Topic B- Wilson's Fourteen Points What was the purpose of Wilson's 14 points?
Give a brief description of who Woodrow Wilson was.
Summarize some of the most important elements of this plan?
Did European countries respond positively to this plan?
How did the United States take on a leadership role during the aftermath of the war?
Describe the aim of the League of nations.
How did the United States respond to Wilson's plan?
Did they accept all of it?
How/why did the actions of the United States after the war go back towards isolationism?
How did the Stock Market Crash effect the United States after the war and how did this effect the rest of Europe?
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Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points Lucas Munton
President Woodrow Wilson was the son of a paster in Virginia. He eventually grew up to become President of the United States. Then, after we won World War One he gave a speech to congress: Woodrow’s Fourteen Points. Through his speech the League of Nations was created and germany was required to pay reparations for the damage done in WWI. Woodrow’s speech was a monument after WWI for the people of the Allies, and a burden for Germany.
President Woodrow Wilson was the son of a presbyterian pastor in Stanton, Virginia. He was a very well educated man. He went to law school, received a doctorate, and then taught at Princeton University. Soon he became Governor of New Jersey.in 1912 he won the Presidential Election. His policy was a very peaceful one. The first point of his speech was to eliminate all secret alliances. This was a key element in WWI; if there had been no alliances many of the larger countries would’ve stayed out of it. The second point Wilson proposed to congress limited the region of sea that countries could attack in to territorial . Wilson dashed Germany with several of the points he made by making them give back all the territory they had gained in the war. In doing so he also restored Belgium’s and Italy’s boarders. Now, the last, but not the least, great thing he proposed was to create the League of Nations which was supposed to keep the European countries out of another world war. (The United States didn’t actually join the League of Nations, but went back into isolationism.)
Wilson's speech proposed the creation of a peace-keeping organization to help ensure another world war would not break out over europe again. This Organization was called The League of Nations. The League of Nations succeeded in this, until the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. They prevented wars on several occasions, such as the Aalands Islands The League of Nations persuaded the Sweden's against fighting over the island with Finland. The League of Nations was a success in that it prevented World War II until the time of Hitler.
Different European Countries Reacted Differently to Wilson’s fourteen points. Germany was obviously quite displeased with the terms they had thrust upon them, because they had to give up land and pay an innumerable amount of money for reparations. What was left of the French was completely for the ideas of Wilson’s speech, because they had lost a moderate quantity of territory.
Germany was severely effected by Wilson’s speech, because many of the ideas presented in his speech were included in the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had to pay over 30 billion dollars in reparations. This caused so much inflation that people burnt money to keep warm. The price of one loaf of bread rose from 0.63 marks to 201,000,000,000 marks in a mater of five years. As you can see from the evidence I’ve provided Wilson’s speech had a domino affect on Germany’s economic failure. Through the evidence that has been given in this essay I have proven that Woodrow Wilson is indirectly responsible for the creation of The League of Nations and the demise of Germany’s economy. Many of his ideas he gave in his speech were included in the Treaty of Versailles. This included creating The League of Nations and Germany’s war guilt. Wilson’s fourteen points lead to the league of nations and Germany’s horrible economic state.
What was the purpose of Wilson's 14 points?
Give a brief description of who Woodrow Wilson was.
Summarize some of the most important elements of this plan?
Did European countries respond positively to this plan?
How did the United States take on a leadership role during the aftermath of the war?
Describe the aim of the League of nations.
How did the United States respond to Wilson's plan?
Did they accept all of it?
How/why did the actions of the United States after the war go back towards isolationism?
How did the Stock Market Crash effect the United States after the war and how did this effect the rest of Europe?
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Essay:
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Lucas Munton
President Woodrow Wilson was the son of a paster in Virginia. He eventually grew up to become President of the United States. Then, after we won World War One he gave a speech to congress: Woodrow’s Fourteen Points. Through his speech the League of Nations was created and germany was required to pay reparations for the damage done in WWI. Woodrow’s speech was a monument after WWI for the people of the Allies, and a burden for Germany.
President Woodrow Wilson was the son of a presbyterian pastor in Stanton, Virginia. He was a very well educated man. He went to law school, received a doctorate, and then taught at Princeton University. Soon he became Governor of New Jersey.in 1912 he won the Presidential Election. His policy was a very peaceful one.
The first point of his speech was to eliminate all secret alliances. This was a key element in WWI; if there had been no alliances many of the larger countries would’ve stayed out of it. The second point Wilson proposed to congress limited the region of sea that countries could attack in to territorial . Wilson dashed Germany with several of the points he made by making them give back all the territory they had gained in the war. In doing so he also restored Belgium’s and Italy’s boarders. Now, the last, but not the least, great thing he proposed was to create the League of Nations which was supposed to keep the European countries out of another world war. (The United States didn’t actually join the League of Nations, but went back into isolationism.)
Wilson's speech proposed the creation of a peace-keeping organization to help ensure another world war would not break out over europe again. This Organization was called The League of Nations. The League of Nations succeeded in this, until the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. They prevented wars on several occasions, such as the Aalands Islands The League of Nations persuaded the Sweden's against fighting over the island with Finland. The League of Nations was a success in that it prevented World War II until the time of Hitler.
Different European Countries Reacted Differently to Wilson’s fourteen points. Germany was obviously quite displeased with the terms they had thrust upon them, because they had to give up land and pay an innumerable amount of money for reparations. What was left of the French was completely for the ideas of Wilson’s speech, because they had lost a moderate quantity of territory.
Germany was severely effected by Wilson’s speech, because many of the ideas presented in his speech were included in the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had to pay over 30 billion dollars in reparations. This caused so much inflation that people burnt money to keep warm. The price of one loaf of bread rose from 0.63 marks to 201,000,000,000 marks in a mater of five years. As you can see from the evidence I’ve provided Wilson’s speech had a domino affect on Germany’s economic failure.
Through the evidence that has been given in this essay I have proven that Woodrow Wilson is indirectly responsible for the creation of The League of Nations and the demise of Germany’s economy. Many of his ideas he gave in his speech were included in the Treaty of Versailles. This included creating The League of Nations and Germany’s war guilt. Wilson’s fourteen points lead to the league of nations and Germany’s horrible economic state.
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2:"Woodrow Wilson - Biography." Nobelprize.org. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1919/wilson-bio.html>.
3:"League of Nations." History Learning Site. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/leagueofnations.htm>.
4:"The Impact of the First World War on Germany." Schools History. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/ASLevel_History/week3_impactofwar.htm>.
5:"Germany After the First World War." Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year9links/wwii/afterwwi.pdf>.