Plans for Peace

Question 1

Which positions did Britain’s prime minister support at the Paris Peace Conference? Check all that apply.He wanted to preserve Britain’s trading relationship with Germany.He advocated for Germany’s armed forces to be dismantled.He felt Germany should be broken up into two smaller countries.He supported forcing Germany to return the Alsace-Lorraine to France.He sought to create a secret alliance with Germany to ensure future peace.He believed treating Germany harshly would lead to future conflicts.

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A: He wanted to preserve Britain’s trading relationship with Germany.; B: He advocated for Germany’s armed forces to be dismantled.; F: He believed treating Germany harshly would lead to future conflicts.

Question 2

A year before the “Fourteen Points” speech, President Wilson said a peace agreement should

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A: have worldwide support to ensure it lasts.

Question 3

Read the passage from President Wilson’s "Fourteen Points” speech.The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace.

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A: free trade among countries.

Question 4

democracycolonialismpro-determinationself-determination

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D: self-determination

Question 5

Which scenario best fits President Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” vision?

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C: Germany and Austria determine how their governments should run.

Question 6

What convinced Germany to sign an armistice ending World War I?

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D: the United States’ “Fourteen Points” plan for peace

Question 7

France’s prime minister Georges Clemenceau demanded that Germany make reparations and

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D: give up land it had seized.

Question 8

Read the passage from President Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech.What we demand in this war . . . is that the world be made fit and safe to live in; and particularly that it be made safe for every peace-loving nation which, like our own, wishes to live its own life, determine its own institutions, be assured of justice and fair dealing by the other peoples of the world as against force and selfish aggression.

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B: the right of every country to use self-determination to govern itself

Question 9

During peace negotiations, Britain’s prime minister David Lloyd George

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C: signaled a compromise on Germany.

Question 10

What were the goals behind the creation of the League of Nations? Check all that apply.to foster international cooperationto foster control of trade marketsto promote open diplomacyto promote secret treatiesto prevent future conflictsto prevent future disarmament

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A: to foster international cooperation; C: to promote open diplomacy; E: to prevent future conflicts

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