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Wilson’s 14 Points
Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas Removal of Economic Barriers between
nations
Wilson’s 14 Points
Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas Removal of Economic Barriers between
nations Reduction of Armaments
Wilson’s 14 Points
Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas Removal of Economic Barriers between
nations Reduction of Armaments Impartial Adjustment of colonial claims
Wilson’s 14 Points
Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas Removal of Economic Barriers between
nations Reduction of Armaments Impartial Adjustment of colonial claims League of Nations
Wilson at Versailles
Woodrow Wilson wanted the treaty to be based on his Fourteen Points
He believed Germany should be punished but not severely. He wanted a just settlement that would not leave Germany feeling resentful
Wilson wanted to set up an international organisation called The League of Nations which would settle disputes
What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?• To do with Germany’s armed forces :
• The German army was to be reduced to 100,000 men. It was not allowed to have tanks.
• Germany was not allowed an airforce
• The area known as the Rhineland was to be de-militarised
• The Allies were to occupy the west bank of the Rhine for fifteen years
• The German navy was to have no submarines or large battle-ships
Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling alliances
Right Wingers thought the Germans got off to easy
Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling alliances Right Wingers thought the Germans got off to easy
Liberals claimed the peace was too harsh
Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling alliances Right Wingers thought the Germans got off to easy Liberals claimed the peace was too harsh
German-Americans thought Germany got screwed
Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling alliances Right Wingers thought the Germans got off to easy Liberals claimed the peace was too harsh German-Americans thought Germany got screwed
Irish-Americans thought the British got too much
Germany Accepts Responsibility
• The War Guilt Clause
• Germany agreed to pay for the damage caused by her armies during the war. The sum she had to pay was later fixed at £6,600 million
Harding
America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.