POLS 051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Locarno Treaties, Dawes Plan, Mercantilism
30 Dec 2018
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Us president woodrow wilson issued his 14 points in january 1918, attempting to convince. Congress to declare war: he outlined his vision of the post-war era, hoping to bring an end to the war. Based off of an understanding of the causes of world war i, he thought a peaceful world required free trade, freedom of the seas, self-determination, and demilitarization: peace promoted through institutions and diplomacy. [this all goes wrong; outlined in the october 22nd reading notes] Germany was show wilson"s post-war vision, which they didn"t find that bad; they signed the initial armistice on the premise that peace would be negotiated, but the allies forced the. Treaty of versailles on them: britain and france pushed for something else and the us didn"t push hard enough; the. Bait and switch led german people to blame their leaders and feel as if they were stabbed in the back.
