1. Wilson, War and Peace

2. General Information
Germany declares unrestricted submarine warfare against allies
Solution: convoy—move around the water in groups for protection

3. Russia During WWI, Russia is also going through its own revolutions
Vladmir Lenin takes control in 1917
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends war between Germany and Russia
No more war on the eastern front

5. American Troops “doughboys”—see a lot of action
Alvin York (TN) earns Congressional Medal of Honor

6. War’s End Fall 1918 German front collapse
Germany surrenders 11 November 1918

7. Peace Negotiations
Lenin (Russia) believes the war was about imperialistic land grabs and makes secret treaties for land from enemies
Wilson believes the war is about peace and freedom
“Peace without victory”

8. Fourteen Points: promotes openness, independence, and OPEN DIPLOMACY
Free trade
Open seas
End of colonialism
Self-determination: people choose their own government
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Goal: “mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity”
Keep peace between nations to prevent another war
Wilson’s Peace

11. Treaty
1919-Allies have peace conference in Versailles (Paris) & Germany was not invited
Allies blame Germany, demand they pay reparations ($$)
GB Prime Minister David Lloyd George rejects 14 points
George Clemenceau of France wants peace and victory (reparations)
Only thing Wilson gets out of 14 points is a League of Nations, but US does not join
Allies split up territories
Germany forced to sign “war guilt clause”

13. America Rejects Treaty
Senate has split feelings
Irreconcilables—opposed any treaty by League
Reservationists—led by Henry Cabot Lodge
Opposed to treaty as written
Open to small changes
Senate officially rejects treaty

14. Europe Before and After WWI

15. 15.4 Effects of the War

16. Women and African Americans
Lost jobs b/c of world wide recession
Race riots became common

17. Economy Inflation occurs after the war
Prices of goods dropped sharply and farmers couldn’t pay mortgages or buy more seed/tools
Industrial workers wages didn’t buy as much
1919: 20% of workforce goes on strike wanting rewards for patriotism during the war

18. Red Scare Fear of radicals and communists
Soviet Union (former Russia) becomes a Communist country
Communists ideology scares Amns b/c involves revolution and change
Red Scare: fear of suspected communists and radicals plotting a revolution in US
Many bombs go off across US as a violent radical political movement
Attny General Mitchell Palmer has raids to stop radicals
Palmer Raids
Some who were arrested were immigrants from southern or eastern Europe—many deported

20. Sacco & Vanzetti Case Italian immigrants and known anarchists
Charged with shooting/killing people at a shoe factory
Eyewitness said suspects “looked Italian” –only evidence
Amn Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) provides defendants with an attorney
Found guilty despite lack of evidence
Electrocuted
Lots of violence against minorities erupt across the nation

21. Presidency and Economy
Warring Harding wins 1920 election on the platform “return to normalcy”
●Normalcy refers to period of time before Wilson
brought idealism and progressive reforms
Economy
●US is powerhouse
●Richest, most industrialized nation in the world
●Largest creditor nation—countries owe more $ to US than the US owes to them
●NYC becomes new economic center of the world (formally London)

22. “What Happened, What Would I Have Done?
1st chunk-draw what happened after the action. 2nd-write/draw what you would have done in that situation. (writing: 4 sent. each
1: European nations declare war; America declares neutrality
4: Zimmerman Note. America declares war on Germany
2: Germany sinks Lusitania. No action taken. Germany promises not to do it again (LIES)
5: Men come back from war. Women, Af. Am. lose jobs.
3: Germany declared unrestricted sub. Warfare. Send convoy to move around water for protection
6: International peace. US does not join League of Nations.

23. What Happened
What I Would Have Done