HIS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The American President, German Colonial Empire, These Three
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Leaders of the winner of the war are gonna gather and try to solve these problems. Everyone has different motivations of the peace treaty and wants different things. Even by 1919 standards he was very very racist. Will call wwi the war to end all wars. The war that makes the world safe for democracy. The first american president to leave washington for a long period of time (6 months to a year) to travel aboard. Welcomed as a saviour by the european people. Wants his european counterparts to accept his world order. "wilson"s 14 point" - wilson"s plan for the new world order. These are pretty okay with germany // go easy on germany. "we need to have freedom of the seas," "trade should not be reseeded" In order to reserve the peace they need to have freedom of the seas.