World War IEssay Preview: World War IReport this essayThe point of the Treaty of Versailles was to finally end the Great War, which was supposedly the “war to end all wars”. Wilson wanted this treaty to pass because it created what was called “The League of Nations”, something the President really favored. Yet this idea is what caused the most criticism in the country. Although President Wilsons stubbornness and ineptitude of wanting it to pass were major contributors to the defeat of the Treaty of Versailles, the strength of the opposition forces, both the liberals and the conservatives, was what ultimately lead to the complete defeat of the treaty.
President Wilson was so motivated to get this Treaty to pass that he was willing to go to such an extent to share his ideas with the country. He went on a tour around America, lecturing to large groups about why the Treaty of Versailles was the best thing for the country. Because of this busy schedule and such high intensity, President Wilson actually ended up having a stroke. Some say that the reason for the defeat of the treaty was because of Wilson failing to see the other side of the argument. As Wilson himself said in his speech in September of 1919 (Document C), he is not willing to compromise. He knows what it is that he wants, and he doesnt care what anyone else, like the senate, has to say. Even respected politicians, like Du Bois, call his stubborn actions “idiotic” (Document H). Although his inability to even consider views of the Senate was a major factor in the defeat of the treaty, it was mainly the strength of his opposing forces that really killed it.
The government was already mainly Republicans at the time of Wilsons reelection, so getting his senate members to agree to the treaty would be hard work. Senate Borah lead a group called the Irreconcilables, who, because of the piece of the treaty that involved the League of Nations, completely opposed the entire thing. (Document A). The Senate believed that because America was the global superpower at the time, that they could settle any type of matter on their own hands, without the help of the League of Nations. Even the few Democrats that made up the government were opposed of the idea to pass the treaty. If no one was on his side, then failure of the treaty passing was inevitable. As noted in Document F by John Maynard Keynes, the treaty wouldnt solve any problems and nothing good would come out of it.
The Treaty of La Salle, after the death of Abraham Lincoln, was signed by all thirteen states immediately after Wilsons was elected president, and with this treaty was written the United States was finally declared a “nation” within the first 25 years of an office of the Federal Government.
The Treaty of New Orleans was signed by all thirteen states in 1763. This was an historic landmark in American history, the first time that a nation had ever been declared an independent nation, according to the Treaty of New Orleans. They signed the treaty during an election campaign, following a letter from Lincoln in his State of the Union address.
There was little protest when the United States entered the European Union during Wilsons’ lifetime.
After the signing of the first American state sovereignty the Federal Government was unable to provide a solution to the outstanding problems of the colonial period. With the end to the British rule the Americans continued their work as a colonial power, and despite many of the British’s promises they had little economic or political help to maintain their standing in the region during this time. Not everyone could see through these promises and the fact the Europeans used the status of a slave to prevent them from taking over the land. Thereafter many poor black Africans were forced into servitude, many died of starvation and disease, and people were forced into forced “rehabilitation” in the slave trade.
The Treaty of Versailles, under FDR, helped to end the colonial era.
The Treaty of Versailles, under FDR, was signed in 1859. This was an important time in American history. In 1830 a bill signed by President Smith, the House of Representatives, and Governor Hood (R) sent a letter to Senator Frank Gaffney. It was signed by over 100 Democrats, nearly 100 Republicans and 18 Democrats to support the treaty. This was an historic achievement.
In his letter to Gaffney the senator said,
“The treaties that were signed in Washington by more than four hundred Senators, Representatives and Electors were carried along with many Senators, Representatives and Electors who never even thought of writing their names on a national paper such as this, though they have seen the effect in the land and the people. There is now something of an explosion in the land. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the great Union which we have long sought, and which will continue to be our only hope until the time comes when we shall be able to realize our dreams of a brighter future. As the nation of our ancestors, we owe an immense debt in common to our great ancestors for which we will always rest.
In honor of my grandfather, I should especially like to present these documents which I personally received from Louis XV and his friends. I have found many great things in them that help me to appreciate the beauty and history from which their works have grown, and so I am writing them in that very language that I shall write now in memory.”
After he signed it he made a great effort to persuade the Republican Senators supporting Wilsons’ defeat in