1 / 12

Mandate System

Mandate System. During World War I, Great Britain & France agreed to divide up large portions of Ottoman Empire in the Middle East After the war, “ mandate system ” gave Great Britain & France control over lands that became: Iraq, Transjordan, and Palestine (British controlled)

eyre
Download Presentation

Mandate System

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Mandate System • During World War I, Great Britain & France agreed to divide up large portions of Ottoman Empire in the Middle East • After the war, “mandate system” gave Great Britain & France control over lands that became: • Iraq, Transjordan, and Palestine (British controlled) • Syria and Lebanon (French controlled). • This division of Ottoman Empire (through mandate system) led to future conflicts in Middle East

  2. THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES, 1919

  3. THE BIG FOUR

  4. David Lloyd-George [Great Britain] Woodrow Wilson [USA] Vittorio Orlando [Italy] Georges Clemenceau [France]

  5. Woodrow Wilson - USA • President of the USA • Wilson was an idealist and reformer, who wanted to build a better and more peaceful world • He didn’t want the Treaty to be too harsh as he believed this would lead to revenge • He wanted to set up a peace keeping body – The League of Nations

  6. David Lloyd George – Great Britain • He was a realist • An experienced politician who realized there must be compromise • But the people of Britain wanted revenge • He knew this would lead to war but he represented the people

  7. George Clemenceau - France • Clemenceau had seen France invaded by Germany in 1870 and 1914, he wanted to make sure this would never happen again • France had suffered greatly during the War they wanted compensation and revenge • Uncompromising

  8. Vittorio Orlando - Italy • Wanted land and territory for Italy • Walked out of the meeting when he didn’t get his way in April 1919 • Returned to sign the Treaty in May

  9. Wilson’s Plan for Peace President Wilson’s goals for peace after World War I, known as the Fourteen Points, included the following: · an end to secret agreements among nations · freedom of the seas, free trade, and a limit on arms • · allow national groups to choose which government they wished to live under – concept known as self-determination • 14th point = League of Nations

  10. TREATY OF VERSAILLES, 1919 The Treaty was designed to cripple Germany militarily, territorially and economically REVENGE ON GERMANY WAR GUILT CLAUSE Germany had to accept blame for starting WW1 GERMANY’S MILITARY FORCES REDUCED NO UNION WITH AUSTRIA - Army restricted to 100,000 men. - No modern weapons such as tanks, military air force. - Navy could not have battle ships over 10,000 tons and no U-Boats. THE TERMS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES 1919 REPARATIONS Germany forced to pay massive fine for war damages - 1,000,000,000 Marks (6.6bn pounds). GERMAN OVERSEAS TERRITORRIES RHINELAND TO BE DE-MILITARISED Germany lost Chinese ports, Pacific Islands, and African colonies Area in between France & Germany GERMAN NATIONAL TERRITORY • Germany lost national territory which was given to Belgium and Denmark, most went to Poland. • Alsace-Lorraine returned to the French

  11. The map of Europe was redrawn The Great War was to see the collapse of four continental empires. These were to be replaced by new nation states. LEAGUE OF NATIONS SUMMARY VIDEO 

More Related