Wednesday, December 14th

[3Marielle]

Did more presentations:16. Why did the Allied Powers win WWI?-Great Britain, Russia, France, Belgium, and Serbia-Germany was the first to call it the first world war-The allied powers were teams and worked together-Both sides used almost the same weapons17. Describe the impact WWI had on the world.-Changed the world dramatically in Military power, social change, Government knows what's best (?!?!?!?), and loss of loved ones.-Military and Government: US military became stronger, US government power became stronger, propoganda made fears that didn't leave after war, and political instability and violence-Europe: Loss of life, Damaged social systems---everyone was fighting and no one really knew what to think, and damaged political systems---trying to figure out what to do to keep their government together.-England: provided shipping and insurance to the world, was majorly indebted to the US-France: a lot of the battles were on French soil, so they lost so many people that they fell behind Germany and other countries in population count and it was hard to sustain wartime losses-Germany: couldn't accept their loss in WWI, economically collapsed, their government failed after the war, and Hitler said that Germany deserved vengeance. The social democratic party took over....also known as the Nazis-US: loss of their loved ones, but they still retained a good population, had good resources, and because we were an ocean away, there weren't any battles on US soil. There was an increase in employment--never really had to deal with local battling, and we had a great profit to industry.-US was the greatest power of France and Germany18. How did countries react to the Treaty of Versailles?-Germany: There was anger throughout Germany when the ters were made public. The Treaty of Versailles became known as a Diktat--as it was being forced on them and the Germans had no choice but to sign it.-Many in Germany did not want the Treaty signed, but they were threatened by the Allied Powers that the Allies would invade them if they didn't sign it. They signed it because they didn't want to be invaded.-Financial Impact of the Treaty: treaty blamed Germany for WWI and Germany was held accountable for the cost of the war. The treaty dictated that compensation would be paid to Allies. Germany lost some of their most precious sources and some other countries, were rich sources of income. These factors make it harder for German economy to cope-German money was almost worthless.-Reasons why Germany thought the treaty was unfair: Germany thought the treaty was unfair because it was a "Diktat". When the Treaty was signed, the Fourteen Points were largely forgotten-Reaction of the Allies: most people in Britain had wanted revenge and so had gained some satisfaction. France, however, was not satisfied that Germany had been weakened enough. America refused to ratify the treaty. Congress refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.-The US and Great Britain threw in a guarantee clause that we promised to France that we would help France if Germany invaded them.-France thought a lot more should have been done in order to keep Germany down-Signing of the Treaty: Germans had to sign the treaty, but felt cheated because virtually none of Wison's Fourteen points had been included in the treatyFinally done with the WWI presentations!!!!! :D