“Wilson, War, and Peace” Outline(based on the U.S. History textbook)
- America Gives the Allies the Edge
- How did Germans respond to the U.S. declaration of war? (189)
- How did the American and British navies deal with German aggression on the high seas? (189-190)
- Why did Russia pull out of the war in 1918? (190)
- How did this benefit the Central Powers? (190)
- What was Germany able to do because of this? (190)
- Why did American troops prove to be so effective in the war? (190)
- How many American lives were lost in the war? (192)
- How many U.S. soldiers were wounded? (192)
- Why did the Germans surrender on November 11, 1918? (192)
- How many European soldiers died on both sides? (192)
- How many European civilians died? (192)
- Wilson Promotes Peace Without Victory
- How did Vladimir Lenin prove that the war was based on imperialism? (193)
- How did President Wilson respond to this? (193)
- What was Wilson’s plan? (193)
- What were the main principles of this plan?
- What did Wilson mean by self-determination? (194)
- Why did Wilson want to create a League of Nations? (194)
- How come Wilson did not invite Republicans to join him at the conference? (194)
- Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference
- What did the allied powers want out of the Paris Peace Conference? (194)
- Why did French and British diplomats reject Wilson’s ideas? (194)
- Why did the Allies ultimately create a League of Nations? (194-195)
- What did the Allies do to Germany? (195)
- What did the Allies do to the former provinces of the Ottoman Empire? (195)
- How did this affect Iraq? (195)
- How did the Versailles Treaty pave the way toward another world war? (195)
- America Rejects the Treaty
- Why did German-Americans oppose the Treaty of Versailles? (196)
- Why did Irish-Americans oppose the Treaty? (196)
- Why did most members of congress oppose the Versailles Treaty? (196)
- What did they dislike about the League of Nations? (196-197)
- Why did congress ultimately reject the Versailles Treaty? (197)