USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Occasionally, the “Big Three” are expanded to include another figure to become the “Big Four". Who is this final person?
A
Kemal Ataturk, leader of Turkey
B
Orlando, leader of Italy
C
Rathnau, the foreign minister of Germany
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Big Four is also known as the Council of Four. It was composed of Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1919, the Big Four met in Paris to negotiate the Treaty: Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the U.S.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (19 May 1860 – 1 December 1952) was an Italian statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from October 1917 to June 1919. Orlando is best known for representing Italy in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference with his foreign minister Sidney Sonnino.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vittorio Orlando, in full Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, (born May 19, 1860, Palermo, Italy-died December 1, 1952, Rome), Italian statesman and prime minister during the concluding years of World War I and head of his country’s delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vittorio Orlando wanted Britain and France to keep their territorial promises, and he supported the Racial Equality Proposal.

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