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The Rejection of Versailles: Wilson's Vision and America's Isolationism

Explore why America rejected the Treaty of Versailles post-WWI, dissecting Wilson's 14 Points and the features of the treaty focusing on Germany, reparations, and the League of Nations. Investigate the economic impacts, global policies, and the roots of American isolationism in the aftermath of World War I.

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The Rejection of Versailles: Wilson's Vision and America's Isolationism

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  1. Waging Peace/Post WWI Why did America reject the Treaty of Versailles?

  2. Features of the Treaty of Versailles: The Big 4/Settle Key Issues

  3. “I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it." Woodrow Wilson, 1919 Wilson arrived in Paris to help design a treaty that would avoid the problems that caused the war. How did Wilson & his European counterparts differ in their view of post WWI Europe?

  4. Wilson’s 14 Points • 1.) Open Covenants of peace • 2.) Freedom of the seas • 3.) Freedom of trade • 4.) Disarmament • 5.) Self-determination of colonies • 6.) Evacuation of Russian Territory • 7.) Evacuation of Belgium • 8.) Alsace-Lorraine to be returned to France • 9.) Adjustments to Italian borders • 10.) Self-determination for the peoples of Austria-Hungary • 11/12.) Other border changes • 13.) German territory taken to form Poland and Czechoslovakia • 14.) Creation of League of Nations

  5. Wilson’s 14 Points • 1.) Explain the economic importance of Point 2 • 2.) How was Point 3 consistent with the Open Door Policy? • 3.) How was Point 3 inconsistent with the Roosevelt Corollary? • 4.) Why was point 4 impractical to implement in 1919? • 5.) What institution grew out of Point 14? • 6.) Do you think it should or should not be the United States’ foreign policy to intervene in World Affairs?

  6. Features of the Treaty of Versailles: Weaken the German Military so that it could never threaten Europe again Very Limited German Military

  7. Features of the Treaty of Versailles: Treaty forces Germany to accept full responsibility for the war. Germany/Full Blame for the War

  8. Features of the Treaty of Versailles: Full blame= Full responsibility= Full payment for war damage= Anger among German people REPARATIONS

  9. Features of the Treaty of Versailles: The League of Nations Wilson's 14 points

  10. The League of Nations would allow the US to be pulled into future European (or world) conflicts. America's Reaction

  11. Why did the US Reject the Treaty of Versailles? “I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it." Woodrow Wilson, 1919 • Critics of the Treaty believed that the League would drag the US into future European wars (Senator Henry Cabot Lodge) • Americans were “war weary” and wanted to return to isolationism(Return to Normalcy) • Wilson suffered a stroke and was unable to sell the treaty to the people • The US refused to join the League of Nations, making the League a “paper tiger” or weak on the world stage.

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