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Ratify or Reject: The Treaty of Versailles. January 25, 2013. Business. Agenda -Do Now -Business: SOTW, surveys, parent consent -Review organizers from skits -Lecture: Wilson’s Fourteen Points -Film Clip/Reading Preview -Primary Sources -Debrief. SOTW!!!. Perspectives on WWI.
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Ratify or Reject: The Treaty of Versailles January 25, 2013
Business • Agenda • -Do Now • -Business: SOTW, surveys, parent consent • -Review organizers from skits • -Lecture: Wilson’s Fourteen Points • -Film Clip/Reading Preview • -Primary Sources • -Debrief
Lecture • -Europe was HELLA mad at Germany. • - Wanted a treaty that required reparations and included a war guilt clause
Wilson’s Plan • -Wilson wanted a “treaty to end all wars,” not punishment
The Fourteenth Point • -League of Nations: an organization of countries that would work together to prevent war and support democracy • -Europe rejected the 14 Points, except for the League of Nations
US says “Nuh uh” • -Congress refused to ratify the treaty- they HATED the idea of the League of Nations
Reading Preview • Preview: Why do you think men in Congress opposed the Treaty of Versailles?