Making the Peace and Winning the War Sections 4 and 5

End of War Italy switches sides to Britain and France, promised lands Russia leaves the war-they were completely unprepared for it.

Wilson’s 14 points Intro President Woodrow Wilson issued his 14 points- a list of terms for resolving this and future wars. After all, the ‘Great War’ was supposed to be “the war to end all wars” Vocab: Self-determination- The right of people to choose their own form of government.

Task: Read the excerpts from Wilson’s 14 points and take notes as you go Summarize the main idea of each point

Review of Wilson’s Goals Spreading democracy: the citizens of other nations should have the freedom to choose representative or democratic government. Open markets: nations should work to lower barriers to free trade among themselves. International organization dedicated to keeping peace: by joining together and promising to protect each other, democratic nations could deter wars of aggression and conquest.

The Paris Peace Conference The Costs of War were heavily considered Human: 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded Financial: $196.5 billion (adjusted) The conference had trouble making peace, was faced with conflicting demands and a vengeful Europe looking to blame/punish Germany. The Treaty of Versailles is signed June 1919 to officially end the war.

Task: Now that we have reviewed Wilson’s 14 points and the foreign policy goals he hoped they would achieve, how did Wilson’s points actually compare to the resulting peace treaty? Match the points with excerpts from the treaty

Results of the Treaty New Nations emerge in Eastern Europe Italy gained less territory than promised Japan felt ignored Growth of Nationalism in Colonies that had helped fight the war but were denied independence Germany was harshly punished: Lost more than 10% of their territory Lost all their colonies Required to disarm Had to pay expensive reparations (war damages) Forced to take all the blame These nations (especially Germany) felt betrayed, angry, resentful

Results of the War *Find the Differences! Do-now, individual work

Task: Reflect If you were a supporter of Wilsonian foreign policy, would you support the Treaty of Versailles? Why or why not? Does the Treaty of Versailles create a lasting peace plan for the world? Explain why or why not.

Task: Reactions to the Treaty Now that we have reviewed the Treaty and it’s results let’s examine how each of the major power’s reacted. You will be a member of a country: 1=Germany 2= US 3=France 4=Britain Using the primary source packet answer the following questions that apply to your sources Write a report of your nation’s reactions to share with the class

Task: Reactions Now that we have reviewed the Treaty and it’s results let’s examine how each of the major power’s reacted. Using the primary sources answer the questions that follow at the back of the packet.