Paris Peace Conference

Question 1

When did the Paris Peace Conference take place?

Answer 1

January 1919

Question 2

Who represented which country of the big three?

Answer 2

George Clemenceau - France

Woodrow Wilson - USA

David Lloyd George - Britain

Question 3

What did Clemenceau want from the treaty?

Answer 3

Revenge and punishment

Germany to pay a high price

Disband German army

Return Alsace and Lorraine

Independent Rhineland

Question 4

What did Wilson want from the treaty?

Answer 4

Fair peace and a safe world based on the 14 points

Disarmament

LoN

Self-determination

Not to blame Germany for the war

Question 5

What did Lloyd George want from the treaty?

Answer 5

Compromise

Justice, not revenge

Improve British empire/trade

Safeguard Naval supremacy

Question 6

Why didn’t David Lloyd George want revenge on Germany?

Answer 6

He didn’t want to cause another war with the tensions

Question 7

What were some of the main 14 points?

Answer 7

Disarmament

Self-determination

No more secrets or barriers between countries

Independence

LoN

Question 8

On which of the 14 points did Clemenceau and Wilson agree?

Answer 8

German army to leave Russia

Belgium’s independence

France to reclaim territory taken by Germany

Self-determination for Austria-Hungary