2. To Ratify or Reject? P. 315 'To Ratify or Reject'
As you read, answer the following based on the reading:
1) Describe the overall goals of the 14 Points.
2) Summarize Point One, Point Two, Point Three, Point Four, Point Five, Points 6-13, and Point 14.
3) What choices did Wilson make that helped or harmed his chances of getting the 14 Points ratified?
4) Who were the Big Four? What nations did they represent?
5) What is self-determination?
6) What were the punishments Germany had to 'agree' to?
7) Compare reservationists, internationalists, and irreconcilables.
8) What is partisanship? How did it defeat the Treaty?
9) Do you feel the 14 Points would have been a better way to keep peace in Europe? Why/not?