cizes the Treaty of Versailles for how it is. Woodrow Wilson, in Document G, is stressing how good the Treaty of Versailles is for the country. He is trying to persuade people to approve of the League of Nations. He feels that without the League, the United States would not be able to become a world power. By amending the League the United States would be able to “lead the world in the assertion of the rights of peoples and the rights of free nations.” John Maynard Keynes, in Document F, sticks up for Wilson. Agreeing that the Treaty of Versailles was way too harsh. In his own words “It degrades the lives of millions of human beings, and of depriving a whole nation of happiness should be abhorrent and detestable” Keynes was right, it was degrading and downright unfair, and the harsh circumstances of the Treaty was a major cause of WWII. Herbert Hoover, in Document D, thinks that the League is a very good idea; he even stresses how important it is for an early ratification. In these three documents, each person is stressing how good the Treaty of Versailles, and especially the League of Nations will be for the country. They also agree with Wilson and his ideals, and feelings about Treaty.The sole reason why the Treaty of Versailles wasn’t ratified wasn’t because Wilson was “inept” and “stubborn.” Many people were for the Treaty, and everything Wilson added to the Treaty. Wilson was on the right track, he was right when he said that the treaty was too harsh on Germany. If it was up to him, and if the Fourteen Points, all of them, had been added to the treaty, and the treaty had been ratified, then probably WWII wouldn’t have started. The way I see it, if Wilson hadn’t been “stubborn” and “inept” then none of his points would have been on the Treaty, at least it lightened up the pressure on Germany but unfortunately not by much. Wilson was tryi...
