Woodrow Wilson Fights for Peace

1. What was Wilson's 14th Point?
The 14th point said that the governments of the world should set up a place where all countries meet and settle their differences peacefully.
2. What terms of the treaty specifically affected Germany?
Germnay was not allowed to have an army. The Germans were to give back all the territory they took from France. Germany was also supposed to pay reparations to the allies for starting the war around 33 billion dollars.
3. What were the weaknesses of the treaty?
The Germans were supposed to admit full responcibility for the war. They also lost all their colonies in the Pacific and this angered them which gave them no reason to want peace. Russia lost a lot of territory it had gained. The indiganous natives of the colonies were not given their own countries so this also angered them. Basically the treaty pissed of most everyone but the big four and the countries that were made.
4. Why did Henry Cabot Lodge object to the treaty?
He thought the the League of Nations would disrupt Ameircan Isolationism and that it would drag America into any European or other conflict.
5. How did Wilson help bring about the Senate's rejection of the treaty?
Wislon refused to compromise and he angered the Senate by doing so and the Senate rejected the treaty because they were angry at him.
6. What circumstances at this time would eventually lead many Germans to support Adolf Hitler? The humiliation of Germany after World War I angered many Germans and they wanted revenge on all of the allies.
7. Who is George Clemenceau?
George Clemenceau was the Priemer of France at the time of the Ttreaty of Versailles
8. Who is David Lloyd George?
David Lloyd George was the Prime Minister of Britian at the time of the Treaty of Versailles.
9. Describe the participation of Russia at the peace conference.
Russia wasn't at the peace conference at all. In fact they weren't even invited to go to the conference.

WWI - The War at Home

What were some things accomplished by the following wartime agencies and laws?

1. War Industries Board
It increased the American output by 20% and it did this by encouraging people to use mass production lines.
2. Railroad Administration
It controlled the railroads.
3. Fuel Administration
It helped make daylight savings time to help conserve fuel.
4. National War Labor Board
It helped encourage workers to work by telling them if they didn't work they would be drafted.
5. Food Administration
It helped concerve food by making days where certain things like meat or pork or sugar or wheat couldn't be sold.
6. Committee on Public Information
They helped energize the American people into wanting the war by spreading a ton of propaganda.
7. Espionage and Sedition Acts
These acts made it impossible for people to interfere with the war effort without fear of punishment from the government by either a high fine or jail time.
Briefly explain why Bernard M. Baruch and George Creel are significant historical figures.
These two men helped America become a powerhouse economically and socially. Baruch helped increase the amount of supplies made and Creel gave the American people the indomitable will to keep fighting till the end.

The U.S. enters World War I

1. How did the United States raise an army?
The U.S make the Selective Service Act which helped make the draft. The draft drafted men of 18 years or older into the military during times of war.

2. How did U.S. soldiers help win the war?
The American soliders helped keep the Germans out of Paris. They also helped put the Germans on the defensive.

3. What were the estimated economic costs of the war?
About $338 billion.

4. What did the war cost in terms of the number of civilian deaths; military deaths?; injuries?; and refugees?
About 22 million total deaths. Over half of them were civilian causualties. 20 million were wounded. 10 million becamse refugees.

5. Define armistice.
An armistice is a tempoary cease fire that ends the fighting but doesn't end 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.
a. Nationalism: Russain vs Austria-Hungry for the Serbs

b. Imperialism: Germany, Britian, and France all fighting for colonies

c. Militarism: Britian vs Germany vs the rest of the world to build up good navies

d. The Formation of groups of alliances: The Triple Entente= France, Britian, and Russian, The Triple Alliance= Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungry

2. How did the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand become the spark for WWI?
The Austiran-Hungry Empire thought it was a good idea to crush Serbia because they killed the archduke and then Russia got involved and then the alliances made all the other nations choose a side and fight.

3. What happened within the first few months of fighting?
After the first couple of months of fighting the fighting slowed down and eventually became trench warfare.

4. Generally, why did the United States want to stay out of the war?
The people's loyalty were divided because of the fact that they all came from different countries.

5. Specifically, Why did the following groups of Americans tend to oppose U.S. participation in the war? Naturalized citizens; socialists; pacifists; parents.
Naturalized citizens didn't want to go to war because they might fight their own country of origin. Socialists called the war a battle of imperialism between Britian and Germany like for Asia and they didn't want a part of it. Pacifists don't like war so they didn't want to go. Parents didn't want to send there boys to fight and die because that's not what they were raised for.

6. How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports? What was the U.S. response?
Germany attacked allied or British ships near Britian and sunk them. America got really angry when Germany attacked a ocean liner and they started to hate the germans.

7. What forced the United States into the war?
The germans said they would attack any and every ship near Britian on sight. They attacked U.S merchant ships and America wanted it's revenge so it went to war.