catalinavegablog

No I don’t believe the United States should have ratified and signed the Treaty of Versaille. The Treaty of Versaille did not include most of what President Wilson points. President Wilson just want to make points that would prevent another war but instead all the treaty did was punish Germany for a war they didn’t even start. The Treaty of Versaille was a totally fail and was a stepping stool for WWII. By signing it all we got was the league of nations which we didn’t even join it was pointless for America. All it did was bring another war which was exactly was we didn’t want to happen.

I believe the United States should have been involved World War I even though it was one of the bloodiest wars they had ever fought in. There was many things that led to the U.S. getting involved in the war. Like the Zimmerman Note, unrestricted submarine warfare, and the sinking of the Lusitania. All these things were pushing the U.S. to fight in the war. 

When Germany wasn’t keeping it’s promise to stop unrestricted submarine warfare and therefore  sank the Lusitania. They killed many innocent Americans that had nothing to do with the war Germany was fighting. The U.S. had to defend itself they couldn’t just let this slip by. All they wanted was to stay out of the war and Germ had forced them to fight when they crossed the line. To top it all off they sent a telegram to Mexico saying if Mexico would help Germany out they would help them get back all the land they lost to the U.S.

 We had many people volunteering to join the military at the time because the people were excited to be fighting in the war. There was also a lot of propaganda during the war showing the German as huns and barbarians. This propaganda lead to the restriction of German Americans. They weren’t allowed to listen to german music or fly their flag. They even stop teaching german in school and changed the names of german foods. 

After the war all the five nations got together to make a peace treaty. This treaty was called the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty stated that Germany was to lose 27,000 square miles of land, Germany had to accept the Blame for starting the war, had to pay Reparations for the damage done during the war, and was forbidden to have submarines or an air force.

The fact that there was unrestricted submarine warfare, the Zimmerman Note sent to Mexico, and the sinking of the Lusitania pushing the U.S. to fight is enough for me to say they should have gotten involved. I believe the U.S. was needed to help Russia win the war and that’s exactly what they did. They had the right to join the war so they could defend their own ships and help win the war.