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.