DP History Questionbank

Description

This prescribed subject addresses international relations from 1918 to 1936 with emphasis on the Paris Peace Settlement—its making, impact and problems of enforcement—and attempts during the period to promote collective security and international cooperation through the League of Nations and multilateral agreements (outside the League mechanism), arms reduction and the pursuit of foreign policy goals without resort to violence. The prescribed subject also requires consideration of the extent to which the aims of peacemakers and peacekeepers were realized and the obstacles to success. Areas on which the source-based questions will focus are:

• aims of the participants and peacemakers: Wilson and the Fourteen Points
• terms of the Paris Peace Treaties 1919‑20: Versailles, St Germain, Trianon, Neuilly, Sèvres/Lausanne 1923
• the geopolitical and economic impact of the treaties on Europe; the establishment and impact of the mandate system
• enforcement of the provisions of the treaties: US isolationism—the retreat from the Anglo–American Guarantee; disarmament—Washington, London, Geneva conferences
• the League of Nations: effects of the absence of major powers; the principle of collective security and early attempts at peacekeeping (1920‑5)
• the Ruhr Crisis (1923); Locarno and the “Locarno Spring” (1925)
• Depression and threats to international peace and collective security: Manchuria (1931‑3) and Abyssinia (1935‑6).

Directly related questions

• 16N.1s1a.BP.TZ0.1a:

  What, according to Source E, was the significance of the invasion of Abyssinia for Britain?

• 16N.1s1a.BP.TZ0.4:

  Using the sources and your own knowledge, examine the significance of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia for the League of Nations and international relations (up to December 1936).

• 16N.1s1a.BP.TZ0.2:

  Compare and contrast the views expressed in Sources A and C about the importance of the invasion of Abyssinia.

• 16N.1s1a.BP.TZ0.3:

  With reference to their origin and purpose, assess the values and limitations of Source B and Source C for historians studying the Italian invasion of Abyssinia.

• 16N.1s1a.BP.TZ0.1b:

  What is the message conveyed by Source D?