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HS 112 DE (S1 16) Essay 3.6

Directions: This assignment is for a formal paper, meaning that you should present a complete argument using clean, controlled prose in standard English. The formal requirements are the following:

· Your essay directly answers the prompt (alternately, if you choose to write against the grain, you must explain why you are doing so)

· Your essay will use evidence to explain reasons that substantiate your claim (which should be a historical interpretation in answer to the prompt)

· Sources will be cited using a recognized citation system (MLA, APA are acceptable, Chicago is preferred). Information about proper citation can be found in the writer’s guide from EN 101/2 or at the Purdue Online Writing Lab (search Purdue OWL).

· The paper should be 500-700 words in length with minimal grammar, spelling, syntax, or other language errors.

Context: This week’s topic has been World War I, or the Great War, an epoch changing 5 year event that converted Europe from the unassailable center of the global system to an unstable focus of a globe that had become too big to be governed by one small set of great powers. As the war-ending treaty talks at Versailles and other sites around Paris took place in 1919, it was clear that there was no singular or consensus point of view to govern the process. This did not bode well for a future revitalization of Europe. The one systematic treatment of both the causes and outcomes of the war that did come to the fore was Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points, a list of policy suggestions couched in an interpretation of the world that attempted to be above the fray. In the event, only some of Wilson’s suggestions were enacted in full, and the US itself would not take part in the League of Nations or ratify the Versailles Treaty (and thus needed separate arrangements with Germany and the other belligerent nations to end the war officially).

Prompt: Taking everything into consideration (i.e. the war itself, the social changes that preceded the war and those that happened during the conflict, the economic situation of 1919, and the political situation), would strictly following Wilson’s 14 Points have created the stability that was necessary to bring a successful end to the war?

Note: it has to be done in 24 hours and you have to look word file that I upload to get information’s. Also you can get information from other websites. Please read the instructions carefully. It has to be 700 words.