1918 Influenza Pandemic – 20 Million people died
Armistice Day German Kaiser abdicates and leaves for Netherlands cease fire with Germany November 11, 1918
Germany agreed to cease fire – not surrender Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire – not surrender
Treaty of Versailles The Big Three Great Britain – David Lloyd George France – Georges Clemenceau Goals: Weaken Germany United States – Woodrow Wilson Goals: Peace without Victory Fourteen Points
Germany forced to take full blame Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire – not surrender – Germany forced to take full blame
Germany agreed to cease fire – not surrender Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire – not surrender Germany forced to take full blame Reparations – Cost of war Pensions 3 Trillion today
President Woodrow Wilson Treaty of Versailles President Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points Self-determination – Each country chooses Freedom of Trade – world trade by choice Disarmament – Prevent Germany from rebuilding League of Nations – an international peace keeper
Italy did not get land from Austrian Hungarian Empire Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire – not surrender Self – Determination Right for each country to determine own government European Countries Italy did not get land from Austrian Hungarian Empire
Treaty of Versailles Mandate System Germany agreed to cease fire – not surrender Self – Determination European Countries Italy did not get land from Austrian Hungarian Empire Mandate System China and Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire Collapses Turkey became a Republic Modernization and Westernization Arab lands carved into Mandates Arabs had been promised independence
Ottoman Empire Collapses Turkey became a Republic Modernization and Westernization Arab lands carved into Mandates Palestine Region Arab Nationals were promised lands Jewish Zionists were promised same lands
May 4th Movement in China Japan – China conflict Germany gave concessions to Japan in China May 4th Movement in China Populist movement away from the elitist the “New Culture Movement” Nationalist Party begins in China
India Mohandas Gandhi Promised self-determination denied by Britain Surge in Indian Nationalism Mohandas Gandhi Became leader of India non-violent nationalist movement
India The Salt March Mohandas Gandhi Became leader of India non-violent nationalist movement India The Salt March 12 March 1930 and was an important part of the Indian independence movement. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.
India Mohandas Gandhi Independence in 1947 Assassinated in 1948 by Hindu extremist
Was the beginning of something even bigger “The war to end all war” Was the beginning of something even bigger WORLD WAR II