World War I and the Treaty of Versailles

U.S. president Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points were

• A plan for postwar peace

• The basis for determining German reparations

• A charter for the League of Nations

• An outcome of the Treaty of Versailles

The Big Four who negotiated the Treaty of Versailles represented France, Great Britain, the United States, and what other nation?

• Germany

• Russia

• Spain

• Italy

Which of the following did the Treaty of Versailles NOT require of Germany?

• Payment of $33 billion to damaged nations

• Decrease of military

• Gained territory from other countries

• Assumed sole responsibility for the war

The main purpose of the League of Nations was to

• Keep the peace and prevent future wars

• Regulate commercial and economic competition

• Impose sanctions on aggressive nations

• Impose sanctions on aggressive nations

Why was the League of Nations unsuccessful at keeping peace?

• Breakup of colonial empires in Africa and Asia

• Decision of the U.S. not to join the League

• Opposition of League members to the Treaty of Versailles

• Rise of the Cold War between the U.S. and USSR

What is totalitarianism?

• Government that wants equal distribution of wealth

• Government that says peace is weakness

• Government that likes peace

• Government that has total control

Stalin created social control by all of these EXCEPT:

• Censor all media

• Distribute propaganda

• Replace religion with communist ideology

• Increase religion

The German people liked Hitler because:

• He did not follow the Treaty of Versailles

• Increased communication with the U.S.A.

• Promised to continue peace in Germany

• Promised to go to war with Timbuktu

Benito Mussolini created this type of government:

• Fascism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Democracy

All of the following were common to both Fascism and Communism EXCEPT:

• An equal society

• A one-party system

• A disregard for individual rights

• Use of propaganda