The main conditions of the Treaty of Versailles were disarmament, forming the League of Nations, reparations, land redistribution, and the War Guilt Clause. Disarmament is the act of decreasing the amount of arms in a country. This was an important condition of the treaty since with less weapons to wage war with, there would be fewer wars and more peace. The League of Nations is an international organization that was formed by the Treaty. Its primary goal is maintaining peace between all the nation of the world. Reparations are making amends for your wrongs. In the case of the Treaty, Germany had to pay for all of the war costs for each nation as its reparations. With the land redistributions marked by the treaty, Germany lost all of its pre-war
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Some of the points are to have no secret treaties or alliances, a reduction in armaments across every nation, freedom of navigation on the seas, adjusting colonial claims, removing trade barriers, and setting up a League of Nations. There were to be no secret treaties or alliances. They should be conducted publicly so there would not be fear among countries as many secret treaties involved starting wars. The 14 Points tried to limit production of arms, and start decreasing the amount of weapons there were until there was only enough for domestic defense. Having fewer weapons in the world would lead to countries feeling safer. Another point of the 14 Points for Peace was having complete freedom of navigation of the seas. By making the seas outside of a nation’s territory peaceful, we were able to promote safer trade across the world. Wilson also wanted to adjust colonial claims, taking into consideration native populations. Germany’s colonies were divided amongst the allied powers. The 14 points also want to lift tariffs on trade. With untaxed trade, there will be more trade between nations. The most important part of Wilson’s points was to set up a League of Nations. The League of Nations job is to keep all the nations of the world in check, with its base function as world peace. The problem with the league and enforcing peace was that the League had no army or military force …show more content…
The policies that helped this happen were the Nye Committee, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, and the Neutrality Acts. The Nye Committee investigated the financial interests of involvement in WW1. It was formed because many people said that weapons manufacturers influenced the US into joining the war. It was a key factor of US neutrality in early WW2. The Kellogg-Briand Pact states that war will not be used to solve conflicts and disputes. It asks for peaceful solutions to conflict. The Neutrality Acts were passed in the 30’s as we became more and more isolated. They were passed so we would not become a part of foreign affairs in the future. Many people hated the acts when WW2 started, especially our old allies like Britain and France, because they made no distinction between attackers and victims and instead viewed both parties as hostile. The acts were repealed after the Pearl Harbor attack, which brought the US into
Some of the points are to have no secret treaties or alliances, a reduction in armaments across every nation, freedom of navigation on the seas, adjusting colonial claims, removing trade barriers, and setting up a League of Nations. There were to be no secret treaties or alliances. They should be conducted publicly so there would not be fear among countries as many secret treaties involved starting wars. The 14 Points tried to limit production of arms, and start decreasing the amount of weapons there were until there was only enough for domestic defense. Having fewer weapons in the world would lead to countries feeling safer. Another point of the 14 Points for Peace was having complete freedom of navigation of the seas. By making the seas outside of a nation’s territory peaceful, we were able to promote safer trade across the world. Wilson also wanted to adjust colonial claims, taking into consideration native populations. Germany’s colonies were divided amongst the allied powers. The 14 points also want to lift tariffs on trade. With untaxed trade, there will be more trade between nations. The most important part of Wilson’s points was to set up a League of Nations. The League of Nations job is to keep all the nations of the world in check, with its base function as world peace. The problem with the league and enforcing peace was that the League had no army or military force …show more content…
The policies that helped this happen were the Nye Committee, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, and the Neutrality Acts. The Nye Committee investigated the financial interests of involvement in WW1. It was formed because many people said that weapons manufacturers influenced the US into joining the war. It was a key factor of US neutrality in early WW2. The Kellogg-Briand Pact states that war will not be used to solve conflicts and disputes. It asks for peaceful solutions to conflict. The Neutrality Acts were passed in the 30’s as we became more and more isolated. They were passed so we would not become a part of foreign affairs in the future. Many people hated the acts when WW2 started, especially our old allies like Britain and France, because they made no distinction between attackers and victims and instead viewed both parties as hostile. The acts were repealed after the Pearl Harbor attack, which brought the US into