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The Treaty of Versailles: The Reservationists
By Grace DiMatteo, Chloe DiStasio, Maddy Facey & Colton Lavoie
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Introduction What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What are the goals Reservationists? Group titles: Colton-Group Director, Grace-Military, Chloe-International Political, Maddy-Domestic Political
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Military The United States assumes no obligation to employ the military or naval forces of the U.S. under any article of the treaty for any purpose-could lead to war. If the United States shall at any time adopt any plan for the limitation of armaments proposed by the Council of the League of Nations under the provisions of Article 8, it reserves the right to increase such armaments without the consent of the Council whenever the United States is threatened with invasion or engaged in war. Article 8 in the Treaty of Versailles wants to reduce the use of national weapons, whereas the Lodge Reservations want armaments to be used.
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International Politics
Only the U.S can represent themselves The United States does not have to interfere or help other nations The Monroe Doctrine is to be interpreted by the U.S alone The U.S reserves full liberty of action with respect to any controversy between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan under said articles The U.S is not obligated to pay any expenses of the League of Nations
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Domestic Politics It was perceived that the treaty was very harmful to the citizens of the United States. According to the source in the packet, "which a body other than Congress makes laws concerning the citizens of the United States." (Source 2). It was clear why this could be potentially nerve-racking since the citizens felt as if they had no control of whatever the treaty declared. They believed that anything going on in the United States should be left for elected officials, because then, they have control on who is making the big decisions that can change everything. The one stance against is citizens is for the power to be in their votes on who makes the decisions in the United States instead of them not having any say on what happens with the treaty. But, contrary to that, United States won't be affected by the treaty and doesn't have to pay a penalty, hence why it wouldn't be such a bad idea to show consequences for actions. The changes would give the citizens of the country a voice and would also give consequences to the country who started the war. This would be fair for everyone.
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Conclusion Proposed changes will benefit everyone, American or foreign. Getting rid of the treaty is not a good idea, while keeping the current one is negative, as well.
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Citations Kaiser, D. (2009). Treaty of Versailles. Retrieved February 15, 2018, from “Peace Treaty of Versailles.” Peace Treaty of Versailles , Articles 1-30 and Annex / The Covenant of the League of Nations, 11 Nov. 1998, net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/versa/versa1.html. “Peace Treaty of Versailles.” Peace Treaty of Versailles, Articles , German Rights and Interests Outside Germany, 11 Nov. 1998, net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/versa/versa3.html.
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