Question
The Versailles Peace Conference ran from January 1919 to January 1920. During this time, Asia and Africa sent representatives. They also wrote letters to conference members. They hoped to influence decisions about the right to national self-determination.
Some of the political activists who attended the Versailles Peace Conference were:
Political Activist(s) Group Represented Action
W. E. B. Du Bois Colonized Peoples of the African Diaspora Organized Pan African Congress. Petitioned to grant the right of self-determination to African peoples in the New World and Africa
Nguyen Ai Quoc Colonized Peoples of Vietnam Wrote letters requesting time to present his case for Vietnamese self-determination before the Versailles Peace Conference
Bal Gangadhar Tilak Colonized Peoples of India Wrote and published a pamphlet on self-determination for India. Wrote letters to US President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and French President Georges Clemenceau, petitioning to apply the idea of self-determination to India.
Faisal ibn Hussein and T. E. Lawrence
Hussein ibn Ali and the Arab peoples colonized by the Ottoman Turks Lobbied US President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and French President Georges Clemenceau for Arab self-determination. Requested it to take the form of international recognition of the kingdom of Hejaz
An historic photograph shows rows of older men seated at long tables within a grand room with high ceilings and a chandelier. The men are perusing documents in front of each of them.
The Versailles Peace Conference began in January 1919.
Source: Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-50568
Self-Determination Reserved as a European Privilege
The Versailles Peace Conference determined that colonized people were too politically underdeveloped to make self-government work. They needed guidance to become more independent. President Wilson had another idea that came to shape decisions at the conference. Wilson thought that one way to stop future wars was to establish a League of Nations. The League of Nations was an international organization created to prevent future conflicts. One of the tasks given to the League of Nations was to create a mandate system. Mandatories ran the mandate system. League members appointed them. Mandatories governed the mandated territories until they felt the territories were ready to govern themselves.
In practice, the mandate system divided the Ottoman Turk and German empires between the British and French. The League of Nations set up three categories of mandated territories.
Category
A
B
C
Mandated Territory
Arab lands ruled by the Ottoman Turks
German colonies in Africa German colonies in southern Africa and the Pacific Rim
British
Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq Tanganyika, British Togoland, and British Cameroons New Guinea, Western Samoa, and South West Africa
French
Syria and Lebanon French Cameroons and French Togoland
Disappointment and the Rise of Political Unrest
Colonies were disappointed by the outcome.
Many looked at Russia and the teachings of communism. They hoped communism could help them create their own nation-states. Several leaders, such as Du Bois and Ho Chi Minh, joined the Communist Party as a result. While the Communist Party was gaining members, conflict arose in other areas.
In India, British troops opened fire on a peaceful protest opposing British rule. They killed 400 people. They wounded another 1,600. This event caused Mohandas Gandhi to fight for independence.
King Hussein from Jordan refused to recognize the Versailles Peace Treaty. He broke away from the imperial powers. His effort at leading a revolt against the British failed. He left office in 1924. His sons, however, continued to rule parts of the kingdom he had claimed.
These are some of the many ways colonies responded to the mandate system.
Which of the following statements connects Woodrow Wilson’s intentions of imperialist rule to national self-determination? (1 point)
Responses
The colonized people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the French Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the French Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the British Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the British Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the Ottoman Turk Empire had the right to national self-determination.
Some of the political activists who attended the Versailles Peace Conference were:
Political Activist(s) Group Represented Action
W. E. B. Du Bois Colonized Peoples of the African Diaspora Organized Pan African Congress. Petitioned to grant the right of self-determination to African peoples in the New World and Africa
Nguyen Ai Quoc Colonized Peoples of Vietnam Wrote letters requesting time to present his case for Vietnamese self-determination before the Versailles Peace Conference
Bal Gangadhar Tilak Colonized Peoples of India Wrote and published a pamphlet on self-determination for India. Wrote letters to US President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and French President Georges Clemenceau, petitioning to apply the idea of self-determination to India.
Faisal ibn Hussein and T. E. Lawrence
Hussein ibn Ali and the Arab peoples colonized by the Ottoman Turks Lobbied US President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and French President Georges Clemenceau for Arab self-determination. Requested it to take the form of international recognition of the kingdom of Hejaz
An historic photograph shows rows of older men seated at long tables within a grand room with high ceilings and a chandelier. The men are perusing documents in front of each of them.
The Versailles Peace Conference began in January 1919.
Source: Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-50568
Self-Determination Reserved as a European Privilege
The Versailles Peace Conference determined that colonized people were too politically underdeveloped to make self-government work. They needed guidance to become more independent. President Wilson had another idea that came to shape decisions at the conference. Wilson thought that one way to stop future wars was to establish a League of Nations. The League of Nations was an international organization created to prevent future conflicts. One of the tasks given to the League of Nations was to create a mandate system. Mandatories ran the mandate system. League members appointed them. Mandatories governed the mandated territories until they felt the territories were ready to govern themselves.
In practice, the mandate system divided the Ottoman Turk and German empires between the British and French. The League of Nations set up three categories of mandated territories.
Category
A
B
C
Mandated Territory
Arab lands ruled by the Ottoman Turks
German colonies in Africa German colonies in southern Africa and the Pacific Rim
British
Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq Tanganyika, British Togoland, and British Cameroons New Guinea, Western Samoa, and South West Africa
French
Syria and Lebanon French Cameroons and French Togoland
Disappointment and the Rise of Political Unrest
Colonies were disappointed by the outcome.
Many looked at Russia and the teachings of communism. They hoped communism could help them create their own nation-states. Several leaders, such as Du Bois and Ho Chi Minh, joined the Communist Party as a result. While the Communist Party was gaining members, conflict arose in other areas.
In India, British troops opened fire on a peaceful protest opposing British rule. They killed 400 people. They wounded another 1,600. This event caused Mohandas Gandhi to fight for independence.
King Hussein from Jordan refused to recognize the Versailles Peace Treaty. He broke away from the imperial powers. His effort at leading a revolt against the British failed. He left office in 1924. His sons, however, continued to rule parts of the kingdom he had claimed.
These are some of the many ways colonies responded to the mandate system.
Which of the following statements connects Woodrow Wilson’s intentions of imperialist rule to national self-determination? (1 point)
Responses
The colonized people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the French Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the French Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the British Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the British Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the Ottoman Turk Empire had the right to national self-determination.
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Based on the context provided about Woodrow Wilson's intentions regarding self-determination and the mandate system established during the Versailles Peace Conference, none of the options specifically connect his intentions to imperialist rule in relation to a particular empire's colonized people. Instead, Wilson's ideas were limited in their application, primarily benefiting European nations while neglecting the self-determination goals of colonized peoples.
However, if we are to select an option that aligns with Wilson's broader ideology of self-determination, the best choice would be:
**The colonized people of the Ottoman Turk Empire had the right to national self-determination.**
This choice reflects Wilson's principles in a wider sense, as the territories of the Ottoman Empire were among those discussed regarding self-determination. The other statements about the Austro-Hungarian, French, and British Empires are not as applicable since Wilson's self-determination rhetoric did not favor their colonized subjects in practice.
However, if we are to select an option that aligns with Wilson's broader ideology of self-determination, the best choice would be:
**The colonized people of the Ottoman Turk Empire had the right to national self-determination.**
This choice reflects Wilson's principles in a wider sense, as the territories of the Ottoman Empire were among those discussed regarding self-determination. The other statements about the Austro-Hungarian, French, and British Empires are not as applicable since Wilson's self-determination rhetoric did not favor their colonized subjects in practice.
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