Marcela Udave Mr. Gallegos History Period 1 February 2‚ 2016 Wilson’s Fourteen Points vs. Treaty of Versailles World War One was a tragedy that affect not one but many countries. It brought destruction‚ starvation‚ enemies‚ and death not only of soldiers but of normal civilians. There were two proposals created to end World War One: Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles. They were both created to bring peace between the countries. However‚ they both had their positives and negative
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World War was once thought to be ‘the war to end all wars’. In an attempt to make this so‚ the Allies convened in Paris for the Paris Peace Conference‚ and ultimately created the Treaty of Versailles. Its terms were harsh and sent Germany into hyper-inflation‚ with help from the reparations that had to be paid. This treaty also placed an immense amount of guilt for the whole war and loses on Germany in the War Guilt Clause‚ which created further bitterness within the German borders. The unsteady
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Consequences of the Treaty of Versailles November Criminals The November criminals were the German politicians responsible for signing the treaty of Versailles. Hitler said this as propaganda to make the German citizens hate the Wiemar Democracy and there for turn to Nazism. He told them that the November Criminals betrayed Germany by signing the treaty. Spartacist Revolt The Spartacists were a group of communists named after Spartacus‚ who led a revolt of slaves against the Romans in
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not happen again and so the Treaty of Versailles was created in an attempt to ensure what happened between 1914-1918 would never happen again. Historically there are two main schools of thought surrounding the Treaty of Versailles. The traditionalist school argues that the treaty was too harsh on Germany and that the reparations and territorial changes were unreasonable. However revisionist historians argue that because Germany was the main cause of the war the treaty was actually reasonable. I will
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The Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was a controversial movement. As described in Hitlers words it is “the great villainy of the century.” (Mein Kampf). In Hitlers eyes the Treaty humiliated and further destroyed the economy in Germany. Germany had to admit complete responsibly for starting the war‚ also known as Clause 231‚ “War Guilt Clause.” He did not believe that Germany was at fault for the war‚ but instead blamed it on other groups such as the Jews and Communists. He wanted to
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Europe. Accoridng to other historians The fundamental significance of Versailles was emotional rather than rational. Allied statesmen‚ urged on by the pressure of public opinion‚ have made peace in spirit of revenge and not to guarantee national security. Taking this view a harsh appeasement would have been natural‚ yet Celmanceau – who devised even harsher reparations‚ did not have his way. Finally‚ the negotiators had to move quickly through a long agenda of issues‚ in order not to delay
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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‚ economic and social condition‚ effects that led to long lasting upheaval and disorder throughout Germany. Many have gone as far as to say that this treaty was directly responsible for the tumultuous
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Firstly‚ we must proceed to explain the nature of Article 231 in order to be able to analyse its judgement about Germany’s responsibility for the war. After the war had ended‚ Europe’s‚ especially France’s economy was devastated. There was also a general desire for such a war never to repeat itself‚ as the first proof of modern warfare proved to be ruinous. To deal with this two issues the allied powers made Germany sign the "war guilt clause" which made it accept all the guilt for the war and because
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The Treaty of Versailles failed since the delegates from Big Three nations (including British‚ France‚ and The United States) all wanted different things and couldn’t came to an agreement‚ and the unfair terms led to an aggressive German state while the League of Nations was weak and neither had the willing to protect nor the ability to maintain the treaty. The treaty was a failure since the delegates from the Big Three Nations who have involved in conferences couldn’t reach an agreement. They were
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The Treaty of Versailles did more to harm the peace than support it because the allies took some of Germany’s major territories and required Germany to take fault for the war. Furthermore‚ as Wilson stated in his fourteen points for world peace that “The French territory should be free and all invaded territory should be restored...in over that peace may once more be secure” (Wilson’s Fourteen points worksheet).The evidence stated above is relevant to the thesis statement by stating that even the
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