1. War Ends Treaty of Versailles

2. Cost of War

3. Death Toll A whole generation of young Europeans lost their lives.
8 – 9 million people died in WW1
Germany – 2 million
France, Britain, Russia – 4million
U.S. – 50 thousand

4. 50,000 People

6. Destruction

11. Treaty of Versailles “The Big 3”
George Clemenceau
Prime Minister France
David Lloyd George
Prime Minister Britain
Woodrow Wilson
President U.S.A.

12. Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMo4rxmsBDg

13. Treaty of Versailles, 1919 Peace agreement ending WW1 Germany Punished
Required Germany to admit guilt for World War 1 and pay reparations.
Limit military to 100,000
U.S. Senate rejected the treaty to keep the U.S. free from foreign entanglements.
U.S. did NOT sign the Versailles Treaty.

15. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
Required an end to secret agreements between nations.
Self-determination-right for nations to rule themselves.
An association of nations to protect the independence of nations (League of Nations)
League of Nations was weak, and set the stage for Adolf Hitler in WW2.

17. League of Nations
International peacekeeping organization (today’s United Nations)
Many Americans opposed because they feared it would involve the U.S. in future European wars.
U.S. did not join b/c of belief that it would involve U.S. in foreign conflicts