Homework #9 (Due 2/4/2016): The “Peace” of Versailles
Read and outline pages 622 – 630 in the copied pages from “By the People”
Include the following key terms in your outline:
General John J. Pershing American Expeditionary Forces doughboys Bolshevik Revolution Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Georges Clemenceau David Lloyd George isolationism
“peace without victory” Fourteen Points self-determination League of Nations Article X “war guilt” clause “mandates” Henry Cabot Lodge
3. Answer the following reading questions:
What were Wilson’s major goals for the peace treaty negotiated at Versailles?
What groups or individuals criticized the treaty? What were their criticisms?
Why didn’t the Senate ratify the Treaty of Versailles?