Treaty of Versailles

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Woodrow Wilson

Conscription in the United States

World War I

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Henry Cabot Lodge

Chapter 30 The War to End War Buildup to US Entrance Sussex Pledge Germany damaged a merchant ship killing 80 Wilson told Germany if they didn?t give notice, he would break off diplomatic relations Germany agreed to give warning for merchant and passenger ships Zimmermann Note: Germany proposed German-Mexican alliance and encouraged Mexico to attack US March 1917, Germany sinks 4 unarmed merchant ships April 2, 1917 Wilson asks Congress to declare war 14 Points: January 8, 1918 Wilson?s plan for dealing with postwar world Major ideas: Abolish secret treaties Freedom of the seas Remove economic barriers Reduce arms Give up colonies Other major idea: self-determination Countries should govern themselves and decide their own form of government US Entrance into War Reasons

American Pageant Chapter 30

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Conscription in the United States

World War I

Henry Cabot Lodge

United States presidential election

Chapter 30 The War to End War Buildup to US Entrance Sussex Pledge Germany damaged a merchant ship killing 80 Wilson told Germany if they didn?t give notice, he would break off diplomatic relations Germany agreed to give warning for merchant and passenger ships Zimmermann Note: Germany proposed German-Mexican alliance and encouraged Mexico to attack US March 1917, Germany sinks 4 unarmed merchant ships April 2, 1917 Wilson asks Congress to declare war 14 Points: January 8, 1918 Wilson?s plan for dealing with postwar world Major ideas: Abolish secret treaties Freedom of the seas Remove economic barriers Reduce arms Give up colonies Other major idea: self-determination Countries should govern themselves and decide their own form of government US Entrance into War Reasons

The First World War

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Bulgaria in World War I

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 29 May 2015 Chapter 14 Outline WW1 Battle of Somme began 6/24/1916, Brit artillery barrage against German trenches along 25-mi.front; Brits fired 1.5m rounds over 7 days Mixing gas with explosions, gunners pulverized landscape/poisoned atmosphere German def?ers. Huddled in masks; guns went silent, 10k?s of Brits rose out of trenches, bearing 60 lbs. of equipment, made way into NoMan?s Land Were told wire-cutting explosives would destroy barbed wire between trenches, leaving them free to charge across before Germans could recover Found barbed wire intact; caught when German machine-gunners def?d.

Chapter 21 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Military history of Europe

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Edwardian era

French Third Republic

Wars involving Canada

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Russo-Japanese War

Theodore Roosevelt?s Foreign Policy- ?The Big Stick Policy?: Had an aggressive approach to foreign policy with Japan, Latin America, and Russia. Roosevelt Corollary: An extension of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), helped T.R. enforce his foreign policy. Gave the United States government ?International Police Power?, established influence oversees. Used when the Dominican Republican was in debt; the US came in and handled the debt. Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria: Russia and Japan were fighting over the region of Manchuria. Japan had aspirations to be a world power, felt threatened by Russia and United States. Open Door Policy (trade with China) threatened. T.R. settled the war in 1905, was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. After the war was done, Japan wasn?t content.

DBQ- Causes of WWII

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Germany–Soviet Union relations

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Interwar period

Modern Europe

Causes of World War II

Events preceding World War II in Europe

Benito Mussolini

world war II

Fascism

Remilitarization of the Rhineland

GO TO THE NEXT PAGE SECTION II ? Causes of World War II ? (Suggested writing time -- 60 minutes) ? Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-13. ? This question is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. As you analyze the documents, take into account both the sources and the authors' points of view. Write an essay on the

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Article X of the Covenant of the League of Nations

France

Lodge Reservations

Treaty of Versailles Big 4 United States ? Woodrow Wilson Great Britain ? Lloyd George France ? Clemenceau Italy ? Orlando (minor player) Wilson?s Mistakes U.S. delegation to Paris was made up of only Democrats U.S. Senate was led by Republicans Tells the Senate to ratify the treaty ?as is? Main opposition to Treaty was Senator Henry Cabot Lodge ? isolationist (wants the United States to stay away from other countries) Wilson goes on speaking tour of the United States to gain support for the treaty Suffers a massive stroke Legally, probably should have resigned Senate does not ratify the Treaty of Versailles We do NOT sign the Treaty of Versailles

Chapter 30 Test

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Woodrow Wilson

Idealism in international relations

Paris Peace Conference

Irreconcilables

League of Nations

Fourteen Points

Henry Cabot Lodge

War

Chapter 30 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 28. President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when a. the Zimmermann note was intercepted and made public. b. Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic. c. news was received that a revolutionary movement had overthrown the czarist regime in Russia. d. Germany rejected Wilson?s Fourteen Points for peace. e. it appeared that the German army would take Paris. 29. The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between a. Britain and France. b. Russia and Germany. c. Germany and Mexico. d. Mexico and France. e. Germany and Canada. 30. The United States declared war on Germany

1991 AP US History DBQ

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The College Board Advanced Placement Examination UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION 11 (Suggested writing t i m M 0 minutes) Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-I and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1. It was the strength of the opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. Using the documents and your knowledge of the period 1917-1921, assess the validity of this statement.

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The College Board Advanced Placement Examination UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION 11 (Suggested writing t i m M 0 minutes) Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-I and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1. It was the strength of the opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. Using the documents and your knowledge of the period 1917-1921, assess the validity of this statement.

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