Woodrow Wilson Fights for Peace

1. What was Wilson's 14th Point?
Wilson's fourteenth point was to create the League of Nations, where all nations across the world would gather to create peace and avoid war. Wilson was "in love" with this plan, and was willing to even give up all his other points just so the league of nations could be created.
2. What terms of the treaty specifically affected Germany?
Even though there was a peace conference, Germany was not invited. The British had taken up the motto "Make the British pay."
3. What were the weaknesses of the treaty?
Some weaknesses were that it humiliated Germany, anger it. expecially the war guilt clause, that made Germany admit guily for starting the war.
4. Why did Henry Cabot Lodge object to the treaty?
He believed that the League of Nations threatened the isolation of the countries.
5. How did Wilson help bring about the Senate's rejection of the treaty?
He pushed and pushed and delivered speeches, but the U.S. only became a slient watcher in the League.
6. What circumstances at this time would eventually lead many Germans to support Adolf Hitler?
Adolf Hitler angered the Germans against the U.S. and other european nations. He said that "The 2 million Germans shouldn't have died in vain. We should demand vengance!"
7. Who is George Clemenceau?
The French prime minister. He forsaw world war two and disapproved of the League of Nations as a whole.
8. Who is David Lloyd George?
The british prime minister, he wanted revenge on Germany.
9. Describe the participation of Russia at the peace conference.
They weren't invited, and were angry because they just had a rebellion and lost more territory than Germany did.

The U.S. enters World War I

1. How did the United States raise an army?
U.S. raised an army by passing the Selective Service Act.
2. How did U.S. soldiers help win the war?
They started the convoy system, which included battle ships.
3. What were the estimated economic costs of the war?
The war costed over 338 billion.
4. What did the war cost in terms of the number of civilian deaths; military deaths?; injuries?; and refugees?
American lost 48,000 men, with another 62,000 to disease, in all, over 100,000.
5. Define armistice.
The armistice is the truce that ended the war.

: World War I Begins

1. What are the four main causes of World War I? Give an example for each as to why it was a cause.
Nationalism - a devotion and interest to one's own origin.
Imperialism - all foriergn powers wanted more control.
Militarism - more weapon technology
Allies - made other foriegn power have to go into war if another country did (chain reaction)

2. How did the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand become the spark for WWI?
It was an excuse for austria - hungary to attack with germany as their allies, then it was just a chain reaction.
3. What happened within the first few months of fighting?
Alot of bloodshed, barbed wire and new weapons such as the machine gun made the fighting difficult and deadly. The germans realized that this was going to be a longer fight than first expected.
4. Generally, why did the United States want to stay out of the war?
The United states wanted to remain neutrall so they could keep exportingand importing goods safely.

5. Specifically, Why did the following groups of Americans tend to oppose U.S. participation in the war? Naturalized citizens; socialists; pacifists; parents.
The thought of it more as a european war, and parents wanted their soldier home for the holidays.
6. How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports? What was the U.S. response?
Germany was suffering because they didn't have enough food, and the U.S. was hesitant to try and pass the blockades.
7. What forced the United States into the war?
The Germans started bombing unarmed U.S. ships that were meant for trading.