League of Nations

1921 and was the leader of the Progressive Movement. Wilson, joined with The Inquiry, made up a list of fourteen points of peace that he recommended to other countries which in due time lead to the end of World War I and the commencement of the League of Nations. “It is that the world be made fit and safe to live in; and particularly that…

Appeasement and the League of Nations combined to help World War 2 come to be. Hitler got everything he asked for while appeasement was running becoming even more powerful. The Treaty of Versailles made the Germans angry, as they wanted to build up their country’s power and respect…

Wilson stated, to “make the world safe for democracy”. Wilson wanted all the nations to just live in peace. He wanted everything to be fair, safe, and most important, he wanted the world to be war fare. To outline these beliefs, he created the 14…

deadliest conflict was Hitlers invasion on Poland in 1939, this however was not a spontaneous attack by the Nazi Party, it was a result of many factors that begun since the end of World War One. The failure of The Treaty of Versailles and The League of Nations, and the collapse of Wall Street allowed Germany to regain forces quickly and commence a powerful attack on the rest of the world in such a devastating way. Therefore it is evident that the end of World War One caused World War Two. The…

As the United States transitioned from former colony to emerging global power, one man in particular actively took part in the transformation of his nation. Woodrow Wilson, who had once seen the Confederacy’s President Jefferson Davis carried off in chains, lived with America’s collective memory of the devastating Civil War it had just experienced, while anticipating the nation’s growing influence throughout the world. Whether or not Wilson was responsible for the failures of his 14 points…

Documents 2 and 8 discuss the economic transformations throughout the war and its results. Documents 4, 5, 9, 10, and 12 discuss how they are unable to politcally control the war. All of the documents, however, discuss the impact WW1 had on each and every nation. A cultural effect of WWI was an international anti-war movement. Document 1 expresses the devastation of a young man curious about the lack of purpose in war and the weapon upgrades during the war. Document 3, written by Senator Henry…

rule government. In 1918 Woodrow Wilson, the American president distributed his Fourteen Points which required a just peace taking into account the privileges of self determination of all countries and the setting up of a worldwide body, the League of Nations, to settle clashes. A empire? The United States extended its boondocks in North America all through the eighteenth century and after triumph over Spain in 1898 turned into an oceanic power whose domain extended as far west as the…

parties at all times, free trade between countries in peace, every nation should reduce it’s military size, fair colonial claims over land, Russia will choose it’s new form of government and all German troops will leave their soil, Belgium will become an independent nation and Germany will leave it’s borders, France will regain all territory, Italy will encompass all Italians, Austria-Hungary is able to stay an independent nation, Central Powers will leave Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania and…

Although many Americans stood against the Treaty of Versailles, therefore supporting the World War, several other Americans stood by ratification of the Treaty and the end to a long, violent war. First, men in opposition to Wilson’s entry into the war, such as Hoover, believed that war was an unnecessary evil that was prohibiting the United States from prospering economically. In Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson, November 19, 1919 (document 3) Hoover believes that it is necessary to continue…

overqualified for a spot in the Paris delegation with his service as chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations during the war. Another promising candidate for the delegation was former president Howard Taft, a long-time supporter of a League of Nation, whose presence would…