APEH 8.4 Terms: Versailles Conference and Peace Settlement

Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States who pushed the formation of the League Of Nations

Georges Clemenceau

Prime Minister of France that pushed to punish Germany and find reparations

David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of Britain

Big Three

The three nations who dominated the Paris Peace Conference: United States, Britain, France

War Guilt Clause

A clause signed where Germany (and Austria) admitted all guilt for the war

Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, German Empire

The three empires dissolved from the Treaty of Versailles

Poland, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland

The new states made from the dissolved empires during the Treaty of Versailles

League of Nations

An organization across Europe to avoid future wars

Mandate System

In which Britain took control of Iraq and Palestine, France took control of Syria and Lebanon. A thin veil for imperialism

National Self-Determination

The idea that the people get to determine their national identity through voting, elections, etc