Paris Peace Conference Dbq
During the period of 1917-1921, World War I caused mass devastation to the world. The lives taken by the war included a total of about 16.5 million civilian and soldier casualties and about 20 million wounded persons. The ramifications of the war were dealt with through the creation of peace treaties and armistices. This includes, but, is not limited to the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine, The Treaty of Sèvres, and the Treaty of Versailles. When focusing on the Treaty of Versailles, it was due to the strength of liberal and conservative forces that the senate was able to defeat it signage by the United States. Forces such as these offered an argument that America's freedom would be put at risk by forcing the nation into all world affairs. Although
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This is where the Treaty of Versailles was drafted and signed by multiple countries, except the United States. As stated in Document A, “The first proposition...with the proposed League of Nations in that of a tribunal to settle the matters of controversy which may arise between different nations.” The League of Nations was an organization created during the conference to join the allied powers that would collectivise decisions in world affairs. Although Woodrow Wilson thought highly of this idea many conservatives and liberals saw this as a way to strip Americans ability to make decisions on its own. They feared that the nation would revert back to being controlled as England once had colonial rule over it. Another issue was that the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles had no way of enforcing peace without disrupting it. As also demonstrated in Document A, the Treaty tried keep peace but couldn’t because it would use violence to stop violence. In other words it would use larger unified forces to stop smaller disputes that threatened world peace.To further support conservative views, the popular vote would decide whether or not the nations in the League would involve themselves in world disputes. With this system, it was impossible to have a decision fair to all nations because if it wasn’t unanimous, at least one nation would go unrepresented and be involved or uninvolved in something they disagreed
This is where the Treaty of Versailles was drafted and signed by multiple countries, except the United States. As stated in Document A, “The first proposition...with the proposed League of Nations in that of a tribunal to settle the matters of controversy which may arise between different nations.” The League of Nations was an organization created during the conference to join the allied powers that would collectivise decisions in world affairs. Although Woodrow Wilson thought highly of this idea many conservatives and liberals saw this as a way to strip Americans ability to make decisions on its own. They feared that the nation would revert back to being controlled as England once had colonial rule over it. Another issue was that the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles had no way of enforcing peace without disrupting it. As also demonstrated in Document A, the Treaty tried keep peace but couldn’t because it would use violence to stop violence. In other words it would use larger unified forces to stop smaller disputes that threatened world peace.To further support conservative views, the popular vote would decide whether or not the nations in the League would involve themselves in world disputes. With this system, it was impossible to have a decision fair to all nations because if it wasn’t unanimous, at least one nation would go unrepresented and be involved or uninvolved in something they disagreed