PPT-The Home Front and Wilson, War, and Peace

Read pages 18097 in textbook Type notes into the PowerPoint Define all the terms Do the internet searches and answer questions and insert images When finished email to warrenbradleyalvordk12caus. His Plan. Goes to Europe to propose his ideas. Did not expect rejection. 14 Points Speech. Divided into 3 groups. First 5 points were to prevent another war. No secret treaties among nations. Freedom of the seas. Ratification Failure 1919-1920. Wilson & the 14 Points. Idealism in Foreign Policy . Wilson was an idealist who wanted this war to “. end all wars.. ”. He believed that America’s entrance into WWI would “. Wilson’s program for reaching peace was known as the . Fourteen Points. . . It involved: self-determination, reduction of militarism, removal of trade barriers, etc.. Paris Peace Conference. Wilson did not want war reparations, just wanted Europe to handle disputes peacefully.. President Wilson’s . 14 Points. were his ideas to . “end all war”.. These are a summary of his ideas for world peace. . Are they realistic or based on idealism?. Open diplomacy or no secret treaties.. US gears up for the war . Financing . Borrow from the Public . Victory Bonds. Liberty Bonds . Taxation: Only on luxury items. Tobacco . Alcohol. Ect. . . Government strength in economic programs . War Industries Board. What do you think of the United Nations?. The UN spends between 5-6 . b. illion dollars a year. Is it worth it?. Objectives . Describe opposition to the war. .. Outline significant social changes that occurred during the war. Woodrow Wilson: Quote Book. Leader Comes To Power. #1: “A . great industrial Nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the Nation and all our. Casualties of War. Talk of Peace. Wilson’s Fourteen Points. End to secret treaties. Removal of trade barriers among nations. Reduction of military forces. Right of self-determination. Allies discarded many proposals. Total War. The nations involved in World War I needed to commit to a strategy of . total war: channeling all of a nation. ’. s resources into a war effort . . to support a modern mechanized . war. Governments responded . Read pages . 180-97. . in textbook. Type notes into the PowerPoint. Define all the terms. Do the internet searches and answer questions and insert images.. When finished e-mail to:. warren.bradley@alvord.k12.ca.us. Chapters 22-25 . History Alive!. , Ch. 11 . Americans. History Alive!.  . Ch. . 22: From Neutrality to War . p. . 283-291. “Was it in the national interest of the US to stay neutral or declare war in 1917?”. Before the war the government played a small role in the day to day lives of Americans. It regulated industrial and agricultural products. . Attempted to manipulate the public’s opinion (propaganda). What were the motives and aims of the Big Three at Versailles? . Why did all the victors not get everything they wanted? . What was the impact of the peace treaty on Germany up to 1923? . Could the treaties be justified at the time?. Armistice. War officially ends on November 11, 1918. Kaiser had been informed that the military situation for Germany was hopeless in September – had a truce issued to the . Allied Powers. German people had grown tired of the war.