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    The two treaties of Versailles and Vienna were both established to promote an enduring peace all through Europe. This mindset‚ achieved through the devastating wars that just occurred‚ urged European powers to create dependable frameworks for peace‚ specifically the Concert of Europe and the League of Nations; however‚ these groups experienced varying success levels. The Concert’s eagerness to obliterate any resistance through a legal use of military power kept any real clash from coming to fruition;

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    one had in fact won the war as the signing of the cease fire left no distinctive successful or defeated country‚ and it was blind-sided by the treatment it received and its essentially non-existent position during the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles. Unfortunately‚ by Germany signing the war guilt clause they were accepting the blame‚ which meant that they now had to accept the punishments and the resulting problems without complaint. This treaty then had detrimental effects on Germany’s political

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    The two big questions at the Treaty of Versailles were what to do with Germany‚ and what to do with the empire’s land. The Big Four consisted of representatives from the U.K.‚ France‚ Italy‚ and the US. The European leaders wanted money to pay for damages‚ the empire’s land‚ and revenge. Wilson wanted world peace‚ and had fourteen points to help him obtain world peace. One of the fourteen points was self-determination. This point was made to allow people to choose how they wanted to live‚ so there

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    Royal World Palace Outer Lands "Haah.." A farmer wiped his sweat off as he was farming the white lotus tuber plants. He finished his daily sowing routine. The farmer looked up at the sky. One with yellow the other with red‚ two suns’ waves were touching his with their might. The weather was hot summer‚ but the harmony of the luminous red and yellow colors in the blue sky reflecting on the greens was worth to look at. The clarity of the view was vivid to remember for a lifetime. "What a

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    effort of opposition forces as well as the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. The opposing senators wanted to add reservations onto the treaty‚ but Wilson’s would not have it. This caused Wilson to kill his own treaty with some help from opposing senators. Opposing forces killed the Treaty of Versailles in many different ways. They believed the treaty did not satisfy pre-war hopes for peace (Doc B). One political group even opposed

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    TREATY OF VERSAILLES: unfair‚ yet often misjudged -Katrina Besler‚ bl.B On November 11th‚ 1918 at 11 o’clock in the morning‚ World War One‚ arguably the greatest war of all time up until that point‚ came to an end. They called it ‘the war to end all wars’‚ denoting that it would result in peace; unfortunately for the world‚ quite the opposite occurred. The ‘winners’ of the war‚ known as the Allies‚ assembled in Paris soon after the guns ceased their blazing and the triumphant‚ though

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    Actions were taken that moved Europe toward war. The debate over the causes of World War II provides different perspectives. There were several factors as to why the world was plunged into World War II in 1939. At the end of WWI‚ the Treaty of Versailles

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    How important was Woodrow Wilson in determining the terms of the treaty of Versailles? Woodrow Wilson was part of the big 3. The big three was made up of the Wilson (USA)‚ Clemenceau (France)‚ and Lloyd George (Britain¬) and they were who dominated the January 1919 peace conference held in Paris. As Wilson was a very religious man‚ his aim was simply to create peace; he was trying to create a treaty that would be the end of all wars. However he noticed that his allies would have preferred the terms

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    World War one was brought to its official end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. It was drawn up by the victors of the war‚ which included Great Britain‚ the United States‚ Italy‚ and France. The Big Four met in Versailles to compose a treaty that would hopefully bring about a peaceful end to the First World War- the first war of its kind. Germany‚ the main foe against the Allied Powers‚ and the loser of World War I‚ was not allowed to partake in the creation of the treaty. Even

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    impose particularly stringent treaty obligations upon the defeated Germany.” ("Treaty of Versailles‚ 1919." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum‚ n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2017). This treaty is known as the Treaty of Versailles and was a huge contributor to World War II. After World War I ended‚ there was a need for peace and that was what they intended with the Treaty of Versailles. However‚ it led to more tension between the two sides (the allies and the central powers)

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