How to Revise Peacemaking — AQA GCSE History
Peacemaking is a topic in the AQA GCSE History specification. This guide covers learning objectives, examiner tips, common mistakes, and key terminology to help you revise effectively.
Examiner Tips for Peacemaking
- Ensure you can explain the differing motivations of the 'Big Three' (Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George).
- Be prepared to evaluate the 'fairness' or 'harshness' of the Treaty of Versailles from different perspectives.
- Understand the concept of 'Diktat' and why it was a significant source of German resentment.
Key Marking Points
- Aims of the peacemakers: Wilson and the Fourteen Points, Clemenceau, and Lloyd George.
- The extent to which the peacemakers achieved their aims.
- The Versailles Settlement: Diktat, territorial changes, military restrictions, war guilt, and reparations.
- Impact of the treaty and wider settlement: reactions of the Allies, German objections, and strengths/weaknesses of the settlement.
- Problems faced by new states created by the settlement.