1. Chapter 19
The End of the Great War

2. WWI Cousins George V - GB Czar Nicholas II - Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm II - Germany

3. Czar Nicholas II of Russia and fam

4. Vladimir Lenin – Communist Russia - USSR

5. Kaiser Wilhelm

6. 11AM

7. Fourteen Points Developed by Wilson for world peace Dealt with:
Self-determination – right of people to govern themselves
Secret diplomacy
Arms race
Violations of freedom of the seas
Trade barriers
League of Nations – international body designed to prevent offensive wars

8. Big Four Wilson – US David Lloyd George – British PM
Georges Clemenceau – French premier
Vittorio Orlando – Italian PM
Dominated the peace process

10. League of Nations Huge coalition of nations
Try to resolve disputes peacefully
Use of “economic pressure”
Article X – 1 country goes to war, all go
WW’s pet project

11. Treaty in Senate Republicans divided on the League
Irreconcilables: didn’t want the League
Reservationists: remove Article X
Wilson would not make any compromises

12. Treaty in Senate Contd
Henry Cabot Lodge – Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Rivalry w/ WW; not invited to Paris
Stalled Treaty
Wilson- 9.5K mile speaking tour
Suffered a stroke
Treaty of Versailles never passed