Today, in class, we got on the computers and talked about our upcoming WWI test. Mr. Bruns showed us the "Topics to Focus on For WWI Test."
We again went over the Treaty of Versailles, which really angered Germany. Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war. This was Clause 231-the infamous "War Guilt Clause." Therefore, they had to pay reparations for all the damages caused during WWI.
The League of Nations planned to have five permanent members, Great Britain, France, Italy, US, and Japan.All members must submmit disputes for investigation, arbitration and settlement. If a member nation ignored, the League could take action--What kind? Economic sanctions, which means they wouldn't trade with that country. France wanted an international army but US and Great Britain did not. Germany and the Soviet Union were not allowed to join right away. The US never joined, because we had Woodrow Wilson, a democrat, as president. However, we had a Republican Senate, which don't mix. After haggling, Wilson said that we pass the entire Treaty or NONE. And the rest is history. HAHAHAHA.
Wilson later lost the 1920 election to the Republican candidate Lawrence (warren?) something, who chose to make the US isolationist, which really hurt us when it came time the 1930's. DEPRESSION :(
We started blog discussions about our battles and what not. Most all of the wars took place in 1918. I did my blog discussion as well about the battle of chateau-thierry. Owned.
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