International History

• Treaty of Versailles

  The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany and the Allied Nations on June 28, 1919, formally ending World War One. The terms of the treaty required that Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies
• Treaty of Trianon

  The peace treaty imposed upon Hungary by the victorious Allies after World War I, as part of the Paris Peace Conference. Hungary had to accept the breakup of Austria‐Hungary.
• Treaty of Neuilly

  The treaty required Bulgaria: to cede Western Thrace to the Entente (which awarded it to Greece at the San Remo conference) thereby cutting off Bulgaria's direct outlet to the Aegean Sea.
• Treaty of Saint-Germain

  The treaty marked the official end of the First World War for Austria and for the majority of the states and kingdoms comprising the former Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Treaty of Sevres

  The 1920 Sèvres treaty was a pact between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire, officially dismantling the Empire and forcing it to relinquish claims to territories in North Africa and the Middle East.
• Washington Naval Conference

  Between 1921 and 1922, the world's largest naval powers gathered in Washington for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia.
• Genoa Conference

  to discuss the economic reconstruction of central and eastern Europe and to explore ways to improve relations between Soviet Russia and European capitalist regimes
• Rapallo Pact

  The Treaty of Rapallo provided for an immediate and complete resumption of diplomatic relations between the RSFSR and Germany. The parties mutually renounced claims to compensation for military costs and nonmilitary losses, and agreed on how to resolve differences between them.
• Treaty of Lausanne

  Under the Treaty of Lausanne, signed in 1923, Eastern Anatolia became part of modern-day Turkey, in exchange for Turkey's relinquishing Ottoman-era claims to the oil-rich Arab lands.
• Dawes Plan

  Under the Dawes Plan, Germany's annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved; the full amount to be paid, however, was left undetermined.
• Pact of Locarno

  series of agreements whereby Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy mutually guaranteed peace in western Europe.
• Kellogg-Briand Pact

  They agreed upon two clauses: the first outlawed war as an instrument of national policy and called upon signatories to settle their disputes by peaceful means. On August 27, 1928, fifteen nations signed the pact at Paris.
• Young Plan

  Proposal of a plan that reduced the total amount of reparations demanded of Germany to 121 billion gold marks, almost $29 billion, payable over 58 years. Another loan would be floated in foreign markets, this one totaling $300 million.
• Fuhrer Principle


  Single leader with complete power as opposed to a democracy
• Lebensraum


  Need for living space for Germany to expand
• Social Darwinism


  Only the fittest race would survive. Aryan was superior with Jews and Slavic viewed as subhuman
• Autarky


  Country should be self-sufficient and not rely on imports
• Extreme Nationalism


  Pride of Germans and he should be their leader no matter which country they are in
• Treaty of Versailles


  Was trash and should be ignored since Germany never officially lost World War One
• Economic Problems


  All come from the Jews holding true Germans down (Blaming minorities for larger problems - not anything new)