Bell Ringers
| Clip Of Woodrow Wilson's Second Term

Bell Ringer: Woodrow Wilson and the End of World War I

Description

Author Margaret MacMillan discussed Woodrow Wilson's beliefs and role in regards to the end of World War I.

7 minutes

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • What was Woodrow Wilson’s role towards the end of World War I? Explain the purpose and contents of his Fourteen Points.
  • Describe Woodrow Wilson’s beliefs towards Germany at the end of World War I.
  • Explain the effect of American support in ending World War I.
  • Why did Germany reach out to Woodrow Wilson to broker an armistice? What was the reaction of the American allies?
  • Explain the debate over the need for the “thorough defeat” of Germany to end World War I.
  • Describe the impact that the armistice had on Germany at the end of World War I and going forward into the 1920s and 1930s.

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • Armistice
    • Austrian-hungarian Empire
    • Autonomy
    • Collective Security
    • David Lloyd George
    • Diplomacy
    • Disarmament
    • Fourteen Points
    • League Of Nations
    • Militarism
    • Self-determination
    • Unconditional Surrender