Day 16: Fourteen Points and Versailles

Costs of WWI:  Ten Million Dead Russia 1.7 Million France 1.4 Million British 900, 000 German 1.8 Million Austrians 1.2 Million Turks 325, 000 20 Million Died of disease, hunger and other war related causes. 6 Million Crippled America    130,174 Dead and 200,000 wounded.  Cost $32 Billion Map Redrawn - German spending on war $100 Billion ordered to repay $32 Billion The Espionage Act (May 16, 1917)

The following act was passed by Congress shortly after the United States declared war on Germany in April, 1917. Congress passed this to silence people who did not support the war in the U.S.

Questions to consider:
1. Do you think this Act was necessary or wise? Explain your answer.
2. Discuss the impact of war on civil liberties.

Section 3
"Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall wilfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies and whoever when the United States is at war, shall wilfully cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall wilfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service or of the United States, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both."

Woodrow Wilson: Fourteen Points (January 8, 1918)

The following is President Wilson’s plan to end World War I; The Fourteen Points. He delivered this plan to congress January 8, 1918 after an armistice was signed to stop the war in Europe November 11, 1918. Here are some questions to consider as you read. 1.What reason did Wilson give for the United States entering the war? 2.Why did Wilson want “Absolute freedom of navigation” (point II)? 3.What did Wilson want to be created? Why?

Citations:

Wilson's "Fourteen Points" was found on the web at www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1918/14points.html

Peace Treaty of Versailles: Articles 159-213; Military, Naval and Air Clauses

After World War I ended a peace conference was held in Paris. At this peace Conference the Big 4 (President Wilson from the U.S., Prime Minister David Lloyd George from Great Britain, Premier Georges Clemenceau from France, and Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando from Italy) dominated the peace talks. The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that Germany signed. The terms of the treaty were very harsh and disliked by Germans. The Treaty of Versailles made many German soldiers, like Adolf Hitler, bitter about the results of World War I. Here are a few questions to consider as you read. 1.What do these clauses deal with? 2.Why do you think the Big 4 wanted to limit Germany’s military? 3.How many officers was Germany able to have? 4.How many guns and ammunition could they have? 5.When did they have to have it reduced to that amount?

Citations:

The Treaty of Versailles was found on the web at http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/versa/versa4.html