the Paris Peace talks? | France was unwilling to compromise on the harsh treatment of Germany. |
| What is a Dictator? | An absolute ruler who controls a country without democratic institutions. |
| What part of the Treaty of Versailles placed the blame for the start of WWI on Germany? | The War Guilt Clause |