1. Successor States and The Problems to Follow
Presented By:
Ainsley M, Natalie M, Robert M, and Alessandra S

2. Key Words to Know
Key
Successor State- The new smaller countries formed after a larger country has been divided up by the peace settlement
Dictator- The ruler of a country who rules without using democratic institutions
Minority group- A group with similarities such as nationality, language, or religion; often lack political rights and are discriminated against because of their common bond
Red- Reasons for failure/ problems
Blue- Important people

3. Background Info Successor States: What are they?
Successor states were created after World War I, when the Austrian-Hungary Empire collapsed. The states that formed after this were given the name Successor States.
Austria was given land as was Hungary and although they had collapsed they were still given land for the country. Two new countries, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, were formed while Poland’s land was taken away creating a smaller state.

4. Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia contained many different ethnic groups (Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Magyars (Hungarians), Germans, Albanians, Romanians, and Macedonians
The king, Alexander I, began his rule in 1929 and made immediate changes
He banned political parties
Proclaimed himself a dictator
Border disputes between Greece, Bulgaria, and Italy led to the fall of Yugoslavia
As European countries began to move away from communist ideas, less attention was payed to Yugoslavia and their economy began to fail
No sense of unity between the countries because there was no Soviet threat

5. Yugoslavia before and after

6. Poland
Maintaining democracy was difficult in Poland because of the variation of the population
There were 14 different political parties which led to weak government who were unable to last for a substantial amount of time
Josef Pilsudski- established himself as dictator (1926)
Border disputes between Germany, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, and Russia brought Poland into conflict
Suffered economically from WWI
Treaty of Versailles settled Russian-Polish disputes

7. Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia consisted of several ethnic groups including Czechs, Slovaks, Russians, Magyar, Poles, Jews, and Germans.
Out of all the minority groups the German-speaking population complained the most of discrimination because they were a minority.
Treaty of Saint Germain- Forces Austria to give Czechoslovakia, Poland and Italy land.

8. Austria
Because of the Treaty of Saint-Germain, the mostly industrialized areas were given to Poland and Czechoslovakia. Due to this, Austria experienced huge economic problems.
The country was increasingly reliant on foreign loans, and inflation ran high throughout the 1920s, which lead to political instability.
Most of Austrians believed that a solution to their problems was to join hand in hand with Germany, but this was specifically forbidden by the post-war peace settlement.

9. Hungary Treaty of Trianon Hungary losing two-thirds of its
Czechoslovakia took Slovakia and Ruthenia, Yugoslavia took Croatia and Slovenia, Romania took Transilvania
Hungary was left bankrupt
Hungary losing two-thirds of its
population and most its industrial land
made them determined to regain all
their land lost in the previous treaty
Hungary signed treaties
with Italy (1927) and Austria (1933)
Hungarian-Italian Treaty of 1927: signed
between Bethlan of Hungary and Mussolini of Italy that stated Italy would give weapons to Hungary and provide mutual support

10. Bibliography
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11. Bibliography
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