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GCSE MODERN WORLD HISTORY
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS 1918-1945
THE PARIS PEACE
CONFERENCE 1919-1920
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How successful were the peace treaties?
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SECTION 2
THE PEACE CONFERENCE
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section you will
learn what the Paris Peace
Conference was, who attended and
what they wanted for their country.
outcomes are
You willLearning
consider
why the leaders
what you will know and
had different
aims
and
why
they
be able to do after the
could learning
not get activities
what they
wanted.
in this
next section.
GCSE Modern World History
The Paris Peace Conference 1919-1920
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The Paris Peace Conference
The main leaders at the Paris
Peace Conference
In January 1919 leaders of the Allied countries met in Paris to decide on the
The winners From
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different views about
Peace Conference. They met at the Palace ofClemenceau,
Versailles just Lloyd
outsideGeorge,
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peace terms. 32 countries were present but all
the major
decisions
were
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by the
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pay forClemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson. The ‘Big
Some countries
Three’
badly from
allgot
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andthe start and relations between them got worse
wanted revenge.
throughoutdestruction?
the conference, especially the relationship between Clemenceau
and Wilson. There were 5 peace treaties drawn up at the conference. The
main one was the Treaty of Versailles which dealt with Germany. Russia was
not invited because she fell out with the Allies, could not be trusted and had
become a Communist country. Besides, Russia had already made peace with
Germany.
Why would
making
peace be
difficult?
The losers were not
invited to the Peace
Conference.
The Peace Conference
was GCSE
in Paris.
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The Paris Peace Conference 1919-1920
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equipment
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had lost
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revenge.
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to
her
navy
and colonies
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weaken
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the
conference.
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nationalities
the
right
to
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USA
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