Exam 11: Historical Events Leading to the Creation of the League of Nations

……………. was signed in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany on March 1918.

The murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of ……and his wife, on June 28, 1914, by a fanatical Serbian student in Sarajevo (Bosnia) was the spark that set the World War off.

The U.S.A. declared war against Germany on April 6,…………..

By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine and the coal mines of the Saar basin to ………………….

In 1911………. seized the Ottoman Provinces of Tripoli and Cyrenaica which lead to the Balkan Wars.

In 1882……………. entered the Dual Alliance which now became the Triple Alliance.

Clemenceau was the Prime Minister of ………………

By the Treaty of Versailles, Germany surrendered Eupen and Malmedy to …………………

In 1907, …………….joined the 'Entente Cordiale', thus bringing into existence the Triple Entente, which pitted itself against the Triple Alliance.

With the news of the murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Austria decided to crush …………with the support of Germany.

Germany entered into a Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary on ……………...

In 1882, ……………joined the Dual Alliance and thus brought into existence the Triple Alliance.

The Fourteen Points was announced by President Woodrow Wilson of……………….

The Allied powers imposed the Treaty of Sevres upon …………..on August 10, 1920.

In 1904, ……………..entered into a defensive alliance with England known as the 'Entente Cordiale.'

Owing to the Franco-Prussian War of………….., France lost Alsace and Lorraine to Prussia.

In …………… Russia joined the Entente cordiale which became the Triple Entente.

The Russian Revolution of ………….. led to the establishment of Constitutional Monarchy in Russia.

The German Kaiser …………….declared that Germany was determined to become a world power and this would arouse rivalry with Britain.

To promote international co-operation and peace, the American President Woodrow Wilson decided to create the League of Nations at the ………………Peace Conference.