Finished blog discussion with the people who were gone. QUIZ tomorrow over these topics. 5 questions, 20 points
Notes:
Topics to Discuss
World War I- the war to end all wars
1. Treaty of Versailles- designed to make sure Germany never rose to power again; aimed at punishing Germany because they were the cause of WWI; US, Great Britain, and France made most of the decisions at the conference that wrote the Treaty; Poland became an independent country and other countries were formed as well as others broken up; big thing that drove Hitler was to get the land they lost back;
Territorial: Who did Germany lose land to? France, Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Russia; Hitler wanted the German people to be brought back to Germany, not living in other countries
Military: German military was dismantled (could only have 100,000 men, they eventually got around this); Germany wasn't allowed and air-force and only allowed 6 capital naval ships and no submarines; no tanks or subs allowed; no German soldier or weapon was allowed in the Rhineland zone, made it a demilitarized zone
Financial: had to pay $33 billion to the Allies (GB/France) in war reparations, sent them into a depression during the 20s which helped Hitler and the Nazis gain a lot of support; lost a lot of industrial territory which would be a severe blow to Germany's economy
General: "War Guilt Clause"-had to admit full responsibility for starting the war; poured salt on their wounds and was a big hurt throughout Germany; disrespect to their country
Reaction: hated the treaty and sent them into a depression; many wanted revenge; led to rise of Nazi party in the 1920s; drove Hitler to do many of the things he did
2. League of Nations- set up to keep world peace, a peacekeeping organization throughout the whole world; 1920s were set up to make sure there was never a war again
Weaknesses: we, the U.S., never joined; most powerful country in the world thought this up but never joined in (lost credibility); didn't have any sort of military back up or force, no way to stop Hitler because of this; required EVERYONE to vote in favor of something to get it to happen
3. Isolationism "Return to Normalcy"- we never joined the League of Nations because congress thought it would pull us into war and that's also why we didn't sign the Treaty of Versailles; we just wanted to return to normal, so they turned to isolationism (stay out of everything; every time we get involved with Europe we run into problems like war)
4. Washington Naval Conference 4,5,9 Power Pacts- held in November 1921;
4 Power Pact: US, Great Britain, France, and Japan signed a pact agreeing to not take each others colonies in the Pacific and wouldn't go seeking any further territory
5 Power Pact: Great Britain, US, France, Japan, and Italy signed this and it was designed to prevent and arm's race; reduce the naval power to prevent war; limited the construction of battleships, battle cruisers, and aircraft carriers; loop-hole because it only prevented these 3 things
9 Power Pact: signed by 9 countries; guaranteed Chinese independence and upheld the Open Door Policy
5. Kellog-Briand Pact- 60 some countries signed a pact to outlaw war
6. Great Depression- changed the course of everything; Japan can no longer trade so they invaded China and broke 4,5, and 9 power pacts; GD pretty much undid all the peace offerings established after WWI
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