week 17

Monday- We are still talking about world war 1 part 2

War Industries board

Headed by Bernard Baruch
Regulated industries in the U.S.
Encouraged mass production
Under the war Industries board, industrial production in the U.S. increased 20 percent

Food Administration

Committee on public information

Goal was to influence U.S. public opinion to support world war 1 in their own way
Had a huge propaganda campaign to do so
the committee used newsprint, posters, radio, telegraph and movies to broadcast its message
Americanized German words:
- German measles- liberty measles
- Hamburger- liberty steak
- sauerkraut- liberty cabbage

National war labor board

The Paris peace conference

The meeting of the allied victors following the end of WW1 to set the peace terms for Germany and other defeated
It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 29 countries
They came up with a series of treaties ("peace of Paris Treaties") that reshaped the map of Europe and imposed penalties on Germany

The big four

Wilson's 14 points

The fourteen points was a speech delivered by president Woodrow Wilson to congress on January 8, 1918
The speech became the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated at the Paris peace conference
other allied countries did not like the 14 points as they thought it was too easy
- An end to secret treaties
- Freedom of the seas
- Free trade for all countries
- Disarmament
- end to colonial claims
- Self-determination for all countries-Russia
- Restoration of Belgium
- Restoration of France
- Readjustment of Italy's boundaries
- Austria-Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous development
- Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
- Turkey should be sovereign (independent)
- Poland would be given their independence
- The "League of Nations" would be developed

Treaty of Versailles

Territorial Losses
The following land was taken away from Germany:
- Alsace-Lorraine (given to France)
- Eupen and malmedy (given to Belgium)
- Northern Schleswig (given to Denmark)
- Hultshin(given to Czechoslovakia
- West Prussia, Posen, and upper Silesia (given to Poland)
Military Losses
Germany's army was reduced to 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks
Germany was not allowed an air force
Germany was allowed only 6 capital naval ships and no submarines
The Rhineland area was made into a demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Financial Losses
The loss of vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to Germany's economy coal from the Saar and upper Silesia in particular was a vital economic loss
Germany had to pay $33 billion in war reparations
Germany was also forbidden to unite with Austria to form one country
General
- 1 Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war. This was Clause 231- the infamous "War guilt Clause"
- 2. Germany had to accept the "war guilt clause" and take blame for WW1
- 3. A league of nations was set up to keep world peace

League of Nations

Five permanent members
- Great Britain
- France
- Italy
- United States
- Japan
Four non-permanent members that rotate
All members must submit disputes for investigation, arbitration and settlement
If member nation ignored, League could take action
- What type of action?
Economic sanctions
France wanted an international army but U.S. and G.B. did not
Germany and the Soviet Union were not allowed to join right away
U.S. never joined-Why?
- Republicans thought it would pull the U.S. into European wars
- Congress was concerned it would lose it's power to declare war if we joined

U.S. never passes the treaty of Versailles

Tuesday- still talking about Mr. Bruns's World War 1 presentation

Wednesday- We finished up Mr. Bruns's presentation on World War 1

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