Treaty of Lausanne

Treaty of Versailles The treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that brought an end to world war one. The treaty was made by the allied powers with Germany not even allowed to attend the meetings to discuss peace. “Once finished the victors handed it to the Germans to sign or else” (_). The treaty was “so riddled with injustices that is soon had few defends” (_), the treaty put all the blame for the war on Germany and made Germany pay a large sum of money to the victors which made the…

Unit 5 Written Assignment 1. There is much criticism that modernization theory is Eurocentric. Introduction. “Modernization theory proposes that there are natural stages of economic development that all societies go through from undeveloped to advanced,” (Little & McGivern, 2013, p.560). One of the criticism of the modernization theory is that, “ widely varying degrees of development observed globally have less to do with natural stages of development and more to do with relations of economic…

What National Identity Could Be National identity is what people identify as on a national level of any given country. Each country in the European Union has one on the individual level. The lack of having one as the European Union has become a factor in questioning what the purpose is of the union all these countries have with each other. Building a national identity can help to unify people, let alone countries, by giving them a purpose or a reason to be unified. The European Union’s case is…

Does a European political identity exist today? If not, to what extent is it possible and/or beneficial for EU policymakers to create one? Political identity is the process through which "individuals recognize themselves as part of a group sharing a set of social and political values and principles" (Lucarelli, p.149). The European Union is still looking for its own identity. This paper aims to prove how European political identity is still 'under construction' and if it is possible or…

Mary P. Wood’s assessment of how European films need to be understood and analysed is indicative of not only contemporary European film scholarship trends but also the sheer importance of the role as financier/exhibitor that E.U. media programmes have played in recent decades. Supporting European filmmaking is a crucial undertaking for these E.U. organisations, serving to preserve and to produce a sense of European culture to varying degrees, while also stimulating its economy, much like…

Simply put Europeans and especially the French wanted their pound of flesh. After the ally victory the Europeans were unwilling to accept President Wilson’s concept of “peace without victors or vanquished.”(Book 67) The amount of human death and suffering combined with the vast amount of infrastructure destroyed by WWI created a lasting hostility against the Germans. The Germans were singled out as being responsible for the war atrocities. Therefore, they were forced to give up too much and…

William Jennings Bryan – Born March 19 1860, Salem Illinois, died July 26, 1925, Dayton Tennessee at the age of 65. Bryan was a father of three children and happily married. His wife was Miss Mary E. Baird, and his children were: Ruth Bryan Owen, Grace Bryan, and William Jennings Bryan Jr. Born in Illinois, Bryan became a Nebraska Congressman in 1890. In the Democratic convention of 1896, Bryan with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver, was defeated by William McKinley to become…

What is the Underlying cause of WW1 Nationalism was the underlying cause of World War 1 (WW1).Nationalism is the pride of a country feeling superior over everyone else. It caused a spark between many neighboring countries who were more or less stronger than another country.Many other causes can also be said to start World War 1 like imperialism and militarism, but nationalism will always be the underlying cause. Alliances made countries strong together and WW1 became a numbers game.It all…

Otto von Bismarck unified Germany which consisted of 27 territories. During this time period, Germany rapidly started to become industrialized mainly in obtaining coal and iron. The population at the time was about 60 million. Germany caught up with great powers like Britain and France by having a growing rail network, and one of the strongest armies. Their navy also was the second best Navy. Otto Von Bismarck's foreign policy was to maintain a balance of power in Europe because he feared France…

He states on November 19, 1919, "[M]r. President, there is another reason....why I shall record my vote against this treaty. It imperils what I conceive to be the underlying, the very first principles of this Republic. It is in conflict with the right of our people to govern themselves, free from all restraint, legal or moral, of foreign powers. It challenges every…