Treaties
Wilsons 14 points
League of Nations
During the War
American Policy and Acts
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What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
To prevent future conflicts between nations
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Why didn't the United States sign to join the League of Nations? WHO said no...
Congress
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What is an argument AGAINST the United States entry into the League of Nations?
The US cannot be involved in every fight that affects the world
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What was the name of the document intercepted by the British that promised an alliance between Germany and Mexico?
The Zimmerman Telegram
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The United States stayed out of WWI on the policy of?
Isolationism
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What did the Treaty of Versailles promise?
Punishment to Germany. More importantly, war reparations.
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Why was Great Britain and France not happy with Wilson's 14 points?
It was not harsh enough on Germany. They lost the most during WW1 and Wilson's 14pt plan was too nice.
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What is an example of an argument FOR the League of Nations?
Countries will agree to never use their power for aggression against one another. Countries will join together to solve the worlds problems.
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What did Germany use to fight against the allied powers? This greatly upset the United States?
Submarine warfare
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Most Americans favored a policy of what at the beginning of WWI? Did it stay that way?
Neutrality or Isolationism
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What did the Four-Power Treaty state? What did the Five-Power Treaty state?
All major territories in the Pacific will belong to their owners. 5 power limited the navies
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How did Europe change pre WWI to post WWI from Wilsons 6-13 points?
Germany and Austria-Hungary were split into smaller nations…Germany spit and formed Poland and A-H spit to add Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yougoslavia
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If the United States joined the League of Nations it would take power away from what?
The Constitution and Congress
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Why were merchant ships destroyed on their way to England from the United States?
They were carrying war supplies
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Eugene Debs was arrested in Canton, Oh for opposing what act? This was considered to be "clear and present danger" to society and our military.
The Espionage Act of 1917
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The Kellogg-Braind Pact was to bring peace to the world by doing what?
Outlawing war as a weapon of foreign policy
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Why was point #2 Freedom of the seas so important to establish following WWI?
German U-Boats kept claiming territory in the sea and blowing up other ships.
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What was the name of the British ship sunk by the Germans?
The Lusitania
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How did WWI help the United States economy? What industry or business would profit the most from war?
Weapon manufactures
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Explain MANIA? What does each letter stand for...
Militarism Alliances Nationalism Imperialism Assassination
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Explain THREE of the punishments placed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?
1. war guilt clause- Germany takes full responsibility of WWI 2. Germany had to repay war reparations (66 billion $) 3. Germany had to reduce their military (100,000 members in the Army, no air force, no submarines, 6 naval ships
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No Notebook for this question…Name Wilson's 14 points
1. end all secrete treaties 2. freedom of the seas 3. free trade 4. reduce national armies 5. colonial fairness (no imperialism) 6-13. rearranging borders 14. Creation of the League of Nations
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Explain why the United States never signed to enter the League of Nations? How did this affect the power of the League of Nations?
United States did not want to get involved in every other countries problems. This is the same reason why we waited to enter WWI. Without the world power in the League of Nations, it was not very forceful.
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What was the reason why the United States wanted to stay "neutral" during the start of WWI?
The war of Europe did not involve the United States, it was not in our area of the world
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“Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully obstruct... the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, and whoever, when the United States is at war, shall wilfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both…." This section refers to what?
The Espionage Act of 1917
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