We did not have time to write out full paragraphs for this week’s essays, so they are only outlines.

Why did the WWI peace settlement lead to WWII?

1. Background—Paris Peace Conference signified end WWI
2. Topic—Paris Peace –> WWII b/c discrimination vs. German speaking
3. WWI Winners = Britain US Italy + France
4. Not = Russia b/c communists
5. Austria-Hungary dismantled + land + arms
6. Germany + Austria not allowed allies
7. Germany + Austria pay all war costs
8. German areas given Poland, France, Italy, + Czechoslovakia
9. British hunger blockade 4 months post war
10. League Nations ignore German complaints
11. Germany depend others keep word
12. Peace treaties supposed just + fair all
13. Treaties Versailles = not peace treaty = revenge –> WWII

Why did an assassination cause WWI and why did each country join?

1. Background—Ottoman Empire fall
2. Nationalities split off
3. New countries + nationalism thru west Europe
4. Topic—Serbia agitated Slavs under Austria + killed Archduke
5. Austria demands punishment + Serbia refuses so Austria –> war
6. Russia backs Serbia while Germany backs Austria
7. Germany vs Russia, Serbia, + France
8. Germany invades neutral Belgium
9. Italy abandons 1^st allies (Germany + Austria)
10. France + Britain vs Germany b/c Belgium
11. England hunger blockade all Germany
12. Germany retaliates submarine warfare
13. US (Woodrow Wilson) = anglophile + backs Britain
14. Pres = unreasonable vs Germany (esp Americans on ships)
15. Germany kills Americans so US vs Germany