History: World War I Effects Flashcards

Nine new states

Austria Czechoslovakia Estonia
Finland Hungary Lithuania Latvia
Poland Yugoslavia

French men between ages 20-40

20% killed

French War Debt

34 billion Francs

French physical destruction

2 million hectares farm land

Representation of the People Act in Britain

1918 - 78% of adult population

British National Debt

increased 12 fold

British men lost to war

9% under 45

Spartacists vs Freikorps

1920

German land lost in ToV

13%

Kapp Putsch (military coup)

20-Mar

Turnip Winter

1916-17 - 750,000 dead

Versailles reparations bill

60 million pounds

German men lost to WWI

2 million

German women salary earners

1925- 4.2 million

American investment in war

32 million dollars

Niall ferguson on America

even in some respects, the United States overtook Britain

Leila Rupp on women

the temporary lowering of barriers made no permanent impact on
women's opportunities or status in society