HIST 151 003 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 22 WWI Progressive Crusade Home Abroad 1914 1920 Outline of Current Lecture II Chapter 22 WWI Progressive Crusade Home Abroad 1914 1920 cont Bolshevism Amer Exped Forces AEF Espionage Sedition Acts War Industries Board Wilson s 14 Points Self Determination Concert of Nations The Treaty of Versailles Reparations The League of Nations WWI Aftermath Current Lecture Bolshevism Russian anarchists wanted to rid Russia of the Czar Nicholas II o Czar and his whole entire family line was executed After the execution Russia s troops were called out of World War I to fight their own war back home the Russian Revolution Amer Exped Forces AEF 2 million soldiers American Expeditionary Forces AEF Dough Boys replaced the Russian soldiers Opposed Central Powers Assisted Allies not considered Allies Assimilators U S not fully committed as an ally considered Assimilators Many preferred the U S to support the Central Powers over the Allies o Large majority of American population was German Irish American European immigrants were anarchists refused to participate in the war Wilson Administration was forced to generate a conscription draft AEF segregated entity helps turns the tide permanently for the Allies Espionage Sedition Acts Congress helped initiate acts to enforce Patriotism Espionage Sedition Acts No German language classes allowed no listening to Mozart illegal These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Speaking against the War or the Wilson Administration as well as supporting the Central Powers or Germany was illegal Those who disobeyed were thrown in jail those who still disobeyed while in jail were deported Acts violated the First Amendment freedom of speech justified because of the war Laws were immediately eradicated after the war Congress is still criticized for the Acts to this day War Industries Board Wilson Administration formed Committee of Public Information the War Industries Board Citizens Immigrants can be incarcerated without due processes Federal programs that silenced dissentience CPI and WIB were created in tandem went from town to town sponsored circuses fairs speakers rallies to recruit support for the war Recruited 4 million speakers minutemen to speak before church school motion pictures etc in order to recruit more people and rally up more support Considered spy networks of the U S eventually established the F B I Wilson s 14 Points Self Determination Concert of Nations 1914 1917 Wilson does not go overseas o Spent that time writing up Points solutions regarding ending the War The U S had no dog in the fight but wanted and needed to get involved 14 points 14 observations made in order to stop war By summer of 1917 Wilson boarded a ship to Europe to negotiate Allies denied Wilson s Points o Wilson s points were spot on but ahead of their time Allies did not believe that the points were viable o Points were more useful for WWII developed the Treaty of Versailles Called a Concert of Nations League of Nations groups of representatives Asked for freedom of the seas no more U Boats and underwater terrorism Open Covenants i e banning of secret negotiations between nations Self Determination of all nations let all the entities be sovereign states o Wilson begins losing support from Congress after these notions The Treaty of Versailles Reparations Dismantled the Ottoman Empire and the Germanic Empire New nations established Poland Czechoslovakia and Slovenia land taken away from Germany Reparations required from the losers Europe immediately fell into an overnight depression Treaty did not provide a rebuilding opportunity Contained the War Guilt Clause Country that had the most influence in the War was forced to acknowledge that the war was entirely their fault Germany was the one to blame o Treaty publicly and deliberately disgraced Germany and future German leader Adolf Hitler The League of Nations U S does not sign Treaty Congress does not see it working out Goes against George Washington s warning to not entangle in foreign affairs Without the U S the League was doomed League was no more by mid 1930 s o The UN replaced the League later on WWI Aftermath Prohibition enacted Women able to vote Spanish Flu kills 22 million 700 000 Americans die WWI costs 180 billion then dollars Second World War followed shortly after inevitable Angst poverty and anger ensued throughout the world Do not forget to read All Souls A Family Story from Southie The book quiz will be held on Friday March 27th the week we return from school Also there is NO class this Friday March 13th have a safe and fun Spring Break see you in class on Monday March 23rd Happy studying