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Post WWI USH-5.5
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I. Peace Wilson is crucial at Versailles Peace Conference
He brings Fourteen Points Plan to eliminate all wars Limit navies End secret treaties Reduce arms New nations International peace organization – League of Nations
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I. Peace To get the League of Nations created, Wilson gives in to the Allies anger War Guilt Clause Blamed Germany for all of the death and destruction Meant to make Germans feel badly and depressed Reparations were placed on Germany $33 billion in 1921 $439,947,150, in 2013 1233.2% increase
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I. Peace Many new nations created from German, Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman land Yugoslavia Hungary Czechoslovakia Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Turkey Ireland Finland Danzig (independent city) Borders aren’t drawn well
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II. Fight for League of Nations
In US Constitution, foreign policy is the executive branch Senate ratifies all treaties Wilson created the League of Nations but the Senate refused to ratify the treaty Didn’t want to give up the ability to declare war Didn’t want to join wars b/c the LoN said so
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II. Fight for League of Nations
Wilson (D) refused to compromise with the Senate (R) Wilson went on a cross country speaking tour Wanted to get Democrats elected to Senate so they’d vote yes Wilson had a stroke and still didn’t compromise US never ratified the Treaty of Versailles Made our own peace w/Ger.
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II. Fight for League of Nations
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III. The 1920s Election of 1920 Dem. Cox supported Wilson
Rep. Harding wanted a return to normalcy People liked “make the world safe for democracy” WWI violence changed their minds Harding won and US became isolationist
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III. The 1920s US became world’s leading economic power
Leading exports Creditor nation – owed money by other nations Financial capital Still involved in Latin Amer.
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III. The 1920s
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IV. Waiting for WWII US never joined the League of Nations
Sent observers Participated in international conferences Helped Germany pay the war reparations w/loans Dawes and Young Plans Didn’t do anything as dictators rose in Italy and Germany
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