Period: Unit 5: World War I
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- Wilson’s Plan for Peace: The Fourteen Points The Treaty of Versailles
- Rejection of the Treaty and America’s return to Isolationism
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A New Kind of War Description of “Trench Warfare” - New Weapons and Destructive Technologies 
What impact did these new weapons have on the nature of warfare? Which new weapon of World War I do you think was most devastating and why? _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Write a description in the pie chart and create an illustration in the box for each new weapon of World War I.
The Home Front 
Economic Effects of World War I & Governmental Policy Changes Railroads - Selective Service Act (1917) - Cost of the War - Espionage Act of 1917 - Schenck v. U.S. (1919) - Which of the above are economic effects of the war, and which are constitutional issues? Explain your answers. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How were soldier’s jobs filled? 
Wilson’s Plan for Peace: The Fourteen Points & The Treaty of Versailles Wilson had devised a 14 point plan that he believed would bring stability to Europe. There were to be no secret treaties between powers like the treaties that had helped to cause the First World War. (Open Diplomacy) Seas should be free in peace and in war to ships of all nations (Freedom of Navigation) The barriers to trade between countries such as custom duties should be removed (free trade) All countries should reduce their armed forces to the lowest possible levels (Multilateral disarmament.) The national groups in Europe should, wherever possible, be given their independence. Wilson supported the idea of National Self-Determination, whereby a nation had the right to self-government. Russia should be allowed to operate whatever government it wanted. Territorial changes: Germany should give up Alsace-Lorraine and any lands taken away during the war. The Italian frontier should be readjusted. Belgium should be evacuated. Poland should be given an outlet to the sea. The defeated nations should not be made to pay for the war as a whole. A ‘League of Nations’ should be formed to protect world peace in the future. Which of the above Fourteen Points would you consider as most essential to peace? Why? (Use COMPLETE Sentences) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
President Wilson vs. Congress Treaty of Versailles Rejection of the Treaty and America’s return to Isolationism 
The U.S. Senate rejects the Treaty Below is a speech by Henry Cabot Lodge, Senate Majority Leader in 1919, He sets forth his objections to the League of Nations: The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession… Is there any country today on the face of the earth which can compare with this in ordered liberty, in peace, and in the largest freedom?... I will go as far as anyone in world service, but the first step to world service is the maintenance of the United States… I have always loved one flag and I cannot share that devotion [with] a mongrel banner created for a League of Nations. I have never had but one allegiance - I cannot divide it now. The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good and endanger her very existence. What reasons does Lodge give for opposing membership in the League of Nations? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
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