The Influence Of Policies In The 1920's

In the early 1920’s, numerous attempts at securing peace among nations influenced the many policies that were written in the hopes that the world would become united despite World War I, which ultimately destroyed the pre-war worlds confidence. Many of these attempts and creations of unity were carried down into policies that were written into a document called the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty was written based on 14 points that Woodrow Wilson deemed important to world peace and brought an end to WWI. Attempts at upholding this settlement failed over the span of 1920-1936 when the Great Depression hit and WWII began. Signed on June 28th 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement written and was signed by Germany and the allies in Paris at the Versailles Palace hence the name. Allies were Woodrow Wilson, British Prime minister David Lloyd …show more content…
Written to set up compromises and to plan the formation of the League of Nations who would be the watchdog for nations to help resolve issues and prevent further wars. One of the most questionable conditions in the treaty of Versailles is the War Guilt clause, also known as article 231, which forced Germany and its allies to accept all responsibility for any damage they caused in WWI and for being the catalyst of the war. Reparations of payment from Germany to the allies was set to the tune of 33 billion dollars (132 billion gold marks) for damages and loss of life done during WWI. It also striped Germany of its border territories and their populations that they had taken during the war and were returned their respecting countries. The Germans were not happy with any of these stipulations and sought for revision. And oddly enough the United States Senate rejected this treaty settlement and refused membership of the