1. The Fourteen Points v. Treaty of Versailles

2. Death and Casualty Report

3. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

4. 14 Points- The Highlights (Broad Principles)
Freedom of the Seas
No more secret treaties
Reduction of national armaments (everyone)
Removal of trade barriers
League of Nations with everyone included
Self determination of nations
Impartial adjustment of colonial claims
No reparations

5. Choose your video
Mr. Betts and 14 shirts-
Hip Hughes History- fs&t=216s
New person-

6. The Big Four- Paris Peace Conference
Woodrow Wilson- United States
David George- Great Britain
Vittorio Orlando- Italy
Georges Clemenceau- France

7. Treaty of Versailles- June 1919

8. Opposite of the Fourteen Points?
Only Germany disarmed
Germany assumes guilt for war
Huge Reparations- Germany pays it off in 2010
Germany loses land- France occupies the Rhineland
League of Nations (win for Wilson?) but no Germany or Russia

9. The Battle for Ratification
Wilson needs 2/3 of Senate- major opposition from Republicans
Henry Cabot Lodge leads opposition
Wilson goes on tour of the country to promote the treaty and has massive stroke
Result: US never joins the League of Nations

10. 2 Debates Tomorrow- 20 minutes each
Debate 1 – The Fourteen Points
Group 1- Pro Woodrow Wilson
Group 2- The Other Big Four
The Issues- Reparations, League of Nations, Reduction in Arms, War Guilt Clause
Debate 2- Treaty of Versailles (US Senate Debate)
Group 1- Pro Woodrow Wilson (Ratify Treaty)
Group 2- Reject Treaty
The Issues- League of Nations, Punishments on Germany, Balance of Power in the World