Wilson Fights for Peace

What was a mandate?

"Temporary colonies" administered by Allied countries.

Who led the moderates in insisting on adding reservations to the treaty to protect American interests?

Henry Cabot Lodge

What were the 4 mandates established as a result of the peace conference?

Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine

Why did Germans come to hate the Treaty of Versallies?

forced to awknoledge complete responsibility.

List 3 provisions of Wilsons Fourteen Points speech that were meant to remove the causes of the war.

Freedom of Seas, fair colonial policies, removal of tariffs-tax (imperialism)

Why single provision of the Treaty of Versallies generated the most Senate opposition?

Russia

What was the fourteenth point?

Set up the league of nations to keep world Peace.

What does self-determination mean?

The right of a national group to choose its nation.

Who represented the U.S. at the peace conference?

Wilson