1. Wilson and Fourteen Points
Mr. Williams
10th Grade U.S. History

2. “What we demand…is that the world be made fit and safe for every peace-loving nation which, like our own, wishes to live its own life, determine its own institutions, be assured of justice and fair dealing by the other peoples of the world as against force and selfish aggression.”
-Woodrow Wilson 1918

4. 14 Points Plan
“Just and Lasting Peace”
Plan for Peace at the end of The Great War
Self-Determination
League of Nations

5. Self-Determination
The right of people to decide their own political status
Wilson wanted the different ethnic groups within Austria-Hungary to be able to form their own nation

8. League of Nations
League would be an organization of nations that would work together to settle disputes, protect democracy, and prevent future wars
Precursor to United Nations

10. Arguments for and Against
Three Groups
1: Democrats who supported immediate ratification of the treaty
2: Irreconcilables who urged outright rejection of U.S. Participation in the League

12. 3: Reservationists who focused their criticism of the charter that required its members to use military force to carry out the League’s decisions.
Republicans felt it interfered with Congress powers to declare war

15. Armistice Late 1918 war crippled German economy
Civilians lacked food and supplies
Food riots and strikes
Revolution swept Austria-Hungary
November 11, 1918 WAR OVER

18. Paris Peace Conference
BIG FOUR
Woodrow Wilson
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George
French premier Georges Clemenceau
Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando

19. Wilson the Fortune Teller
“I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert [agree upon] the method by which to prevent it” –Woodrow Wilson

20. Conflicting Views Wilson’s Vision
Nations deal with each other openly and traded fairly
Reducing their arsenals of weapons
14 POINT PEACE PLAN

23. 14 Points Role? League of Nations established
Very Weak due to U.S. not joining
Nine new nations would be created Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia……..

25. Treaty of Versailles
Germany forced to accept sole responsibility for starting the war
Reduce the size of its military
Give up territory won during and years before war
Reparations: payments for damages and expenses caused by the war

28. Bolshevik Revolution
In November 1917, Communists led by V.I. Lenin overthrow Russian Monarchy
Pulled out of WWI, signed peace treaty with Central Powers
Result: Not invited to Peace Conference

31. Political Impact Overthrow of monarchies in Russia, A-H, Germany, O.E.
Bolsheviks rose to power
Revolts against colonialism, in the Middle East and Asia

34. Impact in Europe
European Countries lost entire generation of young men
France was in ruins
G.B. deeply in Debt to U.S.
Reparations on Germany crippled its economy

37. Social Impact More than a million women went into the workforce
19th Amendment Passed
African Americans moved to northern cities and led to new and often uneasy race relations

38. Economic Impact U.S. emerged as world’s leading economic power
Farmers hit hard because European markets no longer needed to buy their food or could really afford it
For years all of Europe’s resources went to the war effort, this left most of Europe’s economy in shambles