AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The assignment of guilt for starting the war to Germany
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The creation of new nations, such as Poland and yugoslavia
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The creation of a “general association of nations” to protect political independence is MOST aligned with Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.