https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4 MI Choice by Chloe Morris en-us 2019-02-08 23:27:47 UTC 2024-03-26 19:06:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/327755542/091a98fe9eedc67ae9ccd326063a387e/download.png 1424931 https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434346 The most powerful opponent was Henry Cabot Lodge.  He was the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  

What he did:
- He spoke out against it
- He delayed a vote on the treaty
- He also created a bunch of reservations that would limit America's obligations  ]]> 2019-02-08 23:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434346 1424931 https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434365 The Peace Plan was known as the Fourteen Points.  It was proposed by the President at the time, Woodrow Wilson.  

The last point was a thing called the League of Nations. This was an a group that was meant to stop war. ]]> 2019-02-08 23:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434365 1424931 https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434398 It was supposed to help the world and keep peace, but the actual group who planned it were Italy's Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando, France's Premier Georges Clemenceau, Great Britain's Prime Minister David Lloyd George and U.S.'s President Wilson. They were known as the Big Four. ]]> 2019-02-08 23:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434398 1424931 https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434427 There were multiple reasons the Peace Plan failed. Many people didn't like how it made the U.S. able to be controlled by other countries.  

Some other reasons: 
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Wilson suffered a stroke in the middle of his campaign. This caused him to have to limited say/actions.]]> 2019-02-08 23:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434427 1424931 https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434453 Good: 
- It was meant to help preserve world peace and prevent wars.
- There would be an end to secret treaties and there would be a limit on arms. 
- It called for peaceful ways to resolve conflicts.
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Bad:
- Some people believed that it would cause the U.S. to be too involved and controlled by others. 
- Problems started to happen when nations put themselves first. 
- It didn't tell nations how to accomplish self-determination in places where different ethnic groups were together. ]]> 2019-02-08 23:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434453 1424931 https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434472 The League of Nations was included in the Treaty of Versailles which was signed between the Allies and Germany on June 28, 1919. That same year, it was presented to the mostly Republican Congress. Some of them tried to use it as an opportunity to weaken the Democrats in the 1920 election. The Peace Treaty was not signed, and in 1921, the U.S. signed a separate treaty with the Central Powers.]]> 2019-02-08 23:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329434472 1424931 https://padlet.com/sd54/3wi9xboo7ia4/wish/329619668 - In order to deal with the Bolshevicks, France, Britain, and the U.S. sent troops to Russia.
- Germany had to pay for the reparations.
- Europeans wanted revenge, but the U.S. did not.
- The Treaty of Versailles broke up the Russian and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire

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