HIST 2112
STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM
WOODROW WILSON
o Pres
o Well read, went to JHU
o Had a stroke
o Wanted to keep the US out of WWI
o Was a peacemaker
o Was president of Princeton
o He brought the US into the war in order to keep the
world safe for democracy
o Pacifist
o Wanted the US to practice neutrality during WWI
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LUSITANIA
o A British liner w/ Americans aboard
o May 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed it
o Caused unrestricted submarine warfare
JOHN PERSHING, AEF
o Asked that American soldiers be well trained before
going to Europe
oLed the American Expeditionary Forces
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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
o Ended the state war between Germany and the Allied
powers
o Forced Germany to disarm, pay war debts and be divided
among the Allied powers.
o Signed during the Paris Peace Conference
o Removal of trade barriers, arms reductions
o National self-determination for the people of the
countries of Austria-Hungary, Russia and Germany
o The US never ratified this treaty
FOURTEEN POINTS
o A speech done before Congress
o Freedom of the Seas
o No reshuffling of colonies
o Respect of the principal of self-determination
o 14th point—form a league of nations to keep the peace
o Never ratified by the US Senate
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
o Founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference
o Main purpose was to prevent a second world war, which
obviously failed
Would also supervise arms reduction, mediate
disputes and curb aggressor nations through
collective military action
