Woodrow Wilson Fights for Peace

1. What was Wilson's 14th Point?
-There should be no secret treaties among nations.
-Freedom of the seas should be maintained by all.
-Tariffs and other economic barriers among nations should be lowered or abolished in order to foster free trade.
-Arms should be reduced "to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety, thus lessening the possiblity of military responses" during diplomatic crises
-Colonial policies should consider the interests of the imperalist powers.
2. What terms of the treaty specifically affected Germany?
It barred Germany from maintaining an army. It also required Germany to return the region of Alsace-Lorraine to France and to pay reparations.
3. What were the weaknesses of the treaty?
It humiliated Germany which created the war-guilt clause and it stripped Germany of its colonial possessions in the Pacific, which might have helped it pay its reparations bill.
4. Why did Henry Cabot Lodge object to the treaty?
He was suspicious of the provision for joint economic and military action against aggresion, even though it was voluntary. They wanted the constitutional right of Congress to declare war included in the treaty.
5. How did Wilson help bring about the Senate's rejection of the treaty?
Because he ignored the Republican majority in the Senate when he chose the members of the American delegation.
6. What circumstances at this time would eventually lead many Germans to support Adolf Hitler?
Because he showed his dislike for what happened in the war and that all those German's died for them to just walk away
7. Who is George Clemenceau?
A French premier that had lived through two German invasions of France and was determined to prevent future invasions.
8. Who is David Lloyd George?
The British prime minister that had won reelection on the slogan "Make Germany Pay"
9. Describe the participation of Russia at the peace conference.
They didn't have any so therefore they lost more territory than Germany did.