1. Global Peacemaker
Chapter 6 Section 3

2. Lecture Focus Question
How did the decisions at the Paris Peace Conference violate the Fourteen Points?

3. Ending the War
Armistice signed in November 1918
Armistice: cease-fire, ends fighting only

4. Paris Peace Conference
The Big 4: George (GB), Clemenceau (F), Orlando (I), and Wilson (U.S.)

5. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Fourteen Points: Wilson’s program for reaching worldwide peace
“Peace without victory”
Reduce military forces
European allies did not like his plan

6. League of Nations An international peace-keeping organization
Part of 14 Points
U.S. Congress opposed U.S. membership
Felt it would weaken U.S.’s independence

7. Versailles Treaty Forced Germany to: Pay reparations = $64 billion
Take full blame for WWI
Dismantle most of military
Keep military inside German borders
Versailles Treaty signed by all except U.S.

8. Post-war Adjustments U.S. = largest creditor nation Post-war gloom
Decline of European powers = U.S. IS A SUPERPOWER!
Post-war gloom
No plan for merging troops back into society
Lost Generation: artists & writers who expressed Americans’ feelings of depression in their work

9. Lecture Focus Question
How did the decisions at the Paris Peace Conference violate the Fourteen Points?