Emergence of Peace-Building Efforts

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering the emergence of peace-building efforts, diplomatic treaties, and social justice movements after World War I.

Hague Peace Conferences ($1899$ and $1907$)

The international meetings where the concept of the League of Nations was officially discussed before its formal creation.

League of Nations

Founded on January $10$, $1920$, this organization aimed to resolve international disputes peacefully and was developed by a $19$-member committee chaired by Woodrow Wilson.

Fourteen Points

The set of principles introduced by President Woodrow Wilson which included the initial idea for the League of Nations.

Washington Naval Conference of $1921$-$1922$

A major international effort by Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy to limit the total tonnage of their battleships and aircraft carriers.

Geneva Protocol of $1924$

A proposal by Ramsay MacDonald and Edouard Herriot that required members to participate in a conference to limit armaments and established rules for countries that start disputes.

Locarno Peace Pact, $1925$

A series of treaties initiated by German Foreign Minister Stresemann that confirmed the demilitarisation of the Rhineland and included a non-attack agreement between Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy.

Pact of Paris (Kellogg-Briand Pact of $1928$)

A major post-World War I agreement signed by $15$ nations to renounce war as a method for solving international disputes, initiated by Aristide Briand and Frank Kellogg.

Anti-Colonial Movement

A post-war movement for freedom from colonial oppression led by figures such as Mohandas K. Gandhi in India, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, and Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya.

Labour activism ($1919$)

A period of increased strikes and protests, including a strike by over four million American workers (one-fifth of the workforce), which led to the creation of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Women’s rights (Post-World War I)

A period of significant improvement in status for women, characterized by many countries granting voting rights in recognition of their wartime roles in factories and military services.