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Videos about the peace treaties that were signed after WWI
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Seeking to rally Americans to the war effort in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson promised a “war to end all wars,” and pledged to “make the world safe for democracy.” Making the world safe for democracy seemed a noble and just pursuit to Americans who ...watched as Europeans and Russians struggled with increasingly limited freedoms and leaders who acted out of vengeance, creating economic turmoil.
President Wilson believed that the United States should serve as a moral compass to the rest of the world. He differentiated the United States’ goals in the war from the goals of the other warring powers. To Wilson, the United States had not entered the war with the hope of gaining wealth or territory; instead, Americans entered the war to shape a new international climate and to ensure the well being and continued growth of democracy.
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December 7, 2009 at 09:27 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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Nearly one year after President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress and laid out his Fourteen Points, fighting in Europe had reached its end. In the last weeks of the war, Wilson used the promise of his Fourteen Points to persuade the German people to ...overthrow Kaiser Wilhelm II and establish an armistice. Under the armistice, Germany had to withdraw behind the Rhine River and surrender its submarines and munitions.
To establish the conditions of surrender for the defeated Central Powers, members of the Allied Powers came together in Paris. Representatives of the Big Four powers—the United States, France, Britain and Italy—attended the conference. Fearing his Fourteen Points would not be well received by European leaders with their own agendas, Wilson attended the conference as the leader of the American delegation. Wilson’s aim was to create a world parliament to be known as the League of Nations, an agency that would ensure international stability.
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December 7, 2009 at 09:30 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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President Woodrow Wilson felt optimistic about returning to America with the completed Treaty of Versailles. His return, however, was marked with a mixed reaction from the public and the Congress. Initially, Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who ...had ardently opposed the treaty, had little hope of defeating it in the Senate. Instead, Lodge and other Republican Senators hoped to amend the treaty, so that they could take credit for the changes. These individuals were known as “reservationists,” since they were willing to accept the treaty with modifications. If someone was opposed to the idea of the U.S. moving toward internationalism altogether, then they were called “irreconcilables.” Lodge’s delay tactics, which included reading the 264-page treaty aloud in a committee meeting, helped to muddy the once-favorable pubic opinion.
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December 7, 2009 at 09:32 PM
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The long process before the tready was signed. Each country wanted parts or control over other countries. President Wilson's League of Nations is also mentioned. This three minute video shows how this treaty helped cause the Second World War.
October 17, 2010 at 11:47 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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Salman Khan discusses the final events of WWI during this ten-minute video.
March 30, 2013 at 02:16 PM
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The video shows footage of the time. You can see who the leaders of the peace conference were and what they wanted. There are images of destroyed cities. The main aims of the winners are listed. Wilson's suggestions are explained. Post war politics i...n Germany is explained and the role of communism. There is reference to the way in which the leaders drew the map of Europe anew. There is a map shown. There is an account of the main terms of the The Treaty of Versailles.
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August 5, 2009 at 10:50 AM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This short video shows footage of the time. You can see the leaders of the peace conference. It shows a map of Europe and what it was like after the decisions taken at Versailles. It states that instead of a solution the treaty would soon bring furth...er problems.
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August 5, 2009 at 10:46 AM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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Signed five years to the day after the Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination, the Treaty of Versailles effectively ended the state of war between Germany and the Allies. One of the most important stipulations in this treaty was that Germany accept all r...esponsibility for causing the war. In this clip, WatchMojo.com learns more about the Treaty of Versailles, which is widely considered the most important and controversial document of the twentieth century. (3:06)Signed five years to the day after the Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination, the Treaty of Versailles effectively ended the state of war between Germany and the Allies. One of the most important stipulations in this treaty was that Germany accept all responsibility for causing the war. In this clip, WatchMojo.com learns more about the Treaty of Versailles, which is widely considered the most important and controversial document of the twentieth century. (3:06)
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March 29, 2012 at 12:06 AM
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German resentment over harsh peace terms leads to a rise in nationalist sentiment and the eventual rise to power of Adolf Hitler. In this video clip, learn more about the origins of the Treaty of Versailles and how its attempt to prevent a war ended ...leading to the start of another. (1:56)
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March 8, 2012 at 07:49 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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Upon his return from the post-World War II Paris Peace Conference of 1946, Secretary of State James Byrnes discusses the few gains and many disappointments of the meeting. (2:30)
July 21, 2012 at 01:57 PM
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