USHC 5.5 POST WW1

The world needed a way to establish a just and lasting peace.

Nations that won the war should take over the territory of the losers.

International trade agreements should favor the United States.

American isolation was necessary to end the conflict in Europe.

Russia

Serbia

Germany

Austria

So many new nations were created that international organizations couldn’t keep up with them all.

Some old nations like Germany and Russia

disappeared from the map.

Their borders were poorly drawn and

would result in conflict later.

The rulers were from the old imperialist countries.

to prevent the U.S. from getting involved in foreign conflicts

to reduce the size and influence of the American military

to protest the treatment of Germany in the treaty

to reduce the United States' dependence on foreign trade

Reparations would only be paid if everyone went back to the way it was before the war.

The Allies wanted the United States to help them fight against Russia.

The League of Nations was going to take

control of every country.

The violence of World War I convinced them that making the world safe for democracy had too high of a price.

using the Dawes and Young Plans to give Germany loans

by convincing England and France to lower the amount owed to them

the United States paid half of the amount for them

None of these options

brinkmanship

containment

imperialism

isolationism