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.
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