1920's KQ1 - Significant People

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A French politician nicknamed "the tiger" for promoting his harsh punishments for Germany via the Treaty of Versailles. Presided over the Paris Peace Conference as France's PM and predicted a German re-emergence during the interwar period (1920's and 1930's).

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Georges Clemenceau

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PM of the U.K. who presided over the Paris Peace Conference. Supported collecting reparations from Germany, but feared the negative consequences of a possible economic collapse.

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David Lloyd George

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A British economist who opposed reparations against Germany and predicted the forthcoming economic collapse in 1923. He lobbied Lloyd George unsuccessfully at the PPC to remove reparation from the Treaty of Versailles.

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John Maynard Keynes

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The French minister of finance who sought maximum reparations from Germany during the Paris Peace Conference, coining the phrase "Germany must pay"

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Louis Klotz

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Italian Prime Minister who left the Paris Peace Conference in protest after he was denied the Balkan territories promised to Italy in 1915 via the Treaty of London.

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Vittorio Orlando

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A Bolshevik inspired revolutionary who seized power in Hungary during the "red terror" and attempted to re-expand its borders (reduced via the treaty of Trianon). Defeated by a coalition of Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and France; removed from power by the "white terror" (a violent anti-communist movement) in 1920.

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Bela Kun

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The founder of the Turkish Republic in the aftermath of the Ottoman Empire's collapse. Known for modernizing and industrializing the Turkish State. Rejected the allies 1st attempt to punish Turkey in 1919 via the Treaty of Sevres.

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Mustafa Kemal "Ataturk"

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The British and French diplomats who during WWI secretly partitioned what would become the Middle Eastern Mandates of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine under British and French 'supervision.'

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Sykes and Picot

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A Polish military leader and politician who was considered the founding father of the Polish State after WWI. From 1926 - 1935 he is sometimes classified as a dictator, having virtually no political opposition.

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Joseph Pilsudski

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Leader of the "white terror" movement in Hungary in response to Bela Kun's communist revolution. Would create a staunchly anti-communist state under his dictatorship.

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Miklos Horthy