World History II 14 Points and the League of Nations Lecture Notes: Unit 6 Lesson 4 Standard WHII.10a

To Do: Vocabulary Interpretation TSWBAT Notes Big Question Activity – Create a Multiple Choice Question Multiple Choice Question Analysis Seabiscuit

Vocabulary Mandate Sentiment Diplomacy Strife

Interpretation Name a strategy you know that will help with answering multiple choice questions  Restate the question in your own words  Process of elimination  Read ALL of the words CAREFULLY  Look for “Not” or “Except”  If an answer choice is repeated, they are both wrong  If answers are similar, but not the same, one of them is usually the correct answer  Calm Down

TSWBAT Explain how the treaty of Versailles helped cause WWII Explain what the League of Nations and the Mandate system were. Create a multiple choice question from today’s information

The 14 Points Wilson’s plan to eliminate the causes of war A list of suggestions…

All 14 of Them… 1. No secret alliances 2. Freedom of the seas in peace and war 3. Free trade between all nations 4. Elimination of Weapons 5. Independence for colonies without damaging mother countries 6. Reforming a full Russia 7. Chunks of Belgium given back to Germany 8. Alsace-Lorraine should be given back to France 9. Italy should be redrawn according to ethnic groups 10. Austria Hungary should be dismantled 11. Balkan ethnicities should have their own nations 12. End the killing of Turkish Armenians 13. Polish independence from Russia and Germany 14. Creation of a “League of Nations”

All but two… Were largely ignored in favor of punishing Germany

League of Nations Goals:  Disarmament  Preventing war through collective security  Settling disputes between countries through negotiation and diplomacy  And improving global welfare.

What did the American people think of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations?

Dark blue = Members Light blue = Colonies of Members Orange = Mandates Gray = Non-members Slightly lighter gray = Colonies of Non-members

How did the Senate view the League?

What did the Senate do to the Treaty of Versailles?

How did Europeans view America’s rejection of the League? End Result?

The mandate system The system was created to administer the colonies of defeated powers on a temporary basis.

France and Great Britain became mandatory powers in the Middle East. League of Nations Mandate (Middle East & Africa) 1. French Mandate of Syria 2. French Mandate of Lebanon 3. British Mandate of Palestine 4. British Mandate of Transjordan 5. British Mandate of Iraq 6. British Togoland 7. French Togoland 8. British Cameroon 9. French Cameroon 10. Ruanda-Urundi 11. Tanganyika 12. South-West Africa

After World War II Britain carves a chunk out of Palestine (Muslim territory) and gives it to the Jews (Israel).

Israel vs. Palestine

Getting Along?

Big Questions What was the League of Nations and why did it fail? Why was the mandate system created?

Activity Create a multiple choice question of your own from today’s information You must:  Have four answer choices  Have only one correct answer  Not have ridiculous incorrect answers  Use a graph, quote, picture, cartoon, chart, etc. in your question You have 5 minutes to create a question then you will trade with a neighbor and they will answer your question.

Multiple Choice Question Analysis

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