USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Which of the following provisions of the treaty of Versailles best reflected the ideals expressed in President Wilson’s 14 points

(A) The assignment of guilt for starting the war to Germany

(B) ** The creation of new nations, such as Poland and yugoslavia

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Treaty of Versailles did, however, include one of Wilsons proposals: the establishment of a world organization to provide a system of collective security for all nations; this organization came to be known as the League of Nations. The U.S. Senate refused to adopt the treaty or join the League of Nations.

Concept note-2: -The creation of a “general association of nations” to protect political independence is MOST aligned with Wilson’s Fourteen Points.

Concept note-3: -The treaty forced Germany to surrender colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific; cede territory to other nations like France and Poland; reduce the size of its military; pay war reparations to the Allied countries; and accept guilt for the war.

Concept note-4: -They prescribed a program of transparency in international relations, free trade, freedom of the seas, reductions in armaments, national self-determination, and adjustment of colonial claims that gave equal weight to the peoples of the colonized countries.