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2.   Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States before, during and after the First World War. It is important to state that Woodrow Wilson’s Presidential Platform was based on rights for people.  Woodrow Wilson's fourteen points were a summary of changing times at the end of the First World War. The world was beginning to change from ideals of colonialism to globalism and Wilson addressed this in his speech. Woodrow Wilson

3.   By demanding open diplomacy and freedom of the seas he set out to make sure that nations were free to act reasonably as they wished in their own national interests.  The two most important points of his speech was his demand for free movement in the international economy (which is what ours looks like now) and the League of Nations which led to the allied forces in WWII and the United Nations after that.  https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=y59wErqg4Xg 3:35- 5:00 https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=y59wErqg4Xg The 14 Points

4.   Italy did not take as big of a hit when it came to the loss of men and money after the was in comparison to Germany and Austria. This is because Italy took sides with the allies immediately when the war started.  Germany was in debt 31.5 billion dollars, they then started to print bills to pay it off and hyper inflated the economy. After the signing of the treaty Germany had to reduce the size of their army down to 100 thousand men, destroy the U-boat fleet, air force, and all tanks.  Austria was so lost after the war that they found themselves without a government for a short period of time. In total More the 8 million people were lost in war from the triple alliance. Costs to the Triple Alliance

5.   The Triple Alliance left the war, due to the acknowledgment they had to accept the fact they would not be victorious. The chances of the Triple Alliance winning the war were very low after many reasons. Firstly, when Italy no longer had interest with being involved in the Triple Alliance, the Triple Alliance itself began to get weaker and weaker due to the loss of numbers. By May 3, Italy betrayed the Triple alliance leaving them weak and short of power, and the Triple Entente stronger. During this time. Germany and Austria- Hungary were fighting on the East and West. Now this time the Triple Alliances armies were weakened significantly, due to the loss of battles and countries to fight with. France then realized how weak they were, they then went full steam against Germany with the us. Germany was caught off guard and was weakened greatly. Austria- Hungary surrendered to the allies in fall of 1918 and soon Germany surrendered in Nov 11, 1918. This is why the Triple Alliance left the war. Why did the Triple Alliance Leave the War? https://www.khanacademy.org/humaniti es/history/euro-hist/other-fronts- ww1/v/italy-backs-out-of-triple-alliance